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Previously on "Outrageous: Cricketting burglar-basher jailed"

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  • rootsnall
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    Originally posted by TonyEnglish View Post
    I thought the penalty for carrying a knife was supposed to be quite high - 5 years or so. So this guy burgled a house and tied up and threatened the occupants with a knife. The knife part of that alone should have been 5 years
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...S&attr=2015164

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    Classic Daily Mail Commentard



    So did Linda read the article, emigrate out of disgust and then comment from her new home?
    I certainly hope so.

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  • ASB
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    Surely a Mashie Niblick would be more appropriate?
    Good point, but given the demise of the cricket bat I'd be a bit worried the hickory shaft wouldn't be up to the job.

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Originally posted by Diver View Post
    Make a spectacular getaway in his car
    Stopping only to shag a tree on the way out of his drive.

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
    He'd shag them.
    Make a spectacular getaway in his car

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    What would Tiger do?
    He'd shag them.

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by ASB View Post
    I think your lob wedge would be much better for dealing with shins. Slice through them so much easier than a 9 iron...
    What would Tiger do?

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by ASB View Post
    I think your lob wedge would be much better for dealing with shins. Slice through them so much easier than a 9 iron...
    Surely a Mashie Niblick would be more appropriate?

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  • Pondlife
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    Originally posted by ASB View Post
    I think your lob wedge would be much better for dealing with shins. Slice through them so much easier than a 9 iron...
    I'm sure Mrs Woods has an opinion on this.

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  • ASB
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    Originally posted by singhr View Post
    I think he should have stopped hitting him around the head once he had dropped him and then smashed his shins to pieces to stop him running away before calling police, at least this is how I plan to deal with intruders with my trusty 9 iron.
    I think your lob wedge would be much better for dealing with shins. Slice through them so much easier than a 9 iron...

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  • singhr
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    I think he should have stopped hitting him around the head once he had dropped him and then smashed his shins to pieces to stop him running away before calling police, at least this is how I plan to deal with intruders with my trusty 9 iron.

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    Classic Daily Mail Commentard

    "Yet another reason to emigrate - the country is going to the dogs. Sack this judge and free the poor men!
    - Linda, Switzerland, 15/12/2009 09:43 "

    So did Linda read the article, emigrate out of disgust and then comment from her new home?


    I do it all the time. I've got properties all over Europe and, when the EU particularly upsets me, Zimbabwe.

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  • Spacecadet
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    Classic Daily Mail Commentard

    Yet another reason to emigrate - the country is going to the dogs. Sack this judge and free the poor men!
    - Linda, Switzerland, 15/12/2009 09:43
    So did Linda read the article, emigrate out of disgust and then comment from her new home?

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  • lilelvis2000
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    The law and judges are buffoons...I see it everyday in the area my wife works in.

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by TonyEnglish View Post
    I thought the penalty for carrying a knife was supposed to be quite high - 5 years or so. So this guy burgled a house and tied up and threatened the occupants with a knife. The knife part of that alone should have been 5 years
    I thought he escaped jail because his brain damage meant that he was no longer fit for prison

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