"Armed man" was actually armed with musical instruments

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To be fair, we probably should lock up all didgeridoo players.

Also:

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Now I almost want to see an Australia-based remake of Desperado.

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Armed man actually armed with appendages.

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When didgeridoos are outlawed, only outlaws will have didgeridoos.

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I followed the link expecting to see another sad tale of police shooting and was pleasantly surprised.

Unarmed police FTW. :slight_smile:

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Lucky for him he was not in the States. He never would have made through this alive.

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Don’t bring a didgeridoo to a duel.

At least he did not carry a table leg, then he’d be dead.

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The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a didgeridoo is a good guy with bagpipes.

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The posted article makes no mention of the man’s ethnic background. Sadly, this information seems pretty important if you want to put this story in context.

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Great to see Tongham in the news - only a few miles from me, and home of the wonderful Hogs Back Brewery. Mines a pint of TEA!

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Now I almost want to see an Australia-based remake of Desperado.

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That’s not a very flattering single frame, is it? I can’t imagine who thought that looked like a stable firing position. Also the rocket appears to be sliding sideways at a 45-degree angle to the launcher.

Nothing against the actual flim, of course.

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Two recent similar cases in the UK where armed police responded to reports of individuals who turned out to be unarmed:

In one of them the man is black and was carrying an umbrella with a samurai-sword handle.

In the other he is white and was using a rake in his friend’s garden late at night (the report came from a nursing home).

Both seem to have gone similarly.

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The Met police weren’t involved so both are still alive?

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Two didgeridoos make a didgeridon’t.

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Or, perhaps, didgeridon’ts.
@vrplumber beat me to it!

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There is a didgeridoo and there is a didgeridon’t. There is no didgeritry.

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Yes, I know that it was in England. But I still think it’s weird to panic about somebody having weapons if they aren’t even doing anything with them. I just don’t automatically assume that people are causing problems.

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A hipster with an Australian wind instrument is a didgeridude.

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