"Armed man" was actually armed with musical instruments

boing
21

I am getting ideas about Australia-themed FPS game. DidgeriDOOM!

4 Likes
22

I thought @japhroaig was heading to Wales, not England. :wink:

2 Likes
23

Good thing it wasn’t bagpipes. Technically an instrument of war, some by-the-book constable could have gone too far.

2 Likes
24

I always carry my Getzen recorder in public. Sure it doesn’t pack the stopping power of a trumpet or a banjo, but at least it’s better than a kazoo or a tuning fork.

5 Likes
25

WHO IS EL KABONG 4.png720×540 367 KB

6 Likes
26

If he was making a Rackett, I could understand.

6 Likes
27

7 Likes
28

As long as he wasn’t carrying a vuvuzela …

8 Likes
29

Gonna have to follow that link myself given the quote from the post.

“Due to the nature of the call, armed officers were sent to the scene,”

1 Like
30

You’re right. It should be ‘Routinely unarmed police FTW’.

Because as they’re routinely not carrying “hammers”, only some problems look like nails …

6 Likes
31
1 Like
32

There’s no such thing as a good guy with bagpipes. Torture isn’t something good guys perform.

6 Likes
33

The only way to stop a bad guy with bagpipes is a good guy with a lot of corks?

8 Likes
34

Corks are unnecessary. The one redeeming feature of the bagpipes, puncture the bag and problem solved!

1 Like
35

Good guy with bagpipes is a tautology. Bagpipes are inherently evil and taint all who have truck with them.
(ETA: I see I am not alone)

36

Nice. I wasn’t even going to look. Thanks for the spoiler.

“Due to the nature of the call, armed officers were sent to the scene…”

“The police helicopter was also deployed. A search was carried out and a
man was located in the area. Officers established that he was in fact
carrying two didgeridoos and the incident was closed.”

The officers were actually armed (and ‘called’ so maybe also specially trained) and it all ended well. Fellow Americans: It doesn’t have to be like this…

3 Likes
37

“Oh, you are learning playing a guitar?”
“Yes.”
“Why not a violin?”
“Because a heavy machine gun is too big.”

3 Likes
38

Don’t you mean oxymoron?

I’m on the tautology side, though.

The sheer fact that one plays a bagpipe is proof of inherent goodness.

The sheer fact that one does not like bagpipes is proof of indelible evil that has steeped its insidious claws into the ears of the unsuspecting. Sadly, the only recourse is death.

#DEATH TO THE UN-LISTENERS!

2 Likes
39

One of the beauties of bagpipes is that they’re proof of the human drive to create music with whatever materials are available.

4 Likes
40

Remember kids, the ‘bazooka’ started out as a novelty instrument; and just look what happened there…

2 Likes