From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Times MONDAY NOVEMBER 06 2000
>
> Last orders for pub raiders
>
> BY A CORRESPONDENT
>
> TWO masked raiders, armed with a machete and a
>handgun, met their match when they tried to rob the White
>Swan pub in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, just after
>closing time on Saturday.
> One fled and the other ended up in hospital after
>being beaten up by regulars. When police arrived they gave
>drinkers the sobering news that the raider they overpowered
>had been carrying a loaded pistol.
>
> One regular said yesterday: "There was mayhem for a
>few seconds with people swinging punches."
Steve, & Rusty,
What's that old Brit saying? Something to the effect
of 'a pistol in the hand beats two in the pocket'? <chuckle!>
Sorry, I just couldn't resist, with the level of stupidity
that is exhibited by the regular criminal -- everywhere!
I guess that the average Brit ain't gonna put up with
some bloke depriving him of his ale money, eh? Neither would I!
ET
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Let's just say that the crook who stands in front of a bar
and stops people buying a drink or stands in front of the TV
(especially if football is on) is standing in a very dangerous
place.
Steve.
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