Black Friday Madness and Mayhem

[JRNYMAN]

Rather than hijack S2M's thread which more addressed whether or not you were planning to participate in the shopping craziness, I decided to start a different thread about the madness and the stupid/ridiculous incidents that take place (and which have already begun...) when retailers create riot-like atmospheres with their crowd-drawing sales. Here are 2 that just hit the wire - one was right here in Phoenix.

Woman Pepper Sprays Other WalMart Customers to Gain Shopping Edge
http://chatsworth.patch.com/articles/cu ... to-8538658

North Phoenix WalMart Evacuated After Bomb Scare
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/bu ... 11-24-2011

Post 'em as you discover 'em!

[G.I.Jim]

Rather than hijack S2M's thread which more addressed whether or not you were planning to participate in the shopping craziness, I decided to start a different thread about the madness and the stupid/ridiculous incidents that take place (and which have already begun...) when retailers create riot-like atmospheres with their crowd-drawing sales. Here are 2 that just hit the wire - one was right here in Phoenix.

Woman Pepper Sprays Other WalMart Customers to Gain Shopping Edge
http://chatsworth.patch.com/articles/cu ... to-8538658

North Phoenix WalMart Evacuated After Bomb Scare
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/bu ... 11-24-2011

Post 'em as you discover 'em!

The bomb scare is hilarious. A "suspicious" package found in the employee fridge? Someone probably didn't feel like dealing with the lunatic shoppers today and said fuck it... I'm calling in a bomb threat!

[scarygirl]

Rather than hijack S2M's thread which more addressed whether or not you were planning to participate in the shopping craziness, I decided to start a different thread about the madness and the stupid/ridiculous incidents that take place (and which have already begun...) when retailers create riot-like atmospheres with their crowd-drawing sales. Here are 2 that just hit the wire - one was right here in Phoenix.

Woman Pepper Sprays Other WalMart Customers to Gain Shopping Edge
http://chatsworth.patch.com/articles/cu ... to-8538658

North Phoenix WalMart Evacuated After Bomb Scare
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/bu ... 11-24-2011

Post 'em as you discover 'em!

The bomb scare is hilarious. A "suspicious" package found in the employee fridge? Someone probably didn't feel like dealing with the lunatic shoppers today and said fuck it... I'm calling in a bomb threat!

The second one is pretty funny. The first one is just WRONG!

[AR]

All my shopping is done online.

[JRNYMAN]

Rather than hijack S2M's thread which more addressed whether or not you were planning to participate in the shopping craziness, I decided to start a different thread about the madness and the stupid/ridiculous incidents that take place (and which have already begun...) when retailers create riot-like atmospheres with their crowd-drawing sales. Here are 2 that just hit the wire - one was right here in Phoenix.

Woman Pepper Sprays Other WalMart Customers to Gain Shopping Edge
http://chatsworth.patch.com/articles/cu ... to-8538658

North Phoenix WalMart Evacuated After Bomb Scare
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/bu ... 11-24-2011

Post 'em as you discover 'em!

The bomb scare is hilarious. A "suspicious" package found in the employee fridge? Someone probably didn't feel like dealing with the lunatic shoppers today and said fuck it... I'm calling in a bomb threat!

The second one is pretty funny. The first one is just WRONG!

Agree with you and Jim about the 'bomb scare' incident. As more info was reported this morning, the bomb squad thought the suspicious pkg. looked enough like an explosive device that they detonated it "in place". However, the all clear was given and employees and customers were allowed back into the store an hour later.

More violence (and it happened outside a Walmart too... Shocker!!

Black Friday shopper shot in botched robbery
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 002S84.DTL

A Black Friday shopper was shot when he resisted a pair of armed robbers outside a Walmart store in Northern California.

Police say the victim was coming out of the San Leandro store around 1:45 a.m. with some family members when they were confronted by two men, who demanded their purchases. When the family refused, a fight broke out and the gunman fired a single shot.

According to KGO-TV (http://bit.ly/ujGc9z), police say a family member detained one of the suspects until officers arrived, but the gunman got away.

The victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

Witnesses say the Walmart parking lot was crowded with Black Friday shoppers at the time, and many ran back into the store when the shot was fired. The store was briefly closed while police investigated.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... z1ejdob6S7

Black Friday fight breaks out at Utica-area Wal-Mart

http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article ... mode=story

ROME, N.Y. (AP) — Police say two women have been injured and a man has been charged after a fight broke out at an upstate New York Wal-Mart store that had just let Black Friday shoppers into its electronics department.



The Oneida County Sheriff's Office said that several fights erupted shortly after 12:01 a.m. Friday near a cell phone display at the Wal-Mart in Rome.

Officials said that some shoppers were pushed to the floor and several fights broke out.

Deputies say two women from Rome suffered back injuries in the melee.

Police said a Rome man was charged with disorderly conduct. Deputies said charges are pending against other people.

Man arrested in Black Friday fight at Kissimmee Walmart
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime ... 94067.html

A man was arrested early today after he became involved in a fight at the jewelry counter of a Kissimmee Walmart, police said.

Two men reportedly began fighting at the store's jewelry counter about 1 a.m. and one resisted when a police officer tried to escort him outside the store.

Officers had to force the man to the ground to place handcuffs on him. He has been charged with resisting arrest, according to Kissimmee Police Department spokeswoman Stacie Miller.

Police have not revealed the man's name.

And, back here in Phoenix...

Grandfather roughed up at Buckeye Walmart, witnesses say
http://www.azcentral.com/community/swva ... -mart.html

BUCKEYE -- A grandfather was roughed up Friday morning at a Buckeye Walmart, witnesses said.

People were tearing video game boxes apart when a man's grandson was trampled, witnesses said. The grandfather allegedly put a game in his waistband so that he could lift the boy out of the crowd.

Witnesses said a police officer grabbed the man and slammed him to the ground - possibly thinking he was stealing a video game.

Shopper Skyler Stone said police grabbed the guy and body-planted him into a concrete floor.

Witnesses said police didn't believe anything was wrong until they turned the man over. Police were told by witnesses the man intended to purchase the videos.

The Associated Press was seeking comment from Buckeye police Friday morning.


I'm starting to see a pattern developing here.... Hmm..... can't quite put my finger on it yet, but there's something similar in all these stories.... gimme a few to think about it and I'll let you know what I come up with...

[JRNYMAN]

I KNEW there was something all these stories had in common!


Wal-Mart's unhappy holiday tradition: Black Friday violence
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationn ... lence.html

Video associated with story -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-K7xDHA ... r_embedded

What is it about Wal-Mart and Black Friday? That's the question as the discount retailer once again is making headlines for Black Friday violence.

This year, reports of injuries, fights and at least one shooting have come in from across the country, with one California customer even fending off competing shoppers with pepper spray. The incidents are a grim reminder of the 2008 Black Friday stampede at a Long Island, N.Y., Wal-Mart that left one temporary store employee dead and a pregnant woman hospitalized.

Wal-Mart spokesman Greg Rossiter said he doesn't think Black Friday shopping violence is a singularly Wal-Mart phenomenon, though he declined to elaborate on the record. Nor did he want to hazard any opinions on the effect the current economy might be having on shoppers -- or on the type of shopper (desperate? violence-prone?) that Wal-Mart might be attracting.

"It's been a very safe event at thousands of Wal-Mart stores," Rossiter said. These were "a few unfortunate incidents."

Among those latest incidents:

In Myrtle Beach, S.C., a man and a woman were injured as they were leaving a Wal-Mart about 1 a.m. Friday. Assailants hit the man in the head and shot the woman in the leg, CNN reported, but fled when another shopper also pulled out a gun.

In Kissimmee, Fla., one man was arrested after a fight at a Wal-Mart jewelry counter, police said.

In Rome, N.Y., a fight just after midnight reportedly landed two people in the hospital with minor injuries.

And in San Leandro, Calif., members of a family trying to take their Black Friday Wal-Mart purchases home were accosted by three or four assailants, authorities said. One of the family members was shot after refusing to hand over the goods. Other family members managed to wrestle one suspect to the ground; the other suspects fled. The pinned suspect was arrested, and the shooting victim was listed in critical but stable condition on Friday morning.

The violence pales in comparison, though, to the 2008 Long Island incident in which "a throng of shoppers physically broke down the doors" of a Wal-Mart, knocking to the ground and trampling a 34-year-old temporary employee, according to Nassau County officials.

The employee died of his injuries, and a Wal-Mart statement at the time called the situation tragic. "The safety and security of our customers and associates is our top priority," the company said.

Not nearly as tragic, but certainly headline-grabbing, was the pepper-spray incident Friday in California's San Fernando Valley. A woman trying to get her hands on merchandise used pepper spray to get rid of the competition, authorities said.

"She was competitive shopping," said Los Angeles Fire Capt. James Carson.

It worked, apparently, as the woman reportedly made her purchase and exited the store.

"We're glad everyone seems to be OK" in the wake of the incident, Rossiter said, adding that Wal-Mart is cooperating with law enforcement authorities and providing surveillance video from the store in an attempt to identify the woman. [/b]

[pinkfloyd1973]

We had a few fist fights break out at my Walmart, but overall people were their lunatic selves. A few years ago we had a guy pass away from natural causes during Black Friday, the family called the ambulance and then chose to keep shopping

[JRNYMAN]

We had a few fist fights break out at my Walmart, but overall people were their lunatic selves. A few years ago we had a guy pass away from natural causes during Black Friday, the family called the ambulance and then chose to keep shopping

That's the spirit! But when you think about it, that is, after all, what he would have wanted them to do.

Two BIG, BIG thumbs up to all the lower life forms who participate in this ludicrous, despicable, and egregious bullshit and do so prepared to engage in the kind of behavior depicted in the stories listed in this thread. God I hate what Christmas in America has come to mean. It has gotten to the point that I literally dread the 4th quarter of the year due to the over-hyped, in-your-face, "it's your responsibility as an American citizen to shop early and often" attitude we are bombarded with by every corporation on the planet. I don't want to see Christmas displays already being setup in stores at the end of September. I'm tired of deleting one of the A/C stations from my car stereo presets every year because they start playing Christmas music 24/7 the 2nd week of November. And I really, really hate the rising number of commercials that inform me, "It's not too early to start thinking about the holidays..." by the beginning of October!

Don't misunderstand what I'm saying here. I'm not saying that CHRIST has to be included in anyone's personal observance and meaning of Christmas - that's your business and your business alone. Hell, I don't care if you choose to worship a 3-legged cat named Larry that lives behind the dumpster at your local grocery store. I do however, think the holidays should be a time of sharing and giving and family. Instead, the greed and narcissistic ways of thinking have been driven into our minds over and over until we as a society have come to recognize the start of the holiday season as the time when we're supposed to leave our houses in the middle of the night and congregate en masse with people who, like you, want that super door buster deal. But since there are only a certain number of them available at any given store, it all comes down to who wants it more and how far you will go to ensure you're the one who walks out the door with it.

/rant

[scarygirl]

We had a few fist fights break out at my Walmart, but overall people were their lunatic selves. A few years ago we had a guy pass away from natural causes during Black Friday, the family called the ambulance and then chose to keep shopping

[Rick]

We had a few fist fights break out at my Walmart, but overall people were their lunatic selves. A few years ago we had a guy pass away from natural causes during Black Friday, the family called the ambulance and then chose to keep shopping

That's the spirit! But when you think about it, that is, after all, what he would have wanted them to do.

Two BIG, BIG thumbs up to all the lower life forms who participate in this ludicrous, despicable, and egregious bullshit and do so prepared to engage in the kind of behavior depicted in the stories listed in this thread. God I hate what Christmas in America has come to mean. It has gotten to the point that I literally dread the 4th quarter of the year due to the over-hyped, in-your-face, "it's your responsibility as an American citizen to shop early and often" attitude we are bombarded with by every corporation on the planet. I don't want to see Christmas displays already being setup in stores at the end of September. I'm tired of deleting one of the A/C stations from my car stereo presets every year because they start playing Christmas music 24/7 the 2nd week of November. And I really, really hate the rising number of commercials that inform me, "It's not too early to start thinking about the holidays..." by the beginning of October!

Don't misunderstand what I'm saying here. I'm not saying that CHRIST has to be included in anyone's personal observance and meaning of Christmas - that's your business and your business alone. Hell, I don't care if you choose to worship a 3-legged cat named Larry that lives behind the dumpster at your local grocery store. I do however, think the holidays should be a time of sharing and giving and family. Instead, the greed and narcissistic ways of thinking have been driven into our minds over and over until we as a society have come to recognize the start of the holiday season as the time when we're supposed to leave our houses in the middle of the night and congregate en masse with people who, like you, want that super door buster deal. But since there are only a certain number of them available at any given store, it all comes down to who wants it more and how far you will go to ensure you're the one who walks out the door with it.

/rant

I couldn't agree more, especially the bold parts.

[Rip Rokken]

We had a few fist fights break out at my Walmart, but overall people were their lunatic selves. A few years ago we had a guy pass away from natural causes during Black Friday, the family called the ambulance and then chose to keep shopping

At the Wal-Mart I went to this morning, a cashier told me they'd had two fights during the rush. I think every time I've asked in past years, they've told me of similar happening.

[LtVanish]

Waffle Maker Riot 2011 video


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 1322251334

[pinkfloyd1973]

Waffle Maker Riot 2011 video


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 1322251334

Reminds me of one year I worked on Black Friday.....I was in charge of cutting open the plastic wrap on some of the pallets of merchandise when the sale started, and as I started to cut one open, a feeding frenzy erupted. I just walked away and let them have at it, wasn't worth getting hurt

[KDOUBLEU]

They asked me if I wanted to work security at our local Target store this year. I told them no thanks All those crazy women and just me and my gun. I never would have survived......

[No Surprize]

We had a few fist fights break out at my Walmart, but overall people were their lunatic selves. A few years ago we had a guy pass away from natural causes during Black Friday, the family called the ambulance and then chose to keep shopping

That's the spirit! But when you think about it, that is, after all, what he would have wanted them to do.

Two BIG, BIG thumbs up to all the lower life forms who participate in this ludicrous, despicable, and egregious bullshit and do so prepared to engage in the kind of behavior depicted in the stories listed in this thread. God I hate what Christmas in America has come to mean. It has gotten to the point that I literally dread the 4th quarter of the year due to the over-hyped, in-your-face, "it's your responsibility as an American citizen to shop early and often" attitude we are bombarded with by every corporation on the planet. I don't want to see Christmas displays already being setup in stores at the end of September. I'm tired of deleting one of the A/C stations from my car stereo presets every year because they start playing Christmas music 24/7 the 2nd week of November. And I really, really hate the rising number of commercials that inform me, "It's not too early to start thinking about the holidays..." by the beginning of October!

Don't misunderstand what I'm saying here. I'm not saying that CHRIST has to be included in anyone's personal observance and meaning of Christmas - that's your business and your business alone. Hell, I don't care if you choose to worship a 3-legged cat named Larry that lives behind the dumpster at your local grocery store. I do however, think the holidays should be a time of sharing and giving and family. Instead, the greed and narcissistic ways of thinking have been driven into our minds over and over until we as a society have come to recognize the start of the holiday season as the time when we're supposed to leave our houses in the middle of the night and congregate en masse with people who, like you, want that super door buster deal. But since there are only a certain number of them available at any given store, it all comes down to who wants it more and how far you will go to ensure you're the one who walks out the door with it.

/rant

I couldn't agree more, especially the bold parts.

+1

This year instead of buying, I'm making something for the people who mean the most in my life. And by the way, I would never shop ANY store on black friday. Bunch of insane lunatic's out there. People bringing pepper spray, getting shot, getting trampled, it's fucking unreal.

[conversationpc]

Two BIG, BIG thumbs up to all the lower life forms who participate in this ludicrous, despicable, and egregious bullshit and do so prepared to engage in the kind of behavior depicted in the stories listed in this thread. God I hate what Christmas in America has come to mean. It has gotten to the point that I literally dread the 4th quarter of the year due to the over-hyped, in-your-face, "it's your responsibility as an American citizen to shop early and often" attitude we are bombarded with by every corporation on the planet. I don't want to see Christmas displays already being setup in stores at the end of September. I'm tired of deleting one of the A/C stations from my car stereo presets every year because they start playing Christmas music 24/7 the 2nd week of November. And I really, really hate the rising number of commercials that inform me, "It's not too early to start thinking about the holidays..." by the beginning of October!

Don't misunderstand what I'm saying here. I'm not saying that CHRIST has to be included in anyone's personal observance and meaning of Christmas - that's your business and your business alone. Hell, I don't care if you choose to worship a 3-legged cat named Larry that lives behind the dumpster at your local grocery store. I do however, think the holidays should be a time of sharing and giving and family. Instead, the greed and narcissistic ways of thinking have been driven into our minds over and over until we as a society have come to recognize the start of the holiday season as the time when we're supposed to leave our houses in the middle of the night and congregate en masse with people who, like you, want that super door buster deal. But since there are only a certain number of them available at any given store, it all comes down to who wants it more and how far you will go to ensure you're the one who walks out the door with it.

/rant

Halle-fricking-lujah! As the years have gone by, my wife and I have spent progressively less on Christmas. For that matter, we've never spent much to begin with but the whole thing has just gone downhill. I still love this time of the year but only because of being able to spend more time with friends and family and, to a greater degree, what Jesus Christ means to me.

[JRNYMAN]

Halla-fricking-lujah!

LMAO! Was literally on my way out the door and heard my email notifier alerting me to your reply which also told me my email prog was still up and running and I don't like leaving the house with it open, so I came back to shut it down but my curiosity got the best of me and I just HAD to click the link. Glad I did too! That literally made me LOL so thanks for that. I've got this sneaking suspicion it'll be my word-of-the-day for at least today and maybe some of tomorrow!

Steve

[conversationpc]

Halle-fricking-lujah!

LMAO! Was literally on my way out the door and heard my email notifier alerting me to your reply which also told me my email prog was still up and running and I don't like leaving the house with it open, so I came back to shut it down but my curiosity got the best of me and I just HAD to click the link. Glad I did too! That literally made me LOL so thanks for that. I've got this sneaking suspicion it'll be my word-of-the-day for at least today and maybe some of tomorrow!

Steve

Except I misspelled it...Fixed.

[YoungJRNY]

My girlfriends brother went into the madness the other night with his girl. He said people were salivating at the teeth with each other and acting like a rush out of the gash chamber over $1.88 pair of towels and $2.00 waffle makers, lmao.

[JRNYMAN]

Halle-fricking-lujah!

LMAO! Was literally on my way out the door and heard my email notifier alerting me to your reply which also told me my email prog was still up and running and I don't like leaving the house with it open, so I came back to shut it down but my curiosity got the best of me and I just HAD to click the link. Glad I did too! That literally made me LOL so thanks for that. I've got this sneaking suspicion it'll be my word-of-the-day for at least today and maybe some of tomorrow!

Steve

Except I misspelled it...Fixed.

That's okay, I pronounced it like you spelled it correctly. Just saying it in my head conjures up images of Chris Farley and his "La Di Frickin' Da!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7OWVM50sBw

[YoungJRNY]

Waffle Maker Riot 2011 video


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 1322251334

Reminds me of one year I worked on Black Friday.....I was in charge of cutting open the plastic wrap on some of the pallets of merchandise when the sale started, and as I started to cut one open, a feeding frenzy erupted. I just walked away and let them have at it, wasn't worth getting hurt

Hah! That's priceless! That's what my girlfriends brother was explaining last night. He said the $2.00 waffle makers were in plastic wrap and before you knew it, people were just tearing the plastic off in chunks and soon to be little pieces just savaging each other for them. Hilarious.

[steveo777]

Waffle Maker Riot 2011 video


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 1322251334

Reminds me of one year I worked on Black Friday.....I was in charge of cutting open the plastic wrap on some of the pallets of merchandise when the sale started, and as I started to cut one open, a feeding frenzy erupted. I just walked away and let them have at it, wasn't worth getting hurt

Hah! That's priceless! That's what my girlfriends brother was explaining last night. He said the $2.00 waffle makers were in plastic wrap and before you knew it, people were just tearing the plastic off in chunks and soon to be little pieces just savaging each other for them. Hilarious.

Waffle makers are a novelty item. I can't count how many of them we've had over the years and all of them have been sold in our garage sales. If I want waffles I'll go to a restaurant. Don't have to rub elbows with people who come from trailer parks that way. In the past 3 years I have been to Walmart 3 times.

[JRNYMAN]

Waffle Maker Riot 2011 video
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 1322251334

If some people are completely comfortable acting like this because the price of a waffle iron, just imagine what it's going to be like if and when there's a food, water or vaccine shortage. These idiots are among the bottom 3% of society and they're used to this kind of behavior and drama. The rest of us who watch and shake our heads on the sidelines won't result to this because we realize that it's just a waffle iron and there hasn't ever been an appliance invented to make us act this way. However, when the water, food, and/or vaccine shortage happens, expect to see anarchy and lawlessness on an unimaginable level.

[steveo777]

Waffle Maker Riot 2011 video
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 1322251334

If some people are completely comfortable acting like this because the price of a waffle iron, just imagine what it's going to be like if and when there's a food, water or vaccine shortage. These idiots are among the bottom 3% of society and they're used to this kind of behavior and drama. The rest of us who watch and shake our heads on the sidelines won't result to this because we realize that it's just a waffle iron and there hasn't ever been an appliance invented to make us act this way. However, when the water, food, and/or vaccine shortage happens, expect to see anarchy and lawlessness on an unimaginable level.

You thoughts make a strong case for the right to bear arms! Problem is, these types of people will have them too, but ours shall be superior because theirs are probably made in China.

[Deb]

You Americans are nuts!

[JRNYMAN]

UPDATE

More information has come to light in incident regarding a grandfather being slammed to the ground by a cop who suspected the man of shoplifting.

As it turns out, the man was lucky enough to have gotten his hands on the DVD he was wanting to buy. The pallet of DVDs had just been unwrapped by employees and just like the scene at other stores where violence broke out, the crowd turned into a mob with people pushing, shoving, grabbing, etc. Upon getting his copy, he tucked the DVD under his shirt to avoid someone grabbing it from him while he made his way out of and away from the mob scene.
Just as he turned around, an off duty Phoenix cop assumed he was shoplifting and took matters into his own hands by picking up the man and body slamming him to the concrete floor, knocking him out instantly and splitting his head open with blood gushing profusely from his skull. Uniformed cops were immediately on the scene and proceeded to handcuff the unconscious and bleeding man BEFORE beginning to render medical aid.

Here's video taken by customers of the incident beginning right after the man hit the ground. *WARNING* Graphic Images!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE03xl9cUns

This story pisses me off for a few reasons. First and foremost, the incident should have never happened regardless of whether or not the man put merchandise under his clothing. A crime has not been committed until an item has been removed from the premises or consumed without the item first being paid for. PERIOD! I worked in mgmt. for the scourge that is WM and they have a very strict policy regarding shoplifting and caution employees and mgmt. about the law and that the merchandise can not considered stolen until the criteria mentioned above has been met.

Secondly, the cop was off duty and not working security for WM. He was simply there as a civilian.
Third - and this is the one that I pray to God will cost him his job - HE KNOWS THE LAW! He knows a person can not be arrested, charged or convicted unless a crime has been committed. Hell, we all know that. But for some reason, he forgot, ignored, whatever and in doing so, he ends up being the one committing the crime and needs to be arrested, charged and convicted of assault, aggravated assault, battery, abuse of power, excessive force and more.

Thirdly, the video says it all. They were more concerned with restraining him than recognizing that the guy may be in a life threatening medical situation. Instead, they have him literally face down on the floor with blood spewing from his head and 2 cops have their hands on him making sure he wasn't going to resist. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED you fucking dirtbag mother fucking pond scum!

Now, here's the icing on the fucking cake. Police are now saying that the injury he sustained was the result of him resisting arrest and that he was fine until he resisted - even after being taken down by a "leg sweep" as the police spokesman put it. They're already trying to cover this shit up and I can tell you that isn't going to happen. The general public is pissed about this incident in a big way.

Poor guy, I hope he comes out of this none the worse for wear and a whole lot richer after he sues the police, Walmart and the city of Phoenix.

[JRNYMAN]

You Americans are nuts!

Oh most definitely. Completely bat crazy fucking nuts! Now, take off Hoser!

[steveo777]

You Americans are nuts!

Oh most definitely. Completely bat crazy fucking nuts! Now, take of Hoser!

You spelled "off" wrong!
And welcome to the great white north.

[JRNYMAN]

You Americans are nuts!

Oh most definitely. Completely bat crazy fucking nuts! Now, take of Hoser!

You spelled "off" wrong!
And welcome to the great white north.

DOH!! You're right. I left out the "j".

Dontcha just hate it when you try your best to be a smartass and do something that just nullifies the whole shootin' match!?!

[pinkfloyd1973]

You Americans are nuts!

Oh most definitely. Completely bat crazy fucking nuts! Now, take off Hoser!

It's "take off ya Hoser, eh!"