To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: papers, please
From: shofmann at mindspring.com (Scott Hofmann)
Date: 06 Mar 2002 12:47:16 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>>>>> "MW" == Michael Walsh <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> writes:

 MW> Lee Strong intoned:
 >> One of my favorite episodes of _Batman_ comics occured when two
 >> costumed villains attempted to knock over a gun show, and EVERY MEMBER
 >> OF
 >> THE AUDIENCE opened fire on them!

 MW> And all of the bullets did not miss I'll bet.

 MW> There was a briefly lived tv show about cops a few years ago.  Two stickup =
 MW> guys decide to hold-up a bar.  The bar that the local cops go to.

 MW> Much sounds of guns being drawn.

 MW> Amusing look of "Oh crap" on the actors faces playing the stickup guys.

Heck, that's happened more than once in real life! As recently as last year, my
parents sent me a newspaper article talking about a thief who tried to rob a
bar that was hosting the retirement party of a local cop. They let the retiree
make the collar :-)

scott

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