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« on: January 29, 2008, 08:41:08 PM »
The latest joke on the joke thread from willieandwinnie made me think of this.  I heard it on the local news today, and got a good laugh out of it.


GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan: A 72-year-old former boxer and Marine pummeled a potential thief who allegedly tried to reach into his pocket.

Bill Barnes said he was scratching off a losing lottery ticket inside a Michigan gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had $300 in cash.

He immediately grabbed the person's wrist with his left hand and started throwing punches with his right, landing six or seven blows before a store manager intervened.

"I guess he thought I was an easy mark," Barnes told The Grand Rapids Press for a story Tuesday.

The alleged pickpocket picked the wrong man. Barnes served in the Marines, was an accomplished Golden Gloves boxer and retired after 20 years as an iron worker.

Jesse Daniel Rae, 27, was arraigned Monday in Rockford District Court on one count of unarmed robbery.

Barnes said he remembered noticing a patron acting suspiciously, asking the price of different brands of cigarettes and other items. While turned away, Barnes felt the hand in his pocket, so he took action, he said.

He said he would probably do the same thing again under the same circumstances, if for no other reason than what he would face back home.

"I wouldn't want my wife to give me hell for lettin' that guy get my money," he said with a smile.

The dust-up was caught on video, so I'm sure it will be on Youtube soon.  Don't mess with old men, indeed!
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2008, 10:24:29 PM »
GO Marines!!  :thumbup; I hope the thief will think twice before doing this again.
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2008, 04:59:43 AM »
You never know who's who..... :usaflag;
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2008, 05:26:24 AM »
Way to go, Bill Barnes! :boxing; :usaflag;

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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2008, 08:47:38 AM »
Fantastic  :yahoo; - would have liked to have seen the attackers face  :clap; :clap;
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2008, 01:22:54 PM »
Good story -- thanks for the laugh! :2thumbsup; (or perhaps I should say :boxing;).  :)
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2008, 02:48:49 PM »
Good for him!!!    :boxing;   :rofl;
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2008, 08:25:05 PM »
I have always love the scene in Mrs/ Doubtfire where Robin Williams take son a purse snatcher as Mrs. Doubtfire. Go old geezers!
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