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[theweaselking]

Palm Frond Used As Weapon In 'Most Bizarre' Robbery

"(The plant) was sharp," said the clerk.

(This one is kind of a giveaway in Guess The State points.)

Comments

[jirel.livejournal.com]

Thos suckers are SHARP, but yeah, not much worse than a knife.

A police official said the leaves of the Spanish bayonet are like knives and that people often plant them under windows to stop break-ins.

[jerril]

There's still something slightly bizarre about robbing a store with a plant. :D

I know I'd probably respect someone threatening me with a cactus branch or a Hardy Rose or some other brambly spiky thing, but I think it would take Poison Ivy for me to hand over the cash.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Not me. If I'm working as a clerk in a Florida convenience store, then by definition they are *not* paying me enough to defend their money against anyone with a Point-ed Stick who wants to take it.

*THEY* have insurance. Since I'm poor and in Florida, by definition I do NOT have insurance. Fuck that - I'm not defending a damn thing.

[jirel.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, besides - do you know the death rate of clerks in convience stores down here? I don't, but about 30 years ago a friend of my boyfriend was shot through the head one night while clerking. They found him the next morning. And HE never resisted robbers, he'd been robbed before.