Cafeteria Owner Stops Robber With Fries
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – A Dutch cafeteria owner used piping hot french fries to fend off a gun-wielding would-be robber, police in the southern city of Helmond said Friday.
Fries, or “frites,” are a national snack in Holland and Belgium, where they are deep-fried in oil and then salted and eaten with mayonnaise and chopped onions.
It was not known if the culprit, whose age was estimated at 16, was burned. He had threatened the owner and his wife with a handgun Thursday night, police said.
“He wanted money,” a police report said. “But once he had hot frites coming his way, he decided he had had enough.”
I love it.
But snarling, “Eat potatoes, punk!” just doesn’t have the right ambience.
Comment by John “Akatsukami” Braue — 12 Mar, 2005 @ 13:26
Maybe not the right ambience.. but one I like. The punk might not be impressed but the people around you would get some much-needed comic relief…
Comment by Kathy K — 12 Mar, 2005 @ 17:53
Geesh, I guess they really are freedom fries, after all.
Comment by Mr. Bingley — 14 Mar, 2005 @ 14:48
How soon before ‘fry control’ legislation is proposed?
Comment by Jim — 15 Mar, 2005 @ 08:09
The will to fight is always your first weapon.
Comment by triticale — 16 Mar, 2005 @ 01:24