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		Purse snatcher shocked to discover, in mid-chase, that the purse he just stole belongs to a running champion (iol.co.za)		45
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TheRealist		2005-03-25 09:38:37 AM

Shandpwn3d!

cattheotherwhitemeat		2005-03-25 10:14:50 AM

Damn, purse snatchers go through an awful lot of trouble in Bejing. Here they just run up and grab it. America loses points for creativity again.

Xomber		2005-03-25 11:53:19 AM

That's MY purse, you farkin' little shiat!!!!

labman		2005-03-25 11:56:16 AM

To bad it didn't belong to a sharpshooter

hazeleyedwolff		2005-03-25 12:30:34 PM

Thank xomber, fark needs more Terry Tate.

\'You kill the jo, you make some mo!'

SherKhan		2005-03-25 01:01:33 PM

I bet the would-be robber is rethinking his fondness for J Geils now and might pay more attention to the legs next time.

/Too obscure?
//Magic Dick moves me.

Dr.Knockboots		2005-03-25 01:14:07 PM

sorta off topic..
in New York (many years back) the police decided that the purse snatching in the subways was rampant and they were going to do something about it.
they planted plain-clothed cops in the subway..who stood by the track waiting. In their purses.. 35+lbs of pure weight.

imagine a snatcher sprinting full speed and trying to grab 35lbs off the ground?
yeah.. snaps the wrist it does!

and when they didnt hurt themselves badly.. they were often running away with useless weights and busted by the operation moments later.

it was later found to be inhumane. pfft i say

Bowen		2005-03-25 04:29:26 PM

it must be true if you heard it on Ananova

Unfreakable		2005-03-25 05:18:46 PM

Could have been better if the victim had been a sharpshooter. :-)

FarkinHostile		2005-03-25 05:20:18 PM

This reminds me of when some guy tried to carjack a van full of judo compeditors. One hidaka-jime later and he was sleeping peacefully.

Captain_Cynical		2005-03-25 05:20:27 PM

Karma has one hell of a sence of humor.

Webgrunt		2005-03-25 05:20:56 PM

She should have chased him down and kicked him to death.

/not liking purse snatchers

durty_nacho		2005-03-25 05:21:55 PM

I REALLY wish theyd get rid of this ad

Its starting to depress me

/needs laid now

Diabolic		2005-03-25 05:23:47 PM

RUN FORREST

Webgrunt		2005-03-25 05:25:26 PM

durty_nacho

What's stopping you from getting laid, bro? Aincha got twenty bucks? C'mon, fellow Farkers, let's take up a collection to get durty_nacho laid!

durty_nacho		2005-03-25 05:26:32 PM

Webgrunt

YES YES EVERYONE DO WHAT HE SAYS

ConQueso		2005-03-25 05:26:36 PM

Shandong province, he he he

Nobody'sPerfekt		2005-03-25 05:27:06 PM

Dr.Knockboots,

"...it was later found to be inhumane. pfft i say"

I'm with you. The first thing I thought of was, great...this guy will sue (and win) because it's not fair that a victim can actually fight back.

When the hell did we decide that lawbreakers needed--and, indeed, Constitutionally-deserved--a level playing field?

Webgrunt		2005-03-25 05:27:16 PM

durty_nacho

P.S., Er, I gather you're not a Texas Attorney.

bob_ross		2005-03-25 05:28:10 PM

I was hoping for so much more in this article...

safeinsane		2005-03-25 05:32:50 PM

"That's not your purse! I don't know you!"

durty_nacho		2005-03-25 05:34:26 PM

safeinsane

you made me actually lol

LOL!

/im sorry

NineInchNader		2005-03-25 05:36:27 PM

What's stopping you from getting laid, bro? Aincha got twenty bucks? C'mon, fellow Farkers, let's take up a collection to get durty_nacho laid!

Does anyone have a link, yet, to the durty_nacho Paypal sex fund? Hey, we did it for the Tsunami!

/Behold, the power of Fark!

krovvy		2005-03-25 05:39:17 PM

Why didn't she get knifed when she caught up to the guy?

Webgrunt		2005-03-25 05:50:24 PM

krovvy

Why didn't she get knifed when she caught up to the guy?

He's Asian, didn't you read the article?

TalkinColeslaw		2005-03-25 05:56:57 PM

I lost my purse last summer. I chased the little punkass and damn near caught him, but when he got to his getaway van and I got a look at the driver, I thought better of confronting them, being in downtown Detroit and all.
I had to take solace in the fact that my life HAS to be better than theirs, and karma's a biatch.
Still wish I would've caught up to him 10 feet earlier and landed a few kicks to the nards.

durty_nacho		2005-03-25 06:08:20 PM

wheres my money farkers. I have a chick offerin and she wont do me unless she gets paid

phathead		2005-03-25 06:31:04 PM

damn it safeinsance hahah

/beaten once agan

ZeroCorpse		2005-03-25 06:41:15 PM

The solution?

DON'T CARRY A PURSE!

Honestly, ladies- Men have gotten by in American without purses for a long time. Why do you need a bag holding your entire life? Why not break it down to what you need, and leave the other junk at home, in your coat, or in a desk at work?

Seriously, is it so hard to coordinate your belongings? Do you really need a can of hairspray, a full makeup kit, and a full family album everywhere you go?

Just minimize, carry only the essentials, and then you won't have a bag hanging there saying "snatch me" to the scumbags of society.

For that matter, why is it that a woman can walk into any store carrying a huge bag, but if a man tries to enter a store with a bag of any kind (backpack, etc.) they force him to leave it up front because he might be stealing? Why do they ignore the statistics that say women shoplift more than men do? Maybe they get away with shoplifting because they are allowed to carry BAGS into the store!

The time of the purse is ended! I call for the immediate end to the purse in our society. It's an old-world idea that has no place in modern society. DOWN WITH THE PURSE!

ZeroCorpse		2005-03-25 06:42:11 PM

We've gotten by "in American"

In America, too.

/duh...

krovvy		2005-03-25 06:49:13 PM

ZeroCorpse, missed our medication today, did we?

colossus42069		2005-03-25 06:54:14 PM

...if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth!!!

krazyweasl		2005-03-25 07:19:46 PM

Sprinters:2 Pickpockets:0

Karma Enforcement

INeedAName		2005-03-25 07:24:49 PM

Running champion, eh? Don't take this the wrong way, but most athletic young men should still be able to outrun many, even collegiately competitive women.

I was running faster in highschool than the nation's top collegiate women. Also...turn a corner. Haven't any of these people seen a COPS episode?

wantedbadass		2005-03-25 07:49:09 PM

What was she going to do if she caught him? This guy was obviously a pussy since he just threw the purse back at her. But, if he was a good thief, he coulda just stopped, turned and beat the biatch.

Just saying...maybe chasing them isn't always the best idea. Even if you CAN catch them.

Effing A		2005-03-25 07:54:41 PM

Zero Corpse

I assume that, as soon as men stop expecting women to look like they just stepped out of a photoshoot 24 hours a day, and as soon as men start chaufeurring the kids all over the place, and as soon as men start being in charge of schedule organization for the whole family, women will stop wearing purses.

HoodCrowd		2005-03-25 08:34:48 PM

No over-used jalarity anywhere

/ahh....there it is...ahhh

lilmiscantberong		2005-03-25 09:01:52 PM

didn't get my purse snatched wednesday night, but I did leave it in the bottle room after returning my bottles and one of the employees decided to rifle through and take $150.00, checks and enough damn good weed that I had to enjoy through easter and all of spring break

best news of all was when the cop came to my house the next morning and said they had it all on tape and he was going away.

just how do you ask the police to recover your weed without being too obvious??

damn it feels good to be a gangsta		2005-03-25 09:08:04 PM

I was the running champion of Shandong province

In what event? 50 meters? 42,195 meters? This article is even stupider than I expected it to be (my fault, because I raise my expectations ever-so-slightly when it's a non-Pravda article).

Machtyn		2005-03-25 10:11:13 PM

durty_nacho: I REALLY wish theyd get rid of this ad

Its starting to depress me

What ad? I don't see it... Oh, yeah! I have the adblock extension with firefox... I see no ads. (using the definitions from pierceive

Leatherjuice		2005-03-25 10:43:33 PM

ZeroCorpse: Seriously, is it so hard to coordinate your belongings? Do you really need a can of hairspray, a full makeup kit, and a full family album everywhere you go?
Just minimize, carry only the essentials, and then you won't have a bag hanging there saying "snatch me" to the scumbags of society.

PURSE =
cell phone
wallet
checkbook
cigs and lighter
chapstick orlipstick or gloss
powder
gum
keys

Stick that in your jacket pocket and smoke it.

Deez Nutz		2005-03-25 10:50:44 PM

Satan_Himself		2005-03-26 01:46:02 AM

What ad? I don't see it... Oh, yeah! I have the adblock extension with firefox... I see no ads. (using the definitions from pierceive

What ad? I don't see it either. Oh yeah! I'm using Internet Explorer without any extra features and I still see a red X.

Aardvark Inc.		2005-03-26 02:30:44 AM

2005-03-25 09:01:52 PM lilmiscantberong

Q: "...just how do you ask the police to recover your weed without being too obvious??

A: You don't, or else you end up becoming the Fark headline.

2DShooter		2005-03-26 11:27:28 PM

It's not just a bag -- it's Prada!

/White Chicks

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