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(BBC)   Santa fights off gang of thugs in British mall with tree. "He wanted to show our shoppers and their children that Santa is no pushover," says mall manager   (news.bbc.co.uk) divider line 55
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2005-12-21 02:09:28 PM
"Father christmas, give us some money
Well beat you up if you make us annoyed
Father christmas, give us some money
Dont mess around with those silly toys
. . ."
 
2005-12-21 03:39:39 PM
This is for Brody!
 
2005-12-21 04:07:22 PM
If Santa was allowed to carry a handgun he could have really showed them!
 
2005-12-21 04:07:29 PM
Sounds like a movie to me...Santa Claus Vs. The Chavs.
 
2005-12-21 04:07:35 PM
Was Billy Bob availible for comment?
 
2005-12-21 04:08:29 PM
Nice.. he will be running for California public office next election
 
2005-12-21 04:08:35 PM
Was it Riley again?

He's always taking after Gangstalicious, throwing chairs and such.
 
2005-12-21 04:08:56 PM
Yobs?
 
2005-12-21 04:09:01 PM
Did he happen to say, "I'm not Santa Claus, I'm just the cook."
 
2005-12-21 04:09:31 PM
I'm glad I don't live in England and don't have to deal with filthy chavs.

Oh, wait, I live in America.
 
2005-12-21 04:10:08 PM

"Another minute and those kids would've stumbled upon my stormtroopers amassing in the Christmas Village!"
 
2005-12-21 04:10:16 PM
robinmi That was the first thing I thought of too.
 
2005-12-21 04:10:28 PM
Wait..."Malky" is a real name?

/I thought it was a cheap milk substitute
 
2005-12-21 04:10:32 PM
Santa Fu!
 
2005-12-21 04:13:36 PM
Wait, Santa's bringing toys for Passover? *Re-reads headline*
 
2005-12-21 04:14:06 PM
And this is how the tradition of putting a yob on top of the christmas tree got started.

/yob = hooligan
 
2005-12-21 04:14:09 PM

Something about a comment....
 
2005-12-21 04:14:30 PM


I pity the fool who messes with T-mas!

/thx imageshack
 
2005-12-21 04:16:12 PM
Thread over robinmi Wins

/Kinks references rule
 
2005-12-21 04:16:22 PM
Malky Watret.... wow.... I'm gonna have to ponder that one for a while.

In other news, that's pretty kickass that their Santa's actually hand out stuff. The ones here just say "thats nice" and take your picture.

Oh, and cue that picture of the freaked out kids.... it's still too funny....
 
2005-12-21 04:16:58 PM
Santa fights off gang of thugs in British mall with tree

Am I the only one who thinks that this sounds like something out of a Coen brothers movie?
 
2005-12-21 04:19:33 PM
My bag made quite a good shield

Yes. Yes, it did.
 
2005-12-21 04:20:57 PM
Hoho, blow the man down!

Also.. I'm posting from a crackberry. Santa, bring me a laptop.
 
2005-12-21 04:22:51 PM
gruxx: Was it Riley again?

My thought exactly.
 
2005-12-21 04:23:52 PM
Sounds like he spruced things up a bit.
 
2005-12-21 04:24:47 PM
But he jumped up and chased them off by wielding an artificial 5ft tree before security guards intervened.

Too bad, if it wasn't for the security guards, the yobs would've been swarmed by hundreds of elves

/I believe
 
2005-12-21 04:25:09 PM

That nugga need to PAY what he OWE!
 
2005-12-21 04:26:30 PM
I work for the thugs in questiom

So I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies.

Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about.

But trust me.... You don't.

I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you dont know what you are talking about.

This is how bad info gets passed around.

If you dont know about the topic....Dont make yourself sound like you do.

Cuz some Farkers belive anything they hear.
 
2005-12-21 04:31:01 PM
Paisley Centre manager Andrew MacKinnon praised his Santa for "saving the spirit of Christmas".

"Apparently these kids were about 12 or 13 years old, they pushed a trolley at Malky and knocked him over, " he said.

"All credit to him for standing his ground. It seems to have been more festive high jinks than malice, but Santa saw them off all the same.


Why do I get the feeling that if this happened in the US, the manager would fire the Santa for taking matters into his own hands and parents of said hoodlums would be threatening to sue?
 
2005-12-21 04:34:37 PM
"My bag made quite a good shield, I waved and pointed the tree to keep them at bay. All I wanted to do was keep a distance until I got security."




Ah yes. The power of the "Santa bag" and "Santa sword" has been known for some time...
 
2005-12-21 04:37:59 PM
Shows ya Santa knows how to handle his wood.
 
2005-12-21 04:46:19 PM
LEE MAJORS!
 
2005-12-21 04:55:57 PM
Now Santa is heading back to the North Pole to grab the sliegh and do a drive-by on those young punks.

/Rudolf's nose makes a great laser sight.
 
2005-12-21 04:57:16 PM
Malkey Watret of Johnstone, Renfrewshire. Hmmm...still don't think he would be safe from identity theft.

Malky, short for Malcolm. Maybe.
 
2005-12-21 05:00:12 PM
"All Reindeer...dead. Both legs...broken. Santa is...very sad."
 
2005-12-21 05:02:57 PM
Dear Santa:

Since u all up in e'rebody bizness, i know u know i want an XBox 360 for Christmas. Show me some luv this year, Santa, or we gonna have problems, y'heard?!

And don't think i 4got about last year! i ain't even ask 4 no #$%@ socks! socks ain't no real gift!

Ho, ho, hold deez punk!

-Riley Freeman
 
2005-12-21 05:05:15 PM
hahaha bravo El Morro you made my day
 
2005-12-21 05:07:53 PM
Do NOT fark with a fat man with magic powers. The jolly shiat is just an act.
 
2005-12-21 05:10:10 PM
Wow. They were calling a mall Santa a fake.

Those are some hard-core ruffians there daddy!
 
2005-12-21 05:14:50 PM
I immediately thought of the Neo/Smiths battle, but a tad more festive.

I would Photoshop it but a) I am still restoring my machine from a borked installation of Suse linux, and b) the dog ate the pen from my graphics tablet. Luckily it was a cheapie though. My next purchase will be a Wacom.
 
2005-12-21 05:16:21 PM
Santabot is not impressed.



Ho Ho Ho....
/stay inside after dark Christmas Eve
 
2005-12-21 05:33:38 PM
Good one, MrJesus!

/great episode
 
2005-12-21 05:34:22 PM
they pushed a trolley at Malky and knocked him over...

He wanted to show our shoppers and their children that Santa is no pushover...


That's right! He's a knock over, not a pushover :)
 
2005-12-21 05:39:55 PM

Just a little ultraviolence for Mr. Jingles...
 
2005-12-21 06:05:05 PM
Santa... SLAY!

 
2005-12-21 06:42:51 PM


Unavailable for comment.
 
2005-12-21 06:43:39 PM
gruxx wins the thread.
 
2005-12-21 07:38:53 PM
Next he's going to Shaftsbury and find those hooligans who've been knocking over dustbins.
 
2005-12-21 08:02:20 PM
It warms my heart to see that Kinks song at the very top of the thread.
 
2005-12-21 08:28:56 PM
Just wait til xmas eve...
 
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