I bet she thought he was poking her in the poutine.

The 5-ft.-8, 137-lb. forward chased the culprit about 40 metres with Marlise running behind her loaded down with shopping bags.

Great mental image.

I would have found it more funny if he had tried to outrun a sprinter, but with a hockey player the hilarity comes after they catch up to you.

I see a bad Visa CheckCard commercial in her future.

And, she won a gold medal too.

I don't know what I would have done if he didn't give me my wallet.

Lay a long, passionate kiss (w/ toungue) on him.

/all he really wants is love

sithon: looks like a solid girl.

Sturdy, very sturdy

a bigger pic...

+ for grabbing him Big - for not holding him till the cops could haul him off.

Next victim knows who to thank.

Nothin like a sheet of ice and a box full of cow tounges!

YAY! Good for you girl. Congratulations on the gold medal Canada!

Now if the @#$#!%^$ men's team could just get their act together.

That's why I only steal from athletes at the Special Olympics.

Meh, She should have given him a broken nose for his trouble, mabey some missing teeth.

i want the johnson twins (USA curling) to chase me down. mmmmm.

I'd body check it!

j z wins the thread.

I don't know what I would have done if he didn't give me my wallet.

She's Canadian. She'd say "Excuse me, sir. Please may I have my wallet back?" If he said no, she'd say "Take off, you hoser."

/kidding
//Canadian
///ultra-polite, it's the way we are

In other news a young man tried to steal a Bible from an Olympic Javelin thrower. Ends up Holy.

/couldn't resist

Congrats to the girls on the gold (great game). And for Kingsbury on getting her wallet back.

Although, it'd be better if she socked him and there was a video camera nearby.

From the article, Miss Gina sez:

"I was so stunned that I had my wallet, that I didn't look at him, didn't say anything, I just grabbed my wallet and walked away. I don't know what I would have done if he didn't give me my wallet."

Well, personally, I suggest the 'beat him until he's peeing blood and begging for death' option.

/happy that the lady and her mother are okay.

Meh, She should have given him a broken nose for his trouble, mabey some missing teeth.

Did you miss the part about her being Canadian?

/would have broken his hand

j z



As Josh Blue, a member of the US Paralympic Soccer Team, a funny as hell comedian, and someone afflicted with Cerbral Palsy, said: "You guys know the difference between the Special Olympics and the Paralympics, right? They play for hugs, we play for medals. Now, don't get me wrong, I like a good hug every now and again, but...."

Josh Blue, you rock, come back to RIT ya bastard!

ummm... owned?

It would've been nice if she had laid the smackdown on him. Prove to the world canadians can kick some major butt...

hasn't this story happened before? like maybe 2 summer olympics ago, but with a sprinter

She should've given him the Englewood Jack.

/obscure?

Ah, a Canadian.
So she assumes her little catch-up will be a lesson for him and from now on he won't be a naughty boy ever again.

/world view

Not as funny as the pickpocket who grabbed the wallet of the fastest man the Olympic hurdles have ever seen, while the fastest sprinter in the world was watching. That one was so stupid it made it into one of the Darwin Awards books.

Was the incident a pickpocketing or a pocket-picking?

Shagman420 What's the difference?

Lucky it wasn't Lascelles Brown. He looks like he could kick some ass. Also, before he became a Bobsledder, he was a sprinter in Jamaica.

tudorgurl: I see a bad Visa CheckCard commercial in her future.

I think Visa already did a "running in the market" commercial

Sorry, here's an image. Don't know how to directly link images.

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/olympics/2006/writers/02/19/canadian.bobsledders/p1 .canadian.bobsledders.ap.jpg

Apparently there are these professional pick pockets that travel around the world going to olympic games, world cups and other major events. I guess there are big crowds at these palces and most people would have a fair bit of cash in their wallets.

It can be very profitable.

I don't know what I would have done if he didn't give me my wallet.

Check, please.

I guess one might second-guess putting a beat-down on a pickpocket in a foreign land for fear of getting involved with local police and/or some sort of international incident. Especially if country in question is not amiable to your own country.

Heh heh. Owned. So very, very owned. *snicker*

Any points she got for catching him she lost when she let him go. While Vorpal is right about the brilliancy of beating the hell out of someone in a foreign country, I bet she was more than capable of pinning him until the cops arrived.

I think Id rather see someone pick pocket that hulking Russian(?) boxer.

Valuev The Russian Boxer won't be getting his pockets picked anytime soon.

Ah, my first greenlight. I'll highlight this occasion by getting wasted and watching 24.

"Ah, a Canadian.
So she assumes her little catch-up will be a lesson for him and from now on he won't be a naughty boy ever again."


Ah, ignorant white trash.

RockIsDead Yeah, because if she turned him over to the cops, they would put him in jail forever, or he would learn his lesson and never do it again. anyways.