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(Minneapolis Star Tribune)   Cab driver saved from brutal attack by...his hair gel   (startribune.com) divider line
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strangeguitar  
2008-03-20 12:19:02 AM  
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/obligatory
 
tallguywithglasseson  
2008-03-20 12:31:28 AM  
I read that headline as if he were being brutally attacked by his hair gel, but was then somehow saved.
 
Shaggy_C  
2008-03-20 1:23:00 AM  
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sozelle  
2008-03-20 1:23:06 AM  
That's slick, Slick.
 
TheFarkinEmpress  
2008-03-20 1:29:00 AM  
He should have beat the shiat out of the punk girl instead of hitting her once and pinning her.
 
Pvt. Party  
2008-03-20 1:29:26 AM  
My headline was so much better. [shakes fist in air]. Still, those photos of the scar are nasty.
 
two percent  
2008-03-20 1:29:32 AM  
Here's to you Mr. Hair Gel Over Geller...
 
safeinsane  
2008-03-20 1:31:20 AM  
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ClitLicorice  
2008-03-20 1:40:08 AM  
Was he a Pet Detective?

/people sure are friendly around here...
 
hamachan  
2008-03-20 1:41:00 AM  
tallguywithglasseson: I read that headline as if he were being brutally attacked by his hair gel, but was then somehow saved.

Exactly what I thought. I imagined he had an allergic reaction to his hair gel or something. Damn ambiguous headlines.
 
leegalizit  
2008-03-20 1:58:29 AM  
Psycho biatch.

"All of the sudden I hear her scream in the background, 'I'm not going to jail!' and she pulled my hair back and started to cut my throat,"

I think you might be mistaken, dear.

/She'd better be, anyway.
 
2and4  
2008-03-20 1:59:56 AM  
Dude is about one inch from being dead.

I applaud all cab drivers. I have taken hundreds of rides and you guys/gals rock.

/except for the guy that took me on a 40 mile ride and needed my GPS to get me 7 miles.
//no tip for you
 
studebaker hoch  
2008-03-20 2:01:43 AM  
I'm not going to gel!
 
oicabi  
2008-03-20 2:01:46 AM  
TFA, and my night driver's own scar from when his throat was cut in Seattle while driving cab at night, reminds me of why I only drive days, and then only in Scottsdale.
Good on the cabby for showing restraint and not pulverizing the girl, but I think I would have just driven away when she turned into a no pay trip, had her put on No Service by Dispatch, and taken out my frustration on the next unsuspecting fare.
Even though $22 means a lot more to me than to most Farkers, it is not even close enough money to warrant all the shiat this bloke went through.
 
Gairloch  
2008-03-20 2:05:57 AM  
TheFarkinEmpress: He should have beat the shiat out of the punk girl instead of hitting her once and pinning her.

Looking at the stitches on his neck, I think he had a more immediate concern.
 
leegalizit  
2008-03-20 2:11:24 AM  
Gairloch: TheFarkinEmpress: He should have beat the shiat out of the punk girl instead of hitting her once and pinning her.

Looking at the stitches on his neck, I think he had a more immediate concern.


Yeah, like death by extreme blood loss.

/I can't help but wonder if this psycho biatch will get out of this because of being underaged.
//Unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised.
 
yellow73914  
2008-03-20 2:14:18 AM  
This new farkin haircut?
Jager bombs.
 
The Grinch  
2008-03-20 2:16:18 AM  
Did anyone else notice the scar and immediately think it was weird that the girl was left-handed? (When grabbing someone's hair and slashing their throat, it's a lot less awkward to start on the far side and pull toward yourself; hence, a righty would have started the laceration on the left side of the neck, not the right side like in the picture.)
 
lordargent  
2008-03-20 2:16:47 AM  
dude she's 15
 
doglover  
2008-03-20 2:28:01 AM  
The Grinch

Did anyone else notice the scar and immediately think it was weird that the girl was left-handed? (When grabbing someone's hair and slashing their throat, it's a lot less awkward to start on the far side and pull toward yourself; hence, a righty would have started the laceration on the left side of the neck, not the right side like in the picture.)

But when you pull away from a knife being held ACROSS your throat, it would leave a cut going in one direction. This man's cut curves back, as if the knife was coming from BEHIND him on one side.
Look again.

A panicky fifteen year old girl is very unlikely to have been trained in throat cutting. She's just another righty who obviously didn't think her cunning plan all the way though.
 
UnoriginalAndrew  
2008-03-20 2:28:39 AM  
Approves.
 
drharmful  
2008-03-20 2:34:34 AM  
dont most cabs nowadays have glass separating the driver and passenger? methinks billy idol should invest in a cab with glass.
 
illicit  
2008-03-20 2:54:04 AM  
I was hoping the story would be about rock-hard hair protecting his head in a beating. I am disappointed.
 
gund  
2008-03-20 3:07:18 AM  
She should have offered a blowjob man.
 
Victoly  
2008-03-20 4:00:28 AM  
strangeguitar: /obligatory

Aaaannnd... that's a wrap.
 
Fluid  
2008-03-20 4:59:39 AM  
[image from images3.wikia.nocookie.net too old to be available]

Attention duelists! My hair is attacking me!
 
haddie  
2008-03-20 6:24:57 AM  
Wow. His story seems relatively calm for A MAN WHOSE NECK WAS SLASHED.

I would have probably woke New Jersey from there with the amount of screaming I had done. They would be recording me on the Reichter scale. Citizens of Hiroshima would shudder slightly for no apparent reason... People would... would... oh hell, I would be freakin' out.
 
kaos_king  
2008-03-20 6:27:46 AM  
gund: She should have offered a blowjob man.

Would have been no problems then.

/completely his fault
 
fireclown  
2008-03-20 8:05:18 AM  
It' high in selenium and chromium.

/obscure?
 
spazzzml  
2008-03-20 9:10:58 AM  
Approves.
[image from z.about.com too old to be available]
 
Belac  
2008-03-20 9:51:23 AM  
Crimes should be punished based on the level of douchebaggery involved.

She should be put away for life.

That's just ridiculous--trying to kill someone for $22?
 
Larva Lump  
2008-03-20 10:17:23 AM  
"That's 'THE Hacker' to you!"
 
lilygirl  
2008-03-20 10:21:02 AM  
FTA: "All of the sudden I hear her scream in the background, 'I'm not going to jail!'

Hmmmmm, I bet she is now!
 
Siochain  
2008-03-20 11:31:44 AM  
When I saw this article on the strib this morning, I thought it was going to say that he used his hair gel to stem the bleeding
 
InfS  
2008-03-20 3:43:23 PM  
Siochain
I thought the same thing
 
puppypants  
2008-03-20 10:01:35 PM  
InfS: Siochain
I thought the same thing

me three.
 
Larva Lump  
2008-03-21 6:10:31 AM  
Somehow I thought there'd be more obligatory slashies.

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