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Robbers Scared by GTA
HellSpam writes "Some robbers tried to burglarize a poor old lady and her 3 grandsons. Her grandsons happened to be playing Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas, and the sounds of the police from the game scared them away! From the article: "The police in the game were saying, 'Stop, we have you surrounded. This is the police.' The burglar, unknowingly, thought this was the actual police and panicked ... being apprehended by PlayStation." Now, no more saying games are bad for you..."
What is the point of the word "burglarize"? "Burgle" means exactly the same thing.
The verb is 'burgle', and one who burgles is a burglar.
You don't call a burglar a 'burglarizer', do you?
Cripes!
The U.S. is a nation composed of 50 states, each with its own laws governing self-defense in the home. There are states with the so-called "castle laws" which allow the use of deadly force inside the home, but even these states might have a "retreat requirement" which requires that the homeowner retreat to a place of safety if but only if it is possible to do so in a safe manner.
In the US, the justifiability of a self-defense incident is still very much decided by a court. The mere availability of deadly weapons in this nation does not mean that gun-owning Americans can use them at will.
Unlikely -- we'd dial 999. Take that smart guy :-)
Quoth the grandparent post:
Somewhere in America:
Using old english suffixes on your verbs doesn't make you one whit smarter when you have zero english comprehension skills.
The grandparent was referring to the fact that the Brit would have dialed 999 and not reached emergency services at all.
occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb
Did the injury happen to be they fell on the ground holding their shin till someone on the opposing team was red carded.
911 was chosen as it is 9 pulses followed by 2 (seperate) pulses.
000 would be 30 pulses (with a break between sets of 10).
911 was originally implemented when the majority, if not everyone, still had pulse dial.
It was a combination which was thought to prevent misdials.
Why is this troll?
There's a large, double-ended dildo in the showers of the Police Departments in GTA:SA. It's quite a powerful weapon for melee. Almost as satisfying as beating a tramp to death with a bunch of flowers. In the game of course.
The story says they came in and pointed guns, and that there were four of them. They weren't sneaking into anywhere, it was a home invasion.
If you actually RTFA you will see that this happened last March. Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas was not even out yet. Had to be either the orginal GTA or GTA: Vice City.
There is no way they could find that out unless the criminal had an IQ of 70 and then he's lucky to get out of the house with pants on.
Most criminals are not Lex Luthor. Why do you think there are so many dumb-criminal stories? They really are stupid for the most part. I had one thief (or thieves) fail to steal my Mustang because they jimmied the door and pulled the ignition lock cylinder but then couldn't start the engine. The thing was the key switch had broken and it was so expensive to replace that I had rerouted the wiring to two easily visible/traced switches for ignition and starter. They aren't real bright.
I'd reccomend using a wakizashi, anyways. They're substantially shorter, and far more suited to indoor use. The katana is the Japanese version of the longsword, and like its European counterpart, it wasn't meant to be used in close indoor combat as much as on the open battlefield.
We who were living are now dying
With a little patience
...to get GTA:San Andres since it was not available back in March when this attack happened. I would guess it was more likely GTA3 or GTA:Vice City.
We were all warned a long time ago that MS products sucked, remember the Magic 8 Ball said, "Outlook not so good"