It’s been a while since I’ve tagged anything “Up To The Minute”.
I’m not going to lie… I’ve fancied myself as a Jedi many a time; walking into Hannaford I’ve pretended that the sliding doors have opened by means of my sheer will, and, more recently, I’ve felt strong with the force navigating my Netflix queue by waving my hands around ala my Xbox’s Kinect. I enjoy my little Jedi day dreams, Dave of Hayden Island takes it to a whole new level. From the source:
A 33-year-old man who struck customers with light sabers at the Toys R Us at Hayden Island has been sentenced to 45 days jail and possible mental-health treatment.
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Portland police said Canterbury swung the Star Wars sabers — one in each hand — at three customers on Dec. 14 at about 9:50 p.m. at the store at 1800 Jantzen Beach Center. He then carried the light sabers outside the store and swung at police. Officers tried to use a Taser to subdue him, but Canterbury successfully deflected one of the wires away.
Police eventually wrestled him to the ground before taking him into custody.
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Duel wielding lightsabers and deflecting taserbeams? That’s just about as close to a Jedi as real life is going to get. I can only think of one thing that would assume me more… if he was dresses as a wookie while all this went down.
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“He then carried the light sabers outside the store and swung at police.”
That made my day!