It’s a blustery day in the Ozarks. Before we get into this yob stuff, I want to say that my internet connection has been dicey over the last day (very possibly related to the tornado activity in recent days), and there are several people who have contacted me that I haven’t had a chance to get back with yet. It’s hit and miss but, I will respond.
Now without further ado, today we have this item.
A booze-fuelled Briton pretending to be Star Wars villain Darth Vader was punished Tuesday for a bizarre surprise attack on two Jedi fanatics.
Want my opinion? Sure you do. The first part of the first sentence there; “A booze-fuelled Briton pretending to be Star Wars villain Darth Vader”, that’s enough to qualify, right there. This guy doesn’t have to do anything else. Add to that, two Jedi fanatics and a bizarre surprise attack; it’s on.
Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27 — who has a chronic alcohol problem — donned a black bin bag for a cape and used a metal crutch for a lightsabre when he impersonated the Dark Lord of the Sith on March 25.
He then lept over the wall of a “Jedi Church” where Barney Jones and his cousin Michael were duelling with lightsabres while filming a documentary.
O.K. I am assuming that a “bin Bag” is what we would call a trash bag; like a Hefty bag. So, drunk guy, in a Hefty bag attacks two guys, “duelling with lightsabres while filming a documentary”. A documentary! heh heh…A documentary. A documentary about grown men duelling with lightsabres.
Hughes hollered “Darth Vader” as he swung his crutch about, whacking Barney Jones over the head with it and punching Michael Jones in the thigh.
Drunk guy, in Hefty bag, shouting “Darth Vader!” swinging a crutch.
The Jedi are guardians of peace and justice, and the force was with them at Holyhead Magistrates’ Court as district judge Andrew Shaw punished “Darth Vader” with a two-month suspended jail sentence and a 100-pound (195-dollar, 126-euro) fine.
Hughes, who has previous convictions for assault, had drunk the best part of a 10-litre box of wine and could not remember the attack, his lawyer Frances Jones told the court.
In his defense, Hefty bag Darth had drunk 10 litres of wine. You know, a guy is that far in to a rip snorting drunk and he runs into two guys filming a “documentary”; two grown men, duelling with lightsabres…well, that may be enough to set a guy off. That may be enough to get a guy to put the Hefty bag on and grab the crutch. And, in some circles, that would be considered just good clean fun. But, it’s all fun until somebody gets hurt and then, it makes the news and then…you look like a bunch of mindless yobs.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:51 am
No… I didn’t try to contact you: must’ve been Ghost Busters.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
That winery should be looking for that gentleman; –imagine what the marketing folks could do!
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May 14th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Yahtzee! for Darth Merlot