Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Canada’s Mean Streets

Thinking about vacationing in Canada?

You may want to reconsider.



We’re following this story closely …

Halloween took a bizarre and frightening turn in London (Ontario, Canada) this weekend when a man dressed as a purple Teletubby robbed a woman at gunpoint near the city's core.

London police say a gun-toting man wearing a costume of the pudgy purple television character, named Tinky Winky, confronted the woman near Talbot and Mill streets just after midnight and demanded cash.

The woman, in her 20s, handed money to the robber, who then ran south on Talbot.

The woman was unhurt, but misfortune wasn't hers alone. A second man dressed in costume was later stopped in the area by police and questioned -- but police had the wrong Teletubby.

"He was deemed not to be the Teletubby we were looking for," Const. Kevin Lui said.

"Unfortunately, Halloween provides (robbers) more cover than any other night."

The woman said the man who robbed her was between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-4, 200 to 240 pounds with muscular build, short, dark hair and was clean-shaven.

Teletubbies is a TV series aimed at pre-schoolers that also gained a cult following among some older viewers.

Tinky Winky gained some notoriety a decade ago after evangelical preacher Jerry Falwell claimed the character was a homosexual role model because his antenna was a triangle and he carried a magic bag that looked like a woman's purse.

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31 comments:

  1. Gee, now we know what the purse is for.

    But about that description something makes me want to be "robbed" by him, I have to admit.

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  2. Typical tragic child star story. One day you're on top of the world; the next, you're robbing people on the street to support your crack habit.

    Maybe he wanted to buy a new purse.

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  3. JASON: Gee, now we know what the purse is for.
    But about that description something makes me want to be "robbed" by him, I have to admit.


    Once he’s arrested, you can pay him a conjugal visit.

    EROS: Typical tragic child star story. One day you're on top of the world; the next, you're robbing people on the street to support your crack habit.
    Maybe he wanted to buy a new purse.


    A new purse would make him so happy he’d do the Bag Dance!

    Caution: Viewing this video could cause your brain to fall out.

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  4. bag , bag , bag bag bag
    ***brain falls out***
    whoooooooooooooooooooo

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  5. Did the Mounties "bag" the culprit?

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  6. So... if this guy was in a costume like the one in the picture, how did the woman know he had short dark hair and was clean shaven?

    Did she use her xray vision?

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  7. BEAST: bag , bag , bag bag bag
    ***brain falls out***
    whoooooooooooooooooooo


    Oh dear.

    One more thing to clean up.

    XL: Did the Mounties "bag" the culprit?

    The Mounties always get their man!

    PONITA: So... if this guy was in a costume like the one in the picture, how did the woman know he had short dark hair and was clean shaven?
    Did she use her xray vision?


    That’s the wonder of X-Ray Specs!

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  8. Does "U" turn on way to Canadian border and says "I don't need those 222's THAT much."

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  9. "Thinking about vacationing in Canada?

    You may want to reconsider.
    "

    That was all you needed to say.

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  10. It is true all queers do want to either do or be Tinky Winky.

    Old Knudsen would buck the hole off La La.

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  11. "Between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-4"
    You always have to go one better over there don't you?
    Even with your Teletubbies!

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  12. What kind of gay man would call himself Tinky Winky?!

    Dipsy I can understand, if he's a bit of a silly queen. La-La if he's a crystal meth fan. But what does Tinky Winky say to you as a name?

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  13. Kapi, it means he's into water sports! Golden showers! Or in Tinky Winky's case, purple rain!

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  14. No, it means he's got a tiny willy.

    Which is probably the reason Dipsy doesn't want to know him.

    La-La has suggested - numerous times - that a few months of 'exercising' with the help of Noo-Noo might be of some help. If Noo-Noo's too tired, there's always the option of a tubby-custard filled vacuum pump.

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  15. BOXER: Does "U" turn on way to Canadian border and says "I don't need those 222's THAT much."

    Some day, you too will have a fabulous health care system.

    PIGGY WIGGY: "Thinking about vacationing in Canada?
    You may want to reconsider."

    That was all you needed to say.


    *flings moose poo at Piggy*

    KNUDSEN: It is true all queers do want to either do or be Tinky Winky.
    Old Knudsen would buck the hole off La La.


    Are those poppers I see in your manbag?

    KAZ: "Between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-4"
    You always have to go one better over there don't you?
    Even with your Teletubbies!


    I’m afraid it’s the influence of our American (“bigger is better”) neighbours to the south.

    KAPI: What kind of gay man would call himself Tinky Winky?!
    Dipsy I can understand, if he's a bit of a silly queen. La-La if he's a crystal meth fan. But what does Tinky Winky say to you as a name?


    See helpful comments from Eros and Piggy.

    EROS: Kapi, it means he's into water sports! Golden showers! Or in Tinky Winky's case, purple rain!

    Mistress MJ would like to take this opportunity to thank you (and all others) who come to the assistance of those (such as Kapitano) who lie awake at night with burning questions.

    PIGGY WIGGY: No, it means he's got a tiny willy.
    Which is probably the reason Dipsy doesn't want to know him.
    La-La has suggested - numerous times - that a few months of 'exercising' with the help of Noo-Noo might be of some help. If Noo-Noo's too tired, there's always the option of a tubby-custard filled vacuum pump.


    Ooooh, look!

    Here’s a nice purple one!

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  16. After having been horrifyingly menaced by a band of unwashed, meth-scabbed punk rockers (Oh! Yanks! Come up to visit Canada, eh? Welcome to Canada, eh?)at a stoplight on Hastings Avenue, I can attest to the vicious nature of the Canadian. This worrisome new 'Teletubbie' trend is just another indicator of the crawling psychosis lying just beneath the deceptively mild veneer of the average Canadian citizen.
    *backs slowly away from MJ*
    *makes Voorish sign*
    *invokes Cthulhu*

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  17. "lie awake at night with burning questions"

    A good round of antibiotics will clear that up right away!

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  18. NATIONS: After having been horrifyingly menaced by a band of unwashed, meth-scabbed punk rockers (Oh! Yanks! Come up to visit Canada, eh? Welcome to Canada, eh?)at a stoplight on Hastings Avenue, I can attest to the vicious nature of the Canadian. This worrisome new 'Teletubbie' trend is just another indicator of the crawling psychosis lying just beneath the deceptively mild veneer of the average Canadian citizen.
    *backs slowly away from MJ*
    *makes Voorish sign*
    *invokes Cthulhu*


    Be gone or I’ll steal your Egyptian Penis Man!

    XL: "lie awake at night with burning questions"
    A good round of antibiotics will clear that up right away!


    I found a tube of ointment in Old Knudsen’s manbag.

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  19. I've decided to do a new year's resolution which will require a trip to Canada. If I come, will you protect me from the big gay teletubby?

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  20. MICHAEL RIVERS: I've decided to do a new year's resolution which will require a trip to Canada. If I come, will you protect me from the big gay teletubby?

    My handbag is bigger than his so the answer is yes, I’ll protect you.

    Does this resolution have something to do with eating your way across the USA and now through Canada?

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  21. What a horrible story.

    On the other hand Halloween is the night that I make out like a bandit, dressed as a bandit, robbing women and making out with queens.

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  22. AYEM8Y: What a horrible story.
    On the other hand Halloween is the night that I make out like a bandit, dressed as a bandit, robbing women and making out with queens.


    An ass bandit?

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  23. Is she sure it was at gun point and not just Tinky winky's purple headed womb broom.

    "he carried a magic bag that looked like a woman's purse."

    Would that be a Lady's steak purse?

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  24. MITZI: Is she sure it was at gun point and not just Tinky winky's purple headed womb broom.
    "he carried a magic bag that looked like a woman's purse."
    Would that be a Lady's steak purse?


    *slaps Mitzi with Purple-headed yogurt slinger*

    I’ll thank you to stay out of my cafeteria!

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  25. The woman said the man who robbed her was between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-4, 200 to 240 pounds with muscular build, short, dark hair and was clean-shaven.

    what a silly teletubby! you mean he took his face off so she could see him and later identify him? What a tool. They really need to start some robber training academies for the correct protocol

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  26. Just like Jason, I read the description and felt the need to be robbed.
    I don't, however, want him thinking I'm turned on by dressing up. If I was so inclined, he'd have to dress as Joan Collins.

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  27. [off topic]

    Recently at Boxer's you mentioned prune Activa®. I thought you were kidding!

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  28. BITCHES: Thanks to any of you who commented after 9:00 am.

    Mistress MJ is spent and it’s all she can do to publish Manuel’s birthday post and then crack open a bottle of wine.

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