Hint to those buying bolt cutters @ 4:30 AM.....

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Lifer
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Hope this isn't a repost, I couldn't find it...

Posted on Mon, Feb. 09, 2004


Associated Press

MAGNOLIA, Ark. - James Cotton looked just like any other Wal-Mart customer buying a bolt cutter at 4:30 in the morning - until the cashier noticed that Cotton was wearing handcuffs.

According to police, the clerk took Cotton's money, gave him the bolt cutter, then called officers. Cotton was caught minutes later Saturday, after he had gone into the bathroom and cut off the handcuffs.

Cotton had been arrested the night before by the Haynesville, La., police on charges of battery and possession of a narcotic, but he kicked out a window in a police car and fled, authorities said.


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Aquaman

Lifer
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Makes you wonder why he didn't think of just cutting it in the isle? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

andylawcc

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Makes you wonder why he didn't think of just cutting it in the isle? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

whao, I never thought of that... hehe, well maybe there is no AC plug for the cutter.


or maybe he should have used a battery powered one :)

 

Hoober

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Originally posted by: andylawcc
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Makes you wonder why he didn't think of just cutting it in the isle? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

whao, I never thought of that... hehe, well maybe there is no AC plug for the cutter.


or maybe he should have used a battery powered one :)

Call me crazy, but the last pair of bolt cutters I used weren't electric. Old James Cotton isn't too bright.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: andylawcc
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Makes you wonder why he didn't think of just cutting it in the isle? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

whao, I never thought of that... hehe, well maybe there is no AC plug for the cutter.


or maybe he should have used a battery powered one :)
Bolt cutters are huge oversized wire cutters with really long handles.
 

T2T III

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Originally posted by: Hoober
Originally posted by: andylawcc
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Makes you wonder why he didn't think of just cutting it in the isle? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

whao, I never thought of that... hehe, well maybe there is no AC plug for the cutter.


or maybe he should have used a battery powered one :)

Call me crazy, but the last pair of bolt cutters I used weren't electric. Old James Cotton isn't too bright.

I find it ironic that he was "honest" enough to buy the bolt cutter. Sure, he probably would have used it and returned it later. But still ...

 

ViperSSD

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Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech


I find it ironic that he was "honest" enough to buy the bolt cutter. Sure, he probably would have used it and returned it later. But still ...

LOL