FantasistsEddie Spunkbubble says: I used to know a sad case who fancied himself as a bit of a 007 and bragged that he always carried a loaded 9mm pistol in his attache case "just in case". Overheard by an off-duty copper, he was asked to make good on his claim. A packed lunch, red face and a stern warning "not to act the twat" and he never did it again. Tell us of Walter Mitty types.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jun 2014, 11:40)
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Scourge of the VogglesMy sister knew this fellow: husband of her school chum. He claimed to be retired from the Riverside, California police department. He said their greatest challenge was combating The Vagos motorcycle gang, but he pronounced it as "Voggles". The Vagos are a fearsome, ruthless gang; The Voggles sounds like a down-market knockoff of The Wiggles.
In any event, his wife was growing blind, so they decided to move back to New Mexico from Los Angeles, California, in a used RV vehicle, together with her jewelry and a huge collection of guns and ammunition. Outside of Palm Springs, the RV overheated and caught fire. All the ammunition started firing off. No one could approach the vehicle and fight the fire. The police had to close a major highway for more than hour and wait for the RV to burn down to the axles. Because she was blind, his wife never recovered the jewelry from the ashes.
Life was hard on them. Nonetheless, I liked listening to his tales of derring do, ferreting out drugs and knocking over biker kingpins, a la Sons of Anarchy.
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