G'DAY Copper !
I was sent on a business trip to Australia last March, and although it sounds glam, when you are on your own it can become the lonliest place on the planet..and when you have 2 weeks on your own it just intensifies the feeling (guess thats the same whereever you may be).

Anyway, I would do my days work, have something to eat, and then hit the bar and drink myself into a lonely stupour, before heading back to the hotel room by myself.

One night I was heading back at 3am (my body clock was still on English time)and I was very nicely pissed, when I heard a woman screaming as if her life depended on it from down a dark alley.

I thought she was being raped, so I ran to help her.

I could see the woman stood screaming as she watched 2 guys beating the living shit out of her fella. He wasn't even fighting back. He fell to the floor and then the pair of thugs started using his head as a football, kicking him over and over again.

Now I don't care where I am in the world..That shit aint acceptable.. 2 on 1. Not in my books. It was time to let old painless out of the bag.

So I crossed the road, and prepared myself to even the odds. The one guy looked up, and I punched my fist so hard through his face that his nose instantly showered me in blood as his head snapped back and he fell to the floor.

Now, your balance isn't too good at the best of times when you've hit the beers hard, and I had thrown my whole body weight behind this punch - so inevitably, I followed the thug down to the ground where I continued to go to work reconstructing his face.

Meanwhile, I had completely forgotten about his mate, who then turned his attentions to pummelling the back of my head. Very quickly I was becoming the victim, but ironically, nobody came to help me..

I managed to get to my feet, and the pair of them ran off..not only was I pissed, but now I was concust too. A few lumps on the back of the head, but nothing more.. I was lucky. His mate could have had a knife.

I watched the girl pick her fella up. Holy shit..his face was a real mess, black and blue and pouring with blood.

They told me not to worry and left..I stood there dazed and confused for a moment, then walked off.

Around the corner, no more than 100 yards, stood 2 Policemen. I went up to them.. "Didn't you hear the screams ? Why didn't you help? ".

To which the Policemen just shrugged their shoulders.

Although looking back, I could have been seriously hurt or even killed.. I would do it again any day of the week. I just wouldn't be able to walk by and not do anything..as thats as bad as the crime itself.
(TheRiddler Hmmmmm... I concur., Thu 14 Feb 2008, 16:07, 4 replies)

good for you!
you may have saved that guy's life
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Fri 15 Feb 2008, 3:57, closed)

Good man!
Again, if we were all like that, the world would be better. *click*
(Musuko, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 13:37, closed)

Australia? Glam?
Really?
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Mon 18 Feb 2008, 22:18, closed)

Did you feel as if you were the only one who could help?
are you a scientologist?
(The Ear-Trumpet Addicting is NOT a word., Tue 19 Feb 2008, 12:49, closed)