Non-football related stuff that really makes your day

[Tony G]

The old Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia was first to erect an in-house jail to deal with the Eagles' infamous "700 level" unrulies. These were men—raging drunks, mostly—in the habit of wagging their unclothed beef at females, spitting, cursing, puking and projecting debris on to the field. (According to a former security specialist with the Eagles, one locally famous lawyer in this section allegedly took bets on who could nail the opposing team's coach with a snowball. The odds maker's name was Ed Rendell.) Things got so bad in Philly that the team outfitted their detention area with a muni court presided over by the Hon. Seamus McCaffrey. Hooligans brought before McCaffrey were tried on the spot. Those found guilty were stripped of their season tickets (if they held them), fined $400 and thrown in the stadium jail until the end of the game. Franklin Financial Field, the Eagles' new digs, also boasts a lock-up. But fan unruliness has subsided and Judge McCaffery has since moved on.
About half of all NFL arenas are now prison-equipped. In-house jails come standard at the stadiums managed by SMG, one of the world's largest public facilities management companies.
"All of our NFL facilities have some form of detention," says Glenn Mon, SMG's senior vice-president of stadiums and arenas, "though currently none has on-site judicial." (Among the arenas that SMG manages is Jacksonville's Alltel stadium, the site of this year's Superbowl.)

[Marko69]

Found myself Lol-ing at that story......., these big tough Philly unrulies with their dicks out, and their swearing and throwing things and fighting are eventually sent to the slammer, ........, by Seamus McCafferty!! Wee Irish Seamus gets the job done. Don't fuck with Seamus! I can just hear him saying his verdict....., " Richt then, ya load o unrulys, pit yer dicks away an git yer arrrses in them houfs ya barstards!"

[Islair]

Colorado Woman Spots Stolen Bike on Craigslist, Steals it Back

A Colorado woman took matters into her own hands when her bike was stolen from outside of a Boulder sports bar. She tracked down her stolen bike on Craigslist, pretended to be an interested buyer and stole back her own bike.
Kathryn Lucas, 25, parked her bike outside of a bar where she went to watch a University of Colorado football game on the night of Oct. 4, according to ABC News’ Denver affiliate KMGH.

When she left the bar to head home, she discovered that her black Trek 1.2 road bike was missing. After filing a police report, she and her roommate began searching Craigslist to see if the thief was trying to sell the bike.

Sure enough, Lucas found a posting with a photo of her bike. She immediately recognized her bike’s red handle-bar tape and her water bottle holder.

Lucas responded to the Craigslist ad, pretending to be an interested buyer. Minutes later, a person using the name “Lance Robinson” responded with his phone number and instructed her to text him so he could send her his address.

On Sunday, Lucas went to the man’s apartment complex and asked if she could test ride the bike.

“I started riding it and knew it was my bike, so I just kept riding it,” Lucas told KMGH. “I rode it to my car and then threw it it in my car and then drove away.”
Lucas said she had not been planning on getting the bike back that way, but took advantage of an opportunity and made a spur-of-the-moment decision.

“They were a lot bigger than I thought they were,” Lucas said. “I thought it’d be like a little person that stole bikes and I’d be like, ‘Hey, I called the police and that’s my bike and you’re trying to sell it to me,’ but I just took it for a ride and went with it.”

After she had recovered her bike, Lucas called the police and gave them the thief’s address. “Lance Robinson” turned out to be 18-year-old Denzel O’Neal Crawford, who did not have a prior police record.

Crawford was arrested, confessed to stealing the bike and was released on bond. Police also told Lucas that, though her recovery mission was successful, it was not a tactic they recommend, according to KMGH.

“They told me for future reference that I probably would not want to do that by myself,” Lucas said.

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/colorado-woman-spots-stolen-bike-craigslist-steals-back-164456345.html

[nhwbrooklyn]

Colorado Woman Spots Stolen Bike on Craigslist, Steals it Back

A Colorado woman took matters into her own hands when her bike was stolen from outside of a Boulder sports bar. She tracked down her stolen bike on Craigslist, pretended to be an interested buyer and stole back her own bike.
Kathryn Lucas, 25, parked her bike outside of a bar where she went to watch a University of Colorado football game on the night of Oct. 4, according to ABC News? Denver affiliate KMGH.

When she left the bar to head home, she discovered that her black Trek 1.2 road bike was missing. After filing a police report, she and her roommate began searching Craigslist to see if the thief was trying to sell the bike.

Sure enough, Lucas found a posting with a photo of her bike. She immediately recognized her bike?s red handle-bar tape and her water bottle holder.

Lucas responded to the Craigslist ad, pretending to be an interested buyer. Minutes later, a person using the name ?Lance Robinson? responded with his phone number and instructed her to text him so he could send her his address.

On Sunday, Lucas went to the man?s apartment complex and asked if she could test ride the bike.

?I started riding it and knew it was my bike, so I just kept riding it,? Lucas told KMGH. ?I rode it to my car and then threw it it in my car and then drove away.?
Lucas said she had not been planning on getting the bike back that way, but took advantage of an opportunity and made a spur-of-the-moment decision.

?They were a lot bigger than I thought they were,? Lucas said. ?I thought it?d be like a little person that stole bikes and I?d be like, ?Hey, I called the police and that?s my bike and you?re trying to sell it to me,? but I just took it for a ride and went with it.?

After she had recovered her bike, Lucas called the police and gave them the thief?s address. ?Lance Robinson? turned out to be 18-year-old Denzel O?Neal Crawford, who did not have a prior police record.

Crawford was arrested, confessed to stealing the bike and was released on bond. Police also told Lucas that, though her recovery mission was successful, it was not a tactic they recommend, according to KMGH.

?They told me for future reference that I probably would not want to do that by myself,? Lucas said.


http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs...164456345.html

Awesome. Good for her. I've had a bike stolen and it's a shitty feeling.

[kayrone]

you go, girl.

[CGVT]

I had my bike stolen out side of a bar when lived in Key West-single speed beach cruiser that was worth about 200 bucks. I found it about six months later outside of another bar all beat to shit with a big assed basket add to it. I called over a cop a showed him a military stcker under the seat that proved that it was mine and he got some bolt cutters out of his trunk, cut the lock and told me to take it. I found out later that the owner of the bar(BO's Fish House) was bitching that somebody stole his bike. I saw him later and told him it was my bike and I took it he said he bought it for $50 and wondered if he could have his basket back. I told him to fuck off. Who the fuck buys a $200 bike for $50 and doesn't think something is fishy. Fucker

[Marko69]

""Can I have my basket please?""
""Naw ye cannae, Fuck off!""

LMAO @ that Cgvt....., superb!!

But I suppose being the owner of BO's Fish bar would make everything "Fishy" ...,, no?

[froot loops]

That will teach the owner to mess with a sailor, he's lucky all he lost was 50 dollars and a basket..

[CGVT]

Ha!

[Sharkbait]

I had my bike stolen out side of a bar when lived in Key West-single speed beach cruiser that was worth about 200 bucks. I found it about six months later outside of another bar all beat to shit with a big assed basket add to it. I called over a cop a showed him a military stcker under the seat that proved that it was mine and he got some bolt cutters out of his trunk, cut the lock and told me to take it. I found out later that the owner of the bar(BO's Fish House) was bitching that somebody stole his bike. I saw him later and told him it was my bike and I took it he said he bought it for $50 and wondered if he could have his basket back. I told him to fuck off. Who the fuck buys a $200 bike for $50 and doesn't think something is fishy. Fucker

""Can I have my basket please?""
""Naw ye cannae, Fuck off!""

LMAO @ that Cgvt....., superb!!

But I suppose being the owner of BO's Fish bar would make everything "Fishy" ...,, no?

I don't know why, but I actually laughed out loud reading that story. I don't know why, but it was just funny to me. Maybe because I had a visual of Jim telling him to fuck off. Then again, it might have been Marko69's response, I could actually hear that Scottish dialect as I read it.

In my old age, I am easily amused.

[nhwbrooklyn]

Agreed that was fun.

[CGVT]

""Can I have my basket please?""
""Naw ye cannae, Fuck off!""

LMAO @ that Cgvt....., superb!!

But I suppose being the owner of BO's Fish bar would make everything "Fishy" ...,, no?

The bike in question...

[Masspartan]

$200 for that pos?

[CGVT]

Ha! It was brand new when it was stolen. That's what it looked like when I got it back.

[Newbomb Turk]

Awesome. Good for her. I've had a bike stolen and it's a shitty feeling.