COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) — Colorado police say a man with too much "Star Trek" on his mind used a sword modeled after the weapon carried by Klingon warriors to demand money from two convenience stores.
Investigators say the man took an unknown amount of cash from a 7-Eleven store Wednesday but left empty-handed when he tried to rob another store about 25 minutes later.
Police Lt. David Whitlock says no one was injured.
The StarTrek.com Web site says the double-pointed sword used by the Klingons on "Star Trek" is crescent-shaped and about a yard long. Police did not specify what material it was made of.
No one has been charged in the incident.
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Posted by Boston on February 5, 2009 at 6:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
If his escape vehicle was cloaked, it's going to be hard to find him.
Posted by Krobar on February 5, 2009 at 6:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Just check every mom's basement.
Posted by bouldermeister on February 5, 2009 at 6:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
the worst attempt at a funny headline EVAH.
Posted by Shiny on February 5, 2009 at 6:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The Roddenberry Slurpee brain freeze bandit strikes again.
Posted by FuriousB on February 5, 2009 at 7:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I suppose there is little hope of someone claiming to be his girlfriend turning him in.
Posted by broulder on February 5, 2009 at 7:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
hilarious
Posted by BoulderHolder on February 5, 2009 at 7:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When will the government start clamping down on illegal aliens? These Klingons are ruining everything.
Posted by SonOfTheGriz on February 5, 2009 at 7:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Police did not specify what material it was made of."
Really? I'd narrow it down to two possibilities...
1. Cardboard -- the guy IS living in his Mom's basement
2. Steel -- the guy made his Mom buy it for his 32nd birthday
The writer (who names their kid Associated Press?) consulted with the Oracle of Star Trek Wisdom and couldn't nerd up enough to tell us WHICH Klingon blade was used? I believe that was a bat'leth and, sheesh, I think he's holding it wrong.
:-)
Posted by kabibble on February 5, 2009 at 8:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
An empowering moment for nerds everywhere.....let's hope an army of Romulans descending on McDonalds isn't next.
Posted by punkot on February 5, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
We all know this guy HAD to look and talk like Comic Book Guy, so, some CBG quotes...
• Oh, loneliness and Slurpees are a dangerous mix.
• I won it as a door prize at the Star Trek convention, although I find their choice of prize highly illogical as the average Trekker has no use for a medium-sized bat'leth.
• Very well. I must hurry back to my comic book store, where I dispense the insults rather than absorb them.
• Oh, it appears I will have to find a new fortress of solitude.
• Tell me, how do you feel about 45 year old virgins who still live with their parents?
• Egad -- a maniac cutting a swath of destruction!
• Stop right there. I have here the only working phaser ever built. It was fired only once, to keep William Shatner from making another album.
• Lucite hardening ... must end life in classic Lorne Greene pose from "Battlestar Galactica." Best ... death ... ever!
Posted by RoseFromTheDead on February 5, 2009 at 8:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Too much prune juice and blood wine will drive anyone to this sort of behavior.
Posted by punkot on February 5, 2009 at 9:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Apparently this dude had to deal with the death of Khan in his own tributary Klingon way!
Posted by marlboroman on February 5, 2009 at 9:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You'd have to be a little slow to try and rob a 7-11. It takes forever to break a $20, what with
that stupid little time-release tube dropper.
Posted by flywheeljh on February 5, 2009 at 9:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm a Tribble farmer by profession, but I think my
friend Frodo Baggins would agree that we need to
open a hailing frequency to the United Federation
of Planets to nab this guy!
Posted by Doc_Brinkley on February 5, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"I take too many of the pills."
Posted by AirborneRanger on February 5, 2009 at 11:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Posted by FuriousB on February 5, 2009 at 7:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I suppose there is little hope of someone claiming to be his girlfriend turning him in.
Posted by BoulderHolder on February 5, 2009 at 7:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When will the government start clamping down on illegal aliens? These Klingons are ruining everything.
Posted by RoseFromTheDead on February 5, 2009 at 8:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Too much prune juice and blood wine will drive anyone to this sort of behavior.
ROFL!!!
Posted by t.pull on February 5, 2009 at 11:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)
did he sport a mullet and state trooper sunglasses?
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