Improv in the News

LisaJackson · Post by **LisaJackson** » February 26th, 2008, 5:20 pm

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » February 26th, 2008, 5:22 pm

the clerk is lucky that it jammed

apiaryist · Post by **apiaryist** » February 26th, 2008, 5:41 pm

Technically, that was a Stand-up gun.

You'd think the clerk would have pointed out that he was caught red-handed before he walked out of the joint.

Tarsal!

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » February 27th, 2008, 3:07 am

What exactly was illegal about that?

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » February 27th, 2008, 10:14 am

acrouch wrote:What exactly was illegal about that?

when doing object work, one should hold the 'gun' as though they're holding a real one, feeling its heft & weight, your finger on the trigger ready to fire. Anything else is bad miming, hence illegal.

I apologize for this shitty obvious joke. I had to, don't you see??

York99 · Post by **York99** » February 27th, 2008, 4:07 pm

acrouch wrote:What exactly was illegal about that?

It's still attempted robbery. I believe it's also technically assault.

I doubt he'll get punished too harshly for it, but like the Duke Lacrosse team rape case, a misguided prosecutor trying to prove something and win an election could make a stink about it.

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » February 27th, 2008, 5:58 pm

isn't "assault" the threat of violence?
while "battery" is actual fist-to-face violence?

LisaJackson · Post by **LisaJackson** » February 28th, 2008, 12:08 pm

arthursimone wrote:isn't "assault" the threat of violence?
while "battery" is actual fist-to-face violence?

assault is what you do to bland food
battery is what Hyde Park fries are like

I apologize.

York99 · Post by **York99** » February 28th, 2008, 3:12 pm

arthursimone wrote:isn't "assault" the threat of violence?
while "battery" is actual fist-to-face violence?

Yes. However, assault doesn't have to be an actual threat. It can be implied... as is the case in an attempted robbery.

apiaryist · Post by **apiaryist** » February 28th, 2008, 3:39 pm

LisaJackson wrote:I apologize.

Nobody puts lisajackson in the corner.

I think that if a person walks into a store and demands all the money, then it's a crime. It's based on proof of intent.

York99 · Post by **York99** » February 29th, 2008, 11:22 am

apiaryist wrote:
I think that if a person walks into a store and demands all the money, then it's a crime. It's based on proof of intent.

That's robbery. It wasn't "armed" robbery... but it was "fingered" robbery, which requires an arm, so this guy could go up the river.