Strange and funny news

[Dante]

Feh, guns are boring. Stabbing is visceral, and seems more sporting.

[Kokiri-Mentat]

i just wanted an excuse to post the text pic.  I actually always make sure to have a knife on me just in case.  Although I would be more terrified of a knive fight than a gun fight.  Met a guy at a coffee shop who had been garroted during a car jack a week ago.  They had to do a skin graft over his throat.  Looked painful, but he's alive and walking still.  A six shooter would be my gun of choice, or a blackpowder pistol.  Other than that, knives are more shiek.

[Dante]

If I were to carry a weapon it would probably be a wire or something. Easily concealed. But that's for when you actually want to hurt people, and are serious about it. Knives are all about the sport of it. For want of a better word.

Guns... meh, some of them are cool and make loud boom noises, but they just make things too easy. I'd like a big, kickass shotgun, but that's about it.

[Kokiri-Mentat]

lol, big kickass shotgun.  you sound like a potential zombie movie fan, yes?

[gunner154]

You don't need to be a zombie movie fan to love shotguns. Just play DooM!

Okay, that makes you a zombie movie fan, somewhat. Oh, and using shotguns in Counterstrike is good fun too.

[Dunenewt]

All the talk of shotguns is making me wonder where exatreides has got to.

[Kirby Gotenks absorbed]

Sniper rifles are cool, so I might choose that as my weapon of choice.

[Dunenewt]

Drunk Darth Vader's Jedi assault

A man posing as Darth Vader attacked a Star Wars fan, who had founded a Jedi Church, a court has heard.

Arwel Wynne Hughes, 27, from Holyhead, Anglesey, admitted assaulting Barney Jones and cousin Michael with a metal crutch. They suffered minor injuries.

Hughes, who was drunk and dressed in a black bin bag, shouted "Darth Vader!"

Earlier, when Hughes failed to arrive on time, District Judge Andrew Shaw issued an arrest warrant, adding: "I hope the force will soon be with him."

In the event, Hughes turned up and the case at Holyhead magistrates court resumed.

The court heard he had jumped over a garden wall wearing the bin bag before the attack.

Outlining the case againt Hughes, prosectutor Nia Lloyd said Barney Jones had recently started the Jedi church in Holyhead - in honour of the Star Wars' good knights.

It had about 30 members locally and "thousands worldwide".

The cousins had been filming themselves playing with light sabres in the garden before the attack.

Hughes admitted two charges of common assault.

The court heard he has a "chronic alcohol problem" and had drunk the best part of a 10 litre box of wine.

Mrs Lloyd said: "He was wearing a black bin bag and a cape and had a metal crutch in his hand."

Mrs Lloyd said he was shouting "Darth Vader".

She added that Hughes hit Barney Jones over the head with the crutch, leaving him with a headache.

He then laughed and hit Michael Jones in the thigh, causing bruising.

Both men were left upset by the incident and they believed it was pre-planned.

She added that the pair believe "very strongly in the church and their religion".

Hughes could not remember the incident and only realised what had happened when he read about it in local newspapers, the court told.

Defending, Frances Jones said alcohol was "ruining his life" and he had no idea where he got the crutch from.

The court head Hughes had previous convictions, including affray, assault and disorderly behaviour.

The judge warned Hughes that jail remained a possibility before adjourning for pre-sentence reports until 13 May.