I've been there, in the days when I lived in Milwaukee, but it left no discernable impression upon my memory. I guess there's nothing to do there except lounge around your apartment and watch pr0n...

I sure hope he doesn't end up doing time. What a (gallant) doofus.

"I had the sword extended, but that was all," he said.
*snicker*

I 'magine that this will be used by all spectra of folks to prove one point or another. My hit, if he'd had a gun rather than a sword, the guy, or maybe his dvd player might be dead today.

The pen-is mightier than the sword!

When I first heard the sword pr0n story, I didn't hear the location, but I had chuckled to myself because the Milwaukee paper had just done a story on Wisconsin's sword factory.

Wow, what a great reason to get arrested. With a sword! Love gallant doofuses who have swords. Classy. ;)

I miss Wisconsin more and more.

He's lucky he wasn't met by a 12 guage shotgun full of frangible shot. That's such nasty stuff, it basically produces inoperable wounds, and if the round was aimed low, he'd have essentially lost a leg, as amputation above the wound is sometimes the only medical option available, if he didn't bleed to death on the spot, in a couple of minutes.

Something to think about, if you're ever prompted to be a door bustin' hero.

Oconomowoc is my favorite city because every other letter is an O.

Should the headline not read — 'Man Brandishes Family Heirloom At Neighbour"—more inside
I couldn't resist — is that what you meant to say Specklet ¿

The town name almost translates to 'What to talk about' in Polish if it was oconomowic. ]Written: O co, no mowic.[

But no phone ¿ Jeebus. Just heirlooms ¿
Although who wouldn't come to help someone sounding like they're in distress ]at least in his mind[. Bring your sword by all means, but knock loudly and ask what the hell is going on, for instance. Don't stand in front of the door — you've watched the movies. He didn't listen long enough by the door, it seems.
It won't stick in court, he'll pay for the damage and sign a peace bond.

Oconomowoc backwards is cowomonoco. Coincidence? I think not.

You know, honestly, if the guy was watching the porn that, um, does feature women screaming for help... can you blame him?

I mean, imagine if the headline was "neighbor listened and did nothing as woman brutally raped, assumed it was porn."

(although I did read about this on something awful a couple days ago- their theory was any guy who owns a sword and lives with mom most likely doesn't actually know what sex sounds like)

No one got hurt, and intentions were pretty noble. Hopefully they'll let him go.

their theory was any guy who owns a sword and lives with mom most likely doesn't actually know what sex sounds like

Maybe, but I feel I can state with 100% certainty that he knows what porn sounds like.

Perhaps... but going with that train of thought, maybe he was thrown off by the lack of tentacled monsters?