What’s better for defending your home than an assault rifle? Why, a-syrup rifle, of course!
A Paris message says: An elderly lady, Mme. Mouillebois, was engaged in frying pancakes in her rooms in the Rue de la Maison Blance on Saturday, when she was alarmed by hearing the door of her flat open. A man armed with burglar’s implements appeared at the entrance to the kitchen.
Mme. Mouillebois was paralysed with fear for the space of a couple of seconds, and then suddenly lifting up her frying pan with its contents, she brought it down on the head of the burglar and screamed loudly for help. The neighbors quickly arrived, and found the burglar badly burnt about the face. He was promptly seized and handed over to the police.
This isn’t the first time a pancake has been used to commit batter-y. In fact, the word itself is linked to unwaffle behavior:
It will be remembered that a month ago two tramps named John C. Pancake and George Bennett broke into a farmer’s house near Crow Wing lake, north of Ft. Ripley, and stole some articles of clothing. They were followed to this place and were arrested by Policeman Harker and afterwards taken to Brainerd by Sheriff Mertz for trial.
At the term of court recently held there Pancake pled guilty and was sentenced to State prison for one year. Bennett had a trial and was acquitted.
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Disclaimer: The modern era is far from the first to grapple with rampant “fake news.” As I am neither a historian nor journalist, I make no claims about the accuracy or lack thereof of the above sources. I assert only that they make for a good story.
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Sounds like they all got their…just desserts.
😂 “Just desserts” is just the problem—you don’t see John Carrot or Jane Blueberry going around robbing people!