# A Hallmark Moment:  I would charge a tiger for you

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 14, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hallmark-moment-i-would-charge-a-tiger-for-you/571306 "2011-02-14T15:38:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hallmark-moment-i-would-charge-a-tiger-for-you/571306/1 "2011-02-14T15:38:46Z")

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A Malaysian woman [rescued her husband from a tiger attack](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/14/woman-rescues-husband-in-tiger-attack/?hpt=T2) this weekend.

Don’t worry, she was heavily armed:

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> Han Besou, 55, who was several feet away, heard the screams of her husband and charged the tiger with a large soup spoon, bopping it on the head, the paper reported. The animal fled.

I don’t know if they celebrate Valentine’s Day in Malaysia, but he _really_ ought to get her some flowers.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hallmark-moment-i-would-charge-a-tiger-for-you/571306/2 "2011-02-14T15:56:54Z")

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From the linked article.

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> Wildlife officials were awaiting a permit Monday to chase the tiger farther into the jungle, the director told The Star.

I wonder if they’re all going to be armed with soup spoons?

Brave lady.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hallmark-moment-i-would-charge-a-tiger-for-you/571306/3 "2011-02-14T19:00:40Z")

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That’s the spoon you mount on the wall just so you can tell people, "yeah, I fought off a tiger with that one. Although it might be more fun if you let them use it before you tell them what’s so special about that particular spoon in their mouth.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hallmark-moment-i-would-charge-a-tiger-for-you/571306/4 "2011-02-14T19:18:20Z")

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I’m guessing it was a serving spoon and she served that cat right.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hallmark-moment-i-would-charge-a-tiger-for-you/571306/5 "2011-02-14T20:50:45Z")

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Brave woman, but I really wish that Malaysia would enact stricter spoon laws.

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**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hallmark-moment-i-would-charge-a-tiger-for-you/571306/6 "2011-02-15T03:28:55Z")

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I’ve waited many a year for this moment:

[SpoOoOooOOoooOOooon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcm-J7lQT3w&feature=related)!!