# Axe weilding madman on the loose again...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 22, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080 "2000-03-22T20:30:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Shagrath\_Borgir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagrath_Borgir)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/1 "2000-03-22T20:30:00Z")
Yep, just thought i’d share this… My brother got an email the other day, and it was the traditional “This really happened to someone i know” email urban legend. It was the one where there woman stops at a gas station, only to be told by the attendant there was a murderer hiding in her backseat. Hadn’t seen this one in a while, but it appears to be making the rounds again… Of course i sent her a nice reply, which included a link to [www.snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com) . Anyways… 🙂
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“…the dark side of the mirror always threw our malice back…”
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/2 "2000-03-23T02:05:00Z")
## Axe murderer. Always the friggin’ axe. Was there _ever_ a prominent murder in which the victim was killed (not posthumously dismembered) with an axe? Well, OK, there was Lizzy Bordon. But she was a woman who killed her parents, not an asylum escapee. And technically, it was a hatchet not an axe.
You say I’m blind, I say you’re hallucinating.
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### Author:  [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/3 "2000-03-23T04:40:00Z")
Does anyone remember that “Kids in the Hall” sketch where Dave Foley walks into that old ladies house and asks if she has an axe? Damn that was funny.
“well, I do have this Hatchet you can use.”
“Oooh, no, I’m an **axe** murderer… but beggars can’t be choosers. It’ll take a little bit more work, but… it’ll do, thanks.”
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Where’s my side of FUN!?
Kisses!
Ophy
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/4 "2000-03-23T16:09:00Z")
Damn it, I’ve said time and again that we need tighter regulation on ownership of Axes! They are simply too dangerous to be in the hands of the general public! Nobody except lumberjacks and the fire department has a legitimate reason to own one, and sporting use must be regulated by a strict licensing program!
Not a day goes by that I don’t hear about some poor lady going home from work who is killed by an AXE from her back seat! Axe violence is at an all-time high (94.7% of all lumber-related deaths are caused by an Axe) and needs to be brought to an end!
An Axe in the home is 87% more likely to chop up a member of your family than a tree! How many times has a poor victim been cleaning his Axe, only to have it suddenly turn on him and cause a nasty cut?
Please support ACI (Axe Control, Inc). Think of the children!
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## Mere Life is not Victory. Mere Death is not Defeat.
Joe Cool
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/5 "2000-03-23T16:25:00Z")
Hmmm, ax-wielding madman, huh?
Does he take requests? Does he need travel expenses?
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### Author:  [@quadell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quadell)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/6 "2000-03-23T19:34:00Z")
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### Author:  [@quadell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quadell)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/7 "2000-03-23T19:36:00Z")
Joe, ow. That hurt. Thanks. 🙂
Your Quadell
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### Author:  [@LBJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LBJay)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/8 "2000-03-24T00:43:00Z")
There was this guy who went berzerk on an Alaska Airlines flight the other day. According to the news reports, he did use an ax to bust through the cockpit door. Do they keep those things handy in case you gotta go real bad?
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### Author:  [@Shagrath\_Borgir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagrath_Borgir)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2000, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axe-weilding-madman-on-the-loose-again/15080/9 "2000-03-24T03:16:00Z")
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> Originally posted by LBJay:
> **There was this guy who went berzerk on an Alaska Airlines flight the other day. According to the news reports, he did use an ax to bust through the cockpit door. Do they keep those things handy in case you gotta go real bad?**
## Naw, what happened is that he wanted to know if he could fly the plane. The stewardess said, “I dunno, go ax the pilot”. 😉 :::ducking:::
“Oh dreadful angel of mine, enrich me with the vastness of your being…”