# Batman was not sufficiently prepared. Newslink **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-was-not-sufficiently-prepared-newslink/581587 "2011-05-11T23:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-was-not-sufficiently-prepared-newslink/581587/1 "2011-05-11T23:46:15Z")
😃 [http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/05/11/20110511michigan-batman-arrest.html](http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/05/11/20110511michigan-batman-arrest.html) > [@](#): > > PETOSKEY, Mich. – Holy trespassing, Batman! > > A 31-year-old man dressed as the comic book Caped Crusader was arrested Wednesday in Petoskey after he was seen hanging from the top wall of a downtown business. > > The Petoskey News-Review reports officers went up on the roof about 12:40 a.m. and pulled the 31-year-old man back onto the building. Batman is not ready for Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-was-not-sufficiently-prepared-newslink/581587/2 "2011-05-12T00:09:40Z")
I actually went to school with that guy. He was two grades below me. That story was on the front page of the local paper and brightened my day right up. Seeing as how I was more into Spider Man than Batman, I can cheer that my guy is still running around and Batman is in a local jail with sweat stains in his armpits. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-was-not-sufficiently-prepared-newslink/581587/3 "2011-05-12T14:14:07Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Batman is not ready for Michigan. Snickers- “Not Going Anywhere For a While?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-was-not-sufficiently-prepared-newslink/581587/4 "2011-05-12T17:19:02Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > I actually went to school with that guy. He was two grades below me. I don’t think you’re giving yourself enough credit. This guy sounds like he’s several grades below you. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-was-not-sufficiently-prepared-newslink/581587/5 "2011-05-12T18:03:22Z")
Hell, the only reason the cops hauled him in was they were afraid he might attempt collective bargaining while he was up there! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-was-not-sufficiently-prepared-newslink/581587/6 "2011-05-13T01:43:57Z")
He has the same name (found in another news report) as my brother’s best friend, so my brother has been sending him links and ribbing him mercilessly. Needless to say, the best friend is twenty five years older and lives in another state, but in that costume, it just might be… ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-was-not-sufficiently-prepared-newslink/581587/7 "2011-05-13T03:26:36Z")
It’s not at all the Batman vs. Wolverine crossover that I expected.