Foolish? Perhaps. Badass? Definitely.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

So, let’s say you’re relaxing one evening in your bedroom. Suddenly you hear the sound of glass breaking downstairs, followed by voices. What do you do? Do you call the police? Do you climb out the window and seek refuge at a neighbor’s home? Do you yell “I have a gun! Leave now!”?

Well, if you’re Green Bay Packers running back Noah Herron, what you do is unscrew a post from your bed and beat the living shit out of the guy with it.

Decreed: Herron’s badassometer goes to 11.

2

I listened to Dan Patrick was talking about this on his radio show today.

Severely bad-ass. Now I have to run out and find a bed with posts, then partially unscrew them so I can react faster.

3

I have a honest-to-god machete at my computer desk at home, but I really don’t want to make a big mess. Guess I need a bedpost. :smiley:

4

Quite frankly, I think it would be much more bad ass to beat the living shit out of the intruder with a pillow. Anyone can do it with a blunt object, I’d like to see it done with some fluffy down.

5

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn.

6

What kind of pansy sleeps in a bed with bedposts? Aren’t those for little girls who have unicorns on their bedsheets?

Seriously though, Sean Taylor was killed in a very similar situation and he was armed with a machete. The intruder simply had a gun. I’m glad that Herron is alright but things could have ended up badly for him.

7

[singing]Tie me to the bedpost; don’t beat me with it baby. Tie me to the bedpost, and let’s drive those robbers out. WooOooO.[/singing]

8

Sounds like he called the cops and stayed in the bedroom, waiting for their arrival. He only hit the one who came upstairs and entered his bedroom.

Not only a badass response, but also a measured and thoughtful one. I don’t see how he could have handled it better.

9

I once woke up in my apartment at 4am to the sound of voices. My thought process was as follows:

  1. Today is the day I cease to be.
  2. Get it together.
  3. Can I get out of here without going past them?
  4. No.
  5. Get the shotgun.
  6. You don’t have a shotgun.
  7. Where is the phone?
  8. In the living room.
  9. Do I have a large object near me?
  10. No.
  11. Did they just walk onto the balcony for a second?
  12. Haul ass across the apartment, vault the couch, slam the door, lock it.
  13. Call the cops.
    All of the above up to #11 happened in about 6 seconds. The rest took about 30 more.

The point being, you’d be amazed at how logical & coherent you are in such situations. I am far, far from being the badass mentioned in the OP, but even my survival instinct really kicked in very quickly. I can totally see how the victim mentioned above would get to the point where he pulled the post off the bed.

10

Badass - 1
Dumbass - 0

Nice score

11

It would be even more badass if the bedpost wasn’t meant to unscrew. :smiley:

12

Metallica Brushed Steel Bed

13

I went to college with that guy.

He was not badass enough to take any academic courses as far as I could tell.

14

You’re confusing badass with dumbass.

15

Yes, the robbers really would have been in for a rough time had they been confronted by someone with a B.A.

16

My B.A. stands for Bad Ass.