# Gunman and hostage at Discovery HQ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290 "2010-09-01T18:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/21 "2010-09-01T21:19:58Z")
Well, to be fair, I think Discovery Health should lay off the baby shows too. But that’s just because they hardly show anything else. Where are the geriatric health shows? I’d watch some of those. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/22 "2010-09-01T21:20:44Z")
I hope he’s alive, if only because I am fed up to here with nutcases taking themselves out so they don’t have to face consequences. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/23 "2010-09-01T21:20:54Z")
Will they send in Mike Rowe to clean up the mess on Dirty Jobs? What? Too soon? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/24 "2010-09-01T21:21:11Z")
I think there’s an episode of “Dirty Jobs” somewhere in all this. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/25 "2010-09-01T21:30:30Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > I hope he’s alive, if only because I am fed up to here with nutcases taking themselves out so they don’t have to face consequences. Well they’ve just said that he’s dead, but I don’t know 100%. He did live in the homeless shelter in Silver Spring a couple of years ago, there are a lot of very crazy people there. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/26 "2010-09-01T22:35:02Z")
mr lee is indeed dead. they said that it looked like a hostage moved a bit, mr lee pointed the gun at the hostage and the police had a clear shot. he is still at the building as they slowly analyse the gear and stuff he has strapped around him. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/27 "2010-09-01T23:38:36Z")
My kid’s school bus was an hour and a half late getting home today. It’s amazing what one guy with a little weaponry can do. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/28 "2010-09-02T13:38:06Z")
_singing_: "I love the head shot, that saves the hostages! [BOOM-de-ah-da!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_the_World)" ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/29 "2010-09-02T14:00:57Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > I hope he’s alive, if only because I am fed up to here with nutcases taking themselves out so they don’t have to face consequences. Well, they could always use his corpse in place of Buster on some of the MythBusters explosives experiments. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/30 "2010-09-02T14:21:35Z")
Whatever his problem with the Discovery Channel, it was the deadliest kvetch. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290/31 "2010-09-02T14:38:16Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Whatever his problem with the Discovery Channel, it was the deadliest kvetch. :D:D:D I don’t think even **lieu** can top that one. Thread over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunman-and-hostage-at-discovery-hq/552290.md?page=1)