# How was he planning to run away? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298 "2006-01-23T20:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/1 "2006-01-23T20:16:30Z")
[Driver assaults police officer by throwing both prosthetic legs at him](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10991441/) The getaway plan needs another think-through… ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/2 "2006-01-23T20:19:10Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > [Driver assaults police officer by throwing both prosthetic legs at him](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10991441/) > > The getaway plan needs another think-through… He doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Yes I’m going to bad joke hell. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/3 "2006-01-23T20:20:31Z")
Maybe he thought the trooper would trip over them and knock himself unconscious, thereby giving him time to recover the legs and make his escape. Or, more likely he’s just a stupid drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/4 "2006-01-23T20:25:14Z")
I knew a guy with two prosthetic legs. He took them off at a picnic one hot day and freaked all the children out. It’s not something you see every day! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/5 "2006-01-23T20:26:55Z")
My dad had one prosthetic leg. We bought him a round swimming pool so he could swim laps with one leg off. ::rim shot:: No really he did. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/6 "2006-01-23T20:28:32Z")
Ah, so Officer Newcomb joined the _other_ fraternal order of police… I Felta Thigh. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/7 "2006-01-23T20:40:43Z")
Aww, now, this is just mean… > [@](#): > > The driver was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, resisting arrest and **attempted assault of an officer.** They’re not counting it as actual assault, just _attempted_ assault? And this… > [@](#): > > The driver initially refused to get out and a passenger, 53-year-old Joel Kackstetter, got out and told Newcomb that he would rip his head off, police said. This guy obviously has separation issues… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/8 "2006-01-23T20:55:25Z")
> [@Corii](#): > > He doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Well really, it’s no wonder his getaway was so clumsy. He had two left feet. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/9 "2006-01-23T20:56:36Z")
Right after we were married, my husband and I bought our first boat together from a man who had been living on it. Shortly thereafter, we got all ambitious and started cleaning out lockers, and under the forward berth, we found a leg. We called the previous owner, and he said he didn’t need it back. He said it was his “dancing leg”, but it didn’t fit right, so he never wore it. (FTR - he’d lost his leg in a motorcycle accident some years before.) Now, not being wasteful people, we kept the leg. A few years later, my husband was in a costume contest. He was dressed as a shark. The leg was an excellent prop. We shoved some batting into the stump hole, then drizzled red paint all over the batting and down the shin and calf. Next, we fashioned the back end of a surf board out of foam, with a jagged “bite” taken out of it, and we ran a line from the board to an ankle band around the leg. Classic! He won 4 movie passes. We’ve still got the leg. I’d post a picture of it, but it’s in the attic right now. It’s a great Halloween prop, too! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/10 "2006-01-23T21:01:20Z")
“Kackstetter”… please tell me that’s not German for “kickstand.” ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/11 "2006-01-23T21:30:53Z")
Trooper Newcomb: Now stand aside, worthy adversary. Kackstetter: 'Tis but a scratch. TN: A scratch? Your legs’re off. K: No they aren’t. TN: What’re those then? K: I’ve had worse. TN: You liar. K: Come on ya pansy. TN: Look, you stupid bastard. You’ve got no legs left. K: Yes I have. TN: _Look!_ K: … It’s just a flesh wound. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/12 "2006-01-23T21:34:21Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > “Kackstetter”… please tell me that’s not German for “kickstand.” That’s HILARIOUS!!! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/13 "2006-01-23T22:03:44Z")
I need some things 'splaned. > [@](#): > > Once Newcomb finally got the driver to the patrol car, he chased Kackstetter, kicking him from behind. It was then than Kackstetter threw both of his legs at Newcomb, according to a police report. One missed him but the other hit the trooper in the chest. First: The officer, after putting the driver in his squad car, then chased legless Joel. It was during the chase the legless Joel threw his devices. Tell me please, how one removes one’s legs, and throws them while ambulating? (I assume “running away” would be too much of an over-statement) > [@](#): > > Kackstetter was booked Saturday on suspicion of menacing, assaulting an officer, interference with an officer, criminal conspiracy and resisting arrest. His bail was set at $45,000. The driver was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, resisting arrest and attempted assault of an officer. Second: Legless Joel was charged with among assorted other infractions, “conspiracy,” however, the unnamed driver was not. Who, the might LJ have been conspiring with?!? I’m pretty sure it would have been a great video. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/14 "2006-01-23T22:05:18Z")
I need some things 'splaned. > [@](#): > > Once Newcomb finally got the driver to the patrol car, he chased Kackstetter, kicking him from behind. It was then than Kackstetter threw both of his legs at Newcomb, according to a police report. One missed him but the other hit the trooper in the chest. First: The officer, after putting the driver in his squad car, then chased legless Joel. It was during the chase the legless Joel threw his devices. Tell me, please, how one removes one’s legs, and throws them while ambulating? (I assume “running away” would be too much of an over-statement) > [@](#): > > Kackstetter was booked Saturday on suspicion of menacing, assaulting an officer, interference with an officer, criminal conspiracy and resisting arrest. His bail was set at $45,000. The driver was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, resisting arrest and attempted assault of an officer. Second: Legless Joel was charged with among assorted other infractions, “conspiracy,” however, the unnamed driver was not. Who, the might LJ have been conspiring with?!? I’m pretty sure it would have been a great video. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-he-planning-to-run-away/341298/15 "2006-01-24T00:58:55Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > “Kackstetter”… please tell me that’s not German for “kickstand.” (_SPLORT_) I’m going to hell for laughing at that. 😃