# Man Dressed As Tetris Box Sought Over Assault **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029 "2012-03-28T08:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/1 "2012-03-28T08:18:21Z")
[Man dressed as Tetris box sought over assault](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10795141) :: doffs sunglasses :: Looks like all the pieces… :: dons sunglasses :: …are falling into place. YEEEEAAAAHHH! ---
**Author:** ![tim\_duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@tim\_duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim_duncan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/2 "2012-03-28T14:42:29Z")
If someone is determined enough to assault someone else while dressed as a clunky Tetris piece, then let them have at it IMO ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/3 "2012-03-28T14:48:04Z")
They’re called Tetriminos. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/4 "2012-03-28T17:00:31Z")
No police sketch of the suspect? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/5 "2012-03-28T18:06:03Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > No police sketch of the suspect? 😃 I imagine the police line up: “Reverse squiggly”? “Reverse L block”? “T block”? “L block”? "Square:? “Liiiiine piece!” .. Make up your mind sir! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/6 "2012-03-28T18:28:45Z")
Kids today. Back in my day we’d assault people while dressed up as asteroids, and dammit, we were happy about it! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/7 "2012-03-28T18:41:41Z")
I wonder how the defense will spin the client’s behavior. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/8 "2012-03-28T18:43:20Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I wonder how the defense will spin the client’s behavior. If the block don’t fit, you must acquit. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/9 "2012-03-28T19:18:48Z")
Which block was he? I bet he was one of those goddamned “Z” shaped pieces. What can you expect from those pieces, always starting something. Box suggests the square, but I don’t trust these news reports either. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/10 "2012-03-28T19:27:34Z")
I understood “Tetris box” to mean the actual cardboard box that a game cartridge comes in. Who calls the game pieces “boxes”? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/11 "2012-03-28T19:33:00Z")
Did Tetris ever come in a box? I thought it was freeware. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/12 "2012-03-28T19:38:19Z")
Gameboy box and such. I think we might need a Kiwi \> North American translator. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/13 "2012-03-28T19:49:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Did Tetris ever come in a box? I thought it was freeware. No, it was a commercial release, on all systems (and there was no such thing as ‘console freeware’ until this decade, so the very popular Nintendo versions (there were 2, one official, one not) _clearly_ weren’t), but it was heavily pirated, and there were countless knockoffs. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/14 "2012-03-28T19:53:25Z")
By “box”, it might mean the square shape, which would be one of the easier pieces to make a costume for. Unlike a Z shape, which would be more like an instrument of medieval torture. When Kim Il-Jong played human tetris, you just knew you were trouble if you got a “Z”. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/15 "2012-03-28T19:57:10Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > No, it was a commercial release, on all systems (and there was no such thing as ‘console freeware’ until this decade, so the very popular Nintendo versions (there were 2, one official, one not) _clearly_ weren’t), but it was heavily pirated, and there were countless knockoffs. Ah, OK. I first encountered it on a Mac back in 1989. It must have been pirated. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/16 "2012-03-28T20:55:59Z")
[Tetris box](http://www.gbdb.org/games.php?title=Tetris). ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/17 "2012-03-28T21:41:48Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Kids today. Back in my day we’d assault people while dressed up as asteroids, and dammit, we were happy about it! Yeah! But myself, I preferred dressing as an A shaped rocket ship. And that hyperspace jump feature came in damn handy when escaping the scene of the crime. Though due to its random jump destination feature, you could accidently end up jumping right into the jailhouse :smack: ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/18 "2012-03-28T22:34:07Z")
Thie thread title gave me a much needed giggle (work lurking). Then I read the article and felt a bit ashamed. Those damned South Islanders making us look bad! Can’t stop giggling at the thought though. Love the responses here. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/19 "2012-03-28T23:58:06Z")
I believe [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0R9QtAEiQ4) might be prior evidence of the suspect practicing his techniques. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029/20 "2012-03-29T06:50:39Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > [Man dressed as Tetris box sought over assault](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10795141) > > :: doffs sunglasses :: > > Looks like all the pieces… > > :: dons sunglasses :: > > …are falling into place. > > YEEEEAAAAHHH! I just want to point out that the OP here is really a thing of beauty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dressed-as-tetris-box-sought-over-assault/617029.md?page=2)