# Restaurant Clerk uses Meat Cleaver to Fend Off Robber in Gorilla Suit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020 "2009-08-02T02:03:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/1 "2009-08-02T02:03:22Z")
In South Carolina, evidently: [http://www.thesunnews.com/news/breaking\_news/story/1001769.html](http://www.thesunnews.com/news/breaking_news/story/1001769.html) > [@](#): > > An employee of the Conway location of Jimmy’s Japanese Hibachi told police he used a meat cleaver to fight off a would-be robber who wore a gorilla suit, according to a police report National Gorilla Suit Day used to be a FUN holiday, back when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/2 "2009-08-02T16:27:13Z")
I can’t see them working this incident into a TV commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/3 "2009-08-02T16:35:54Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I can’t see them working this incident into a TV commercial. Special of the Day: Monkey Ball Soup or “You’ll go bananas for our food” ---
**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:** [August 2, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/4 "2009-08-02T19:04:51Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I can’t see them working this incident into a TV commercial. But it would make a dandy family sitcom. “Leave it to Cleaver” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/5 "2009-08-02T19:18:06Z")
I hope they don’t end up outlawing Gorilla suits. Cause I really, really want one. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/6 "2009-08-02T20:31:10Z")
The robber should have had some college kids pass basketballs around in the restaurant. Then nobody would have seen him, and he’d have gotten away with it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/7 "2009-08-02T21:22:15Z")
Captain Ron : Be careful around here Boss …theres Gorilla’s in these parts… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/8 "2009-08-02T21:29:24Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I hope they don’t end up outlawing Gorilla suits. Cause I really, really want one. Me too. I have since I was kid and I saw [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uw03hS_EMY). When I was 6, that was the funniest damn thing I ever saw. I’ve looked around for the one I want, but most of them look like crap and/or are terribly uncomfortable/don’t fit a guy my size (6’4"). ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-clerk-uses-meat-cleaver-to-fend-off-robber-in-gorilla-suit/505020/9 "2009-08-02T21:32:57Z")
Another day, another dollar. > [@thirdname](#): > > The robber should have had some college kids pass basketballs around in the restaurant. Then nobody would have seen him, and he’d have gotten away with it. Clever.