# Some teenage pukes pulled a knife on my son just now! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 24, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773 "2002-03-24T00:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/1 "2002-03-24T00:04:18Z")
What is it with this fucking world? What the hell are parents doing with their kids nowa-days? (Don’t answer…I know…NOTHING!) My son was on the way to the store (It’s still light outside) and he saw these kids running back and fourth across the street fireing off a cap gun. When they saw him, they came and asked if he liked knives. My son said “no” and made a move to walk away. It was then that one of the fucks pulled a switch blade on him and pointed it in his face. My son quickly ran off to the store and they called him a “Bitch” as he did. He’s fine and is, in fact, in pretty good spirits considering. I am just so sick fed up of the fucking kids nowa-days…some of them really need a severe beating to within an inch of their lives!!! ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/2 "2002-03-24T00:14:12Z")
That’s horrible, Kwyjibo. ☹ I’m glad to hear your son is OK. Did you call the cops? Wicky ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/3 "2002-03-24T00:16:39Z")
Trinity is taking him to the station now to file a report. He’s a quick thinking kid. He has a full description of them. (Man some kids are so stupid.) ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/4 "2002-03-24T00:19:42Z")
Eeek!! I’m glad to hear you’re son’s ok. It could have ended so much worse. ☹ Little fucking assholes. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/5 "2002-03-24T00:20:17Z")
[Oswald Harvey] “Do you have a knife? I do!!” [/Oswald Harvey] ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/6 "2002-03-24T00:21:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*[Oswald Harvey] > > “Do you have a knife? I do!!” > > [/Oswald Harvey] \*\* [Mick Dundee] “That’s not a knife…” [/Mick Dundee] ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/7 "2002-03-24T00:22:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tiggeril \* > \*\*Eeek!! > > I’m glad to hear you’re son’s ok. It could have ended so much worse. ☹ > > Little fucking assholes. :mad: \*\* Kids are stupid…but I don’t think they would be taht stupid…but ya never know…frightening. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/8 "2002-03-24T00:30:08Z")
What a bunch of little bitches. Someone needs to teach them a very violent lesson…wish I was there… ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/9 "2002-03-24T00:30:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Kids are stupid…but I don’t think they would be taht stupid…but ya never know…frightening. That’s what I thought. This reminded me of a piece I read on the newspaper recently about a group of teenagers beating a man to death in France… he was trying to protect his son. Made me wonder long and hard what kind of world we live in nowadays… Time to quote Einstein: “Only too things are infinite in this world: the universe and human stupidity. And I’m not so sure about the universe…” ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/10 "2002-03-24T00:33:20Z")
I just talked to our babysitter, (Who is a teen) and gave her the description. One of her friends said they sound familiar and may know them… I hope she does…time to file charges. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/11 "2002-03-24T01:00:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kwyjibo \* > \*\* > > [Mick Dundee] > “That’s not a knife…” > [/Mick Dundee] \*\* [bart] Thats not a knife, that’s a spoon. [/bart] ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/12 "2002-03-24T01:00:07Z")
“Of course he has a knife. We all have knives. It’s 1183, and we’re barbarians.” Your son sounds like a smart lad. It’s always good to be able to keep one’s wits about oneself – I just hope he doesn’t have any need for this talent in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/13 "2002-03-24T01:02:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragonblink \* > \*\*Your son sounds like a smart lad. It’s always good to be able to keep one’s wits about oneself – I just hope he doesn’t have any need for this talent in the future. \*\* I’ve taught him to use his powers for good instead of evil…for now… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/14 "2002-03-24T01:05:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\* > [bart] > Thats not a knife, that’s a spoon. > [/bart] \*\* All right, all right, you win. I see you’ve played Knifey-Spooney before. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/15 "2002-03-24T01:19:46Z")
Ouch! For the record, how old is your son? (The younger he is, the more despicable these bastards are…) What the fuck is up with people? God. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/16 "2002-03-24T01:21:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Ouch! > > For the record, how old is your son? (The younger he is, the more despicable these bastards are…) > > What the fuck is up with people? God. \*\* My son is 11. ---
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/17 "2002-03-24T01:52:54Z")
I really hope the cops where you live are better than the ones where I live. About 6 months ago (or there-a-bouts) an incident happened at my house. One of my daughters had been working at a convenience grocery store. A guy came in there and struck up a conversation with her. Long story short. He is a **convicted sex offender**. She quit working at the store. (Not because of him.) One night, he tried to **break into my house** while looking for her. He was **drunk**. We called the cops. After about an hour or so, they showed up. Of course, the jerk was long gone by then, but they knew who he was as soon as we described him. They told us that there was \*\*\* nothing they could do\*\*\* because he _ **didn’t get in the house** _. :rolleyes: I guess they never heard of the fact that being drunk and disorderly and **attempted breaking and entering** are also illegal. Plus, being a convicted sex offender, he isn’t supposed to even get close to a woman. We won’t even mention trespassing. Makes me wonder if all the cops really do _is_ eat donuts. If there is ever a “next time” I’m afraid he will get his “trial and conviction” before he is ever arrested. If you get my drift. 🆒 We did get one up on him though. He applied for and got a job where she works now. As soon as she saw him, she told the human resources department the whole sordid story. He got fired before he had worked there 3 hours. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/18 "2002-03-24T02:56:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*What the fuck is up with people? God. \*\* Glad to hear that mini kwjimbo didnt get a scrach. To guin: You would be amazed. I do amusement park security on weekends. Some of these kids have balls that clank. Many of them depend on: A: Their status as minors protecting them from many of the harsher penalties for their actions. B: Peoples general hesitance to resort to physical force. C: Many laws tend to protect them when it comes to dealing with police. We were trying to break up a fight and an 11 year old boy comes charging in and hits one of my fellow guards in the back. 11, all of 5’3" 130 lbs, trying to take on a 30 year old, 6’ 200 lb man PR-24 armed ex-marine. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/19 "2002-03-24T02:58:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cheezit \* > \*\*If there is ever a “next time” I’m afraid he will get his “trial and conviction” before he is ever arrested. If you get my drift. 🆒 \*\* Maybe if you move to Texas…he will follow… Yeah sherrif I think he needed killin’… ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773/20 "2002-03-24T03:05:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drachillix \* > I do amusement park security (snip) one of my fellow guards (snip) PR-24 armed ex-marine. Pardon the hijack, but where the hell do you work? Walt Disney’s new ComptonLand, featuring the animatronic “It’s A Gang War After All”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-teenage-pukes-pulled-a-knife-on-my-son-just-now/99773.md?page=2)