A Florida pizza delivery man was challenged by armed robbers. The only possibility to fight against them was - a hot pepperoni pizza -
He threw the pizza towards them and could make a getaway, even one of them shot towards him.
Can this be true, can a hot pizza get such a powerful weapon?
More on this curiosity:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7782122.stm
[question posted by cornyman]
responses and comments:
if you got them in the face with it,it might give you enough time to get away. my brother used to work for pizza delivery,and some of them were blazing hot in the box. [scarlet_woman]
Hello scarlet_woman, nice to read from you again. I believe if you get them as hot as some delivery services bring it to me, then there is no way that you don't get hurt by the heat and the cheese that will glue on your skin. I would like to see the face of one of the youths who they have arrested afterwards. Must be usually a sign somewhere in the face ;-) Have a good day and keep on posting! [cornyman]
Agree with the post above me. Hit someone in the face with a hot pizza, it'll be nice and deadly. Plus, if it's got loads of toppings and everything, that could block their view for an even longer amount of time, in which time you could get away. [thehuntedfuzz]
Heh thanks :) Then again, if I took that pizza out with me, I'd have eaten it long before I'd be attacked, what then? The empty pizza box? I could fit it with metal teeth and a motor and maybe it could eat their heads off :D [thehuntedfuzz]
The whole point here is presence of mind,without that even if you have a weapon then you won't be able to fire it. [sunita64]
I agree sunita, the whole point IS presence of mind... [pratyushtamhankar]
oh no my dear it was not the pizza but only diversion to escape so you are trying to explain that in the event of such a tragedy what a fellow should do Thanks my dear to teach such a lesson to avoid ourselves from such a situation [pcbajaj]
Hello pcbajaj, it's nice that you look at this news report as a lesson for all of us, so that we are more aware which possibilities we could have when we are in the same situation. Yes, i think it's kind of informative, funny and a lesson, how fast someone can react to save his life - with a pizza. Have a nice time mylotting! [cornyman]
lol..I would have never thought a pizza could be a weapon. They are the temperature of the sun when you get them though. I guess anything can become a weapon if you use it right.lol I wouldn't have thought about using a pizza though.I can think of one or two people I'd like to pizza though.lol j/k. [JenInTN]
lol...I'm in...How about my loose makeup powder..That stuff will put an eye out! [JenInTN]
this is really amzing news and its show also that mind is that which use instantly , and one who use it at the required time he became hero like this person. people hidden power only see at typical situation like this , and at that time we should try to best use what we have this is what known as critical management , happy mylotting :-) [moneymaya]
Hello moneymaya, i absolutely agree with you. The mind has many powers which we don't know yet how they are activated and why we sometimes "know" how to react within milliseconds. Seems for me like very old-aged reflexes, too. Do you know more about these kind of mind "games"? Have a good start in this 2nd last weekend of 2008! [cornyman]
wow, this is unusual! the delivery man was very resourceful! A pizza can definitely be a weapon(a yummy weapon, that is ;p) especially if it has a lot of hot melted cheese on it! ouch. [katemeow]
Hello katemeow, unusual practices at unusual times = extraordinary capacities in his mind? Or was it just luck in the correct moment? We don't know, we also could call it a wonder that all of the youngsters were so shocked that they didn't hunt him afterwards. Let's wait for the next extraordinary weapon in the news in the next weeks :-) Have a good time and Merry Christmas! [cornyman]
This is an unusual use of a hot pizza. I guess robbers can be distracted by a hot pizza thrown at them. Cheers!! [underdogtoo]
Hello underdogtoo, very new method to defend yourself and win this game, too :-) Let's hope the youngsters learned their lesson and look for a serious job instead of doing robberies. Have a nice time in myLot and Merry Christmas! [cornyman]
It's got to be because no one can resist fresh hot pizza. I'm glad he was also fast on his feet. And his mind worked that way also. [savypat]
Hello savypat, oh yes, you're right too. I love pizza as well. But for this kind of pizza i wouldn't have so much appetite ;-) Let's see if they are so shocked for their life and avoid pizza next time. Have a good time! [cornyman]
Hi cornyman, Yes, its possible, you can throw pizzas at the robbers face and then when they get blinded you got a chance to get away from them. Tamara [tamarafireheart]
Hello Tamara, hopefully they are not really blinded ;-) This would be a little bit too much of self-defense. I think in America they could ask the judge for money because of this painful event (like one person did with McDonalds and the hot coffee many years ago and got some millions for it). Ok, this was very ironic now. Will not happen, the judge is not that blind to know this is an acceptable defense. Enjoy the weekend and Christmas! [cornyman]
Lol thats cool, hadnt heard of that before. Glad he used his imagination. Hell pretty much anything can be used as a weapon, even if it would break after the first use. Whenever I go anywhere I look for stuff that can be used. [darkjedi]
Lol cakes huh, though I think pepper spray would be better, though throwing a cake at someone would certainly surprise them lol. [darkjedi]
If those robbers have sensitive enough skin, they might have a case! Totally kidding of course. I see, in any circumstance, that a pizza is not a weapon. Those robbers need to get real. [TrayBlaylock]
Hello TrayBlaylock, hey, this answer sounds like someone has experience ;-) lol, hope i'm wrong! Why do you think it can't be that the pizza is weapon for self-defense in critical situations? Have a nice Christmas time! [cornyman]
I would think that a hot pizza with peppers hitting you in the face could be a painful thing,if it is cold it could double as a frisbee lets hope we never have to find out.You have to use whats to hand. [suzzy3]
Hello suzzy3, it's true, never let us be in this kind of situation, otherwise only a good and quick reaction could save our live like this example showed us. Enjoy your time in myLot! [cornyman]
Oh I don't think I would have thought of it myself, but if it's hot enough to burn them, they will be distracted for a short amount of time and if your quick enough then it was a smart thing to do, but I don't think I would recomend someone to do that. I would just do what the robber says and hope he don't shoot me. [messageme]
Hello messageme, i think this is just a reaction which isn't made from the conscious mind. It just happens when you want to run away, but you also have to have a kind of courage for this action in your mind, i guess. Enjoy your time in myLot! [cornyman]
Anything can be a weapon. The minute it leaves your hand in anger and scones someone, it's a weapon! I hope the pizza stopped the robbers getting away - I think the delivery man showed enormous resource. [guybrush]
Hello guybrush, yes, you're right. There must be perhaps also a guardian angel around him, that he could act so fast and they got so distracted by the pizza that they didn't hunted him. Have a great time in myLot! [cornyman]
Well apparently anything can be a weapon at any given situation. I think the way he chose the pizza was a good choice, since it could inflict pain no matter how tough you are. The lesson of the story is don't underestimate the powers of a piping hot pizza. [magojordan]
Hello magojordan, there are some lessons in this story. More things than we thought before could be used as weapon or as distractions. Human mind is superior in some situations than we could think of. Perhaps the robbers learnt something from it, too. No sense to rob again, we'll never know which unknown weapon will stop us the next time. lol Enjoy the time in myLot! [cornyman]
Anything will become a weapon and it depends upon the user. [ganga472007]
Hello ganga472007, it always depends in which situation you are and how close the opponent is to your body, i guess. Hope we won't get into the same situation without a pizza. Enjoy the time in myLot! [cornyman]
have you took one of those hot pizzas straight from the hot bag the cheese can burn ya pretty bad and they are hot so maybe he did the best thing he got away . [Lakota12]
got to watch out for that hot cheese [Lakota12]
If they are still really hot, it can be a weapon I think, it hurts having a really hot pizza trown at your face, especially if there is lots of cheese which can be really hot when melted . Well we just leave the pizza for eating with friends. :) [GAUCI123]
Hello Gauci123, i would like to share an oven-fresh pizza with you rather than with someone who robs me. Enjoy your time in myLot! [cornyman]
Yikes if someone pulled a gun on me, I'd give them my money and the pizza. I think that guy is crazy. Nothing is worth risking your life, especially some cash and a pizza. [glords]
Hello glords, we will never know what happens in such a moment to ourselves. Perhaps we really throw the pizza towards them or we just give up and hand the things to them and hope they don't injure us after they get what they wanted. Enjoy your time in myLot! [cornyman]
Hee hee, dunno whether a pizza can be a weapon or not, but it sure can be a shield.... What say ??? [pratyushtamhankar]
Hmm, pratyushtamhankar, a shield against knifes or bullets from a gun? Shall we ask him next time if he wants to test it in that way lol. Enjoy your time in myLot! [cornyman]
I think this depends on how good the person is on throwing things... and a hot pizza can be a dangerous weapon if thrown properly... and it would be hilarious if the criminals are apprehended because of this... [aseretdd]
Hello aseretdd, i guess he was very good at aiming the goal, one of the faces of the robbers. It's all about a sudden distraction of them and then you have the chance of your life to escape of this critical situation. Have a great time in myLot! [cornyman]
I cannot describe it as a weapon as it was used as a diversion. Unless he took the pizza out of the box and it was piping hot and was aimed directly into the face of the assailant I doubt it would do any harm. There were also several teenagers holding him up so unless he had several pizzas and was a quick draw and aim I doubt he would have time to accomplish this other than throw the pizzas in the general direction and run which is what he did. He was lucky he did not get killed as he was shot at. [mariposaman]
Hello mariposaman, i believe he just throw the pizza in the right moment and because of this he distracted the robbers, so he could escape from this situation without any harm to himself. Have a great time in myLot! [cornyman]
That's incredible. Um, maybe anything around could be a weapon once a guy is in danger. To some extent, it's the power of life. It was reported that a little girl was saved after trapped in the flood for more than 24 hours. What she did is just grabbing a tree. It is really amazing. [michel_sun]
Hello michel_sun, sometimes there must be only at the right time the right item to use and you can talk about wonders or coincidence and so on. This was an amazing news report for me, too. Enjoy your time in myLot [cornyman]
it can be true, why they don't make weapon with hot chili as a missile..haha [mifmifrohman]
Hello mifmifrohmann, we should ask the pizza-mafia if they can provide us with a new weapon-technology, the hot chili- pizza-freesbielol. Nice Idea, good joke from you. Enjoy myLot and keep on posting! [cornyman]
Yes, pizza can be deadly. If it is burnt to Hell then that pizza can be use to bash someone's skull. [rogue13xmen13]