<![CDATA[Gizmodo: stabbing]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: stabbing]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/stabbing http://gizmodo.com/tag/stabbing <![CDATA[ Homemade Conan the Barbarian Booby Trap Almost Stabs Verizon Agent to Death ]]> boobytrap.jpg Long Island is a dangerous place, filled with bad accents and crazy people wandering around, like Verizon technicians. Eric Stetz knows mere deadbolts won't keep them out. No, you've gotta get medieval, Conan the Barbarian style. So he built a booby trap out of a massive knife, crutch and elastic trip-cord to poke intruders in the head. To death. Like the Verizon guy scheduled to visit his apartment.

Luckily for Mr. Verizon, the building's super dropped by to make sure everything was cool, and managed to avoid being chop sueyed with his ninja super skills as the knife snapped at him like cobra when he opened the door. When arrested, Eric asked the cops "Did anyone get hurt with my knives? I wish they did." Since they didn't, the court thought it was cool to release this dude on bail. I love this country. [Newsday via Gothamist]

]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:55:00 EDT matt buchanan http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377478&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Stab-Proof Clothes Protect British Kids From Pointy Things ]]> oj-simpson-mshot.jpgWorried British parents are outfitting their schoolkids with Kevlar uniforms in an effort to prevent stabbings that may or may not happen. The blazers, jumpers, and gloves cost $311 for a uniform set, which is a pretty high price to pay when only seven kids under 16 have died in knife attacks in a two-month period. Then again, $311 is a low price to pay for your kid not getting stabbed to death. [News.Au - Thanks Mark!]

]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:20:02 EDT Jason Chen http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=289868&view=rss&microfeed=true