Moviegoer stabbed in neck with meat thermometer after complaining about cellphone call

[Liberal_in_LA]

"Shutter Island" moviegoer stabbed in neck with meat thermometer after complaining about cellphone call
March 9, 2010 | 2:48 pm
A dispute at a Lancaster movie theater during a screening of "Shutter Island" ended when a man, who had complained about someone nearby talking on a cellphone, was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer.

The incident occurred two weeks ago at the Cinemark 22 theater in Lancaster, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The theater was packed for a 9 p.m. Saturday screening of the Martin Scorsese horror movie when the victim complained about a woman near him who was using a cellphone during the show. She and two men with her left the movie theater. Two men returned a few minutes later and stabbed the victim, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

"It was vicious and cowardly attack," Whitmore said.

The victim, who was not identified, was hospitalized with serious injuries Two other moviegoers who came to the victim's aid were also were hurt during the fight, officials said.

The attackers are still at large. Anyone with information on the attack is asked to contact the Lancaster sheriff's station at [phone].

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/03/shutter-island-moviegoer-complains-about-cellphone-call-gets-stabbed-in-neck-with-meter-thermometer.html

[vadawg]

1. now thats a new one, using a meat thermometer, mayby the plan is to stab and watch as they assume

room temperature, just a wierd weapon to use...

[WriteDown]

2. Unbelievable. nt

[slampoet]

3. Sounds like an Usher wasn't doing their job and the customer had to do it FOR them.

I have fired Ushers for NOT addressing cell phone users.

[harkadog]

15. I have never been in a movie theater where an usher

was standing guard through out the movie. And I have been to a lot of movies.

[ManiacJoe]

16. Your movie theaters have ushers?!?!?

[donco6]

18. Usher? What's that? n/t

[Hekate]

41. What's an usher?

[Maru Kitteh]

53. I haven't seen an usher in the theatre for years. Decades even.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

54. If people are getting stuck with meat thermometers......

....I don't blame the ushers!!!!

[Johonny]

57. It's the Ushers job to stab people with meat thermometers?

I did not know that.

[leftstreet]

4. Why would you take a meat thermometer to a movie?

:shrug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. My question too. They left, then returned. Maybe only thing they could find to use as weapon

from car.

[Binka]

8. The article says the assailants left the movie

They probably retrieved it from their car outside and then returned to the movie. How fucking insane. I hope they catch these bastids.

[donco6]

19. I wonder if they stole it from the concession stand.

They might have to have one . . . maybe.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

48. because......

:shrug:

[donco6]

50. Health dept. inspections - for . . . hot dogs?

I dunno, I'm grasping here. Where do you find a meat thermometer in a movie theatre?

[Maru Kitteh]

55. The ice bin.

Many meat thermometers have a very long probe. Useful in an ice bin because they don't get lost so easily.

[Warren DeMontague]

26. That was the first thing that occurred to me.

"Hmmm. 98.6!"

Sorry, that was probably inappropriate.

[NoPasaran]

5. The worst thing about this

Is now we won't be able to pack meat thermometers in our carry-on luggage.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. true. Thermometers don't kill people, people kill people... or whatever the

saying is.

[Dappleganger]

9. Oh great, here come the meat thermometer hoarders! nt

[MineralMan]

10. Now that's a bizarre story. I'll never shush the candy wrapper

scruncher again.

[harkadog]

17. Is that the lesson here?

Adopt a victim mentality?

[MineralMan]

22. You betchum. All sarcasm included, I'll never say a thing to another

asshole on a cell phone in a theater again. I'm afeared.

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. The assailant determined that the victim needed 15 more minutes at 425 degrees

:evilgrin:

[Demoiselle]

14. ..And then they stuck a fork in him 'cuz he was done.

[MichaelHarris]

12. If

everyone carried meat thermometers to defend themselves then this wouldn't happen.

[Codeine]

13. "This is fucking raw!"

"Make it again!"

[jmowreader]

62. Why is Gordon Ramsey still alive?

He's getting all up in the faces of people who (1) hate him and (2) have very large knives.

[Codeine]

63. Those people don't hate him,

they respect him utterly. He's one of the finest chefs alive, and his Hell's Kitchen persona is only one side of the guy. His other programs (Kitchen Nightmares, The F Word) demonstrate him to be truly gifted people manager and a person with a keen desire to help other chefs and restaurateurs improve their game. He's surprisingly compassionate when he's not doing the reality show shtick.

[proteus_lives]

20. Sounds like a psycho looking for an excuse to attack someone.

Meat thermometer? Weird.

[Zomby Woof]

21. Fucking Lancaster

The pit of L.A. County.

[MineralMan]

23. That's straight!

If Amarillo is closed, the enema tube head for Lancaster. No doubt.

Meth capital of California.

[Touchdown]

52. I grew up there. Nice place to be from.

I still blame my parents for not moving to Santa Monica... or even Burbank.

[REP]

24. Meat thermometer attack: rare yet well-done

[Saphire]

27. lol

[Robb]

30. You win the thread

:rofl:

[Walk away]

25. Reason # 1,345,788 to wait until it comes out on DVD.

There's no place like home.

[athenasatanjesus]

29. I just go during the day when a movie is old and it's empty nt

[cbdo2007]

28. Well.......so what was the person's temperature????

Oh come on...isn't anyone else curious what the readout was? I'm surprised it isn't mentioned somewhere.

[tammywammy]

31. This thread = win!

:rofl:

[L0oniX]

32. What? No gun to protect himself from a deadly attack?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

49. When meat thermometers are outlawed....

only outlaws will have meat thermometers....

and maybe Bobby Flay. But that's it.

[Bozita]

51. They'll have to pry my meat thermometer from my cold dead hands!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

60. Did you hear that Obama wants a 1,000% tax on meat thermometers?

I'm going out to buy a half dozen right now before the socialists take away our rights!

[TK421]

33. I went to see Alice in Wonderland tonight...several people came very close to death

[Beaverhausen]

34. Now, if the guy on the cell phone was the one who was stabbed, I'd be all for it

I'm kidding







not really








seriously- don't talk on your cell phone when the movie is playing. Is this so difficult?

[Joe the Liberal]

35. This thread is hilarious......

the comments people make I mean, terrible what happened to the guy though.

[WVRICK13]

36. I Think People Have Totally Lost It

To possible kill someone because they asked you to not disturb an entire theater with your cell phone is just insane. It indicates the extreme right of entitlement some people feel and exposes how selfish we as a people have become. The hell with anyone else's rights, it is all about me. I hope they catch these people before they shoot someone on the freeway. We have lost our ability to be civil.

[TheManInTheMac]

37. I hope the attackers end up in a theater with Izzy from "Sick Girl"...

She knows how to handle the sitch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFs3xFojrnU

[apples and oranges]

38. Confronting strangers isn't as safe as it used to be

[Shell Beau]

39. Who takes a meat thermometer to the movies?

WTF is wrong with some people?

[Zomby Woof]

44. Got to make sure those hot dogs are well done

:P

[kenny blankenship]

40. MEAT!

[Initech]

42. First rule of Project Mayhem is you do not ask questions.

[Touchdown]

43. I really love my TV and DVD player.

Theaters are getting worse.

[Midlodemocrat]

45. Well? Don't leave us hanging? Was she done?

:hide:

[IDemo]

46. Any response from the N.M.T.A.?

"You can have my meat thermometer when you pry it from my 98.6° hands!"

[LeftyMom]

47. Fuckin' omnis.

:eyes:

[Ikonoklast]

56. It was a rare attack.

Not very well-done, as they leftover evidence of the crime.


I give it 'Two Stars'.

[Touchdown]

58. He should go with Darth Vader next time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9K2ONYCMM8&NR=1

[NICO9000]

59. There's nothing funny about this story

I saw it in the LAT today and it brought back a bad memory from the 90s. I was in a theater in a largely black area of L.A. and some little kids wouldn't shut up during the movie. I finally had enough with their parents not controlling their kid, so I yelled "Hey kids, SHUT UP!" That got the parent's attention and they responded with "I'm gonna kill you, white motherfucker!" Needless to say, I was shook up throughout the rest of the movie even though another patron got an usher to throw them out of the theater. I was really on guard on the way to my car because people in this town are fucking crazy and seem to be capable of anything no matter how insignificant the slight. These days, I let people cut me off, flip the bird at me, whatever. Every once in a blue moon, I may honk at somebody, but mainly I don't bother. It's not gonna do anything anyway.

Anyway, I hope they catch these bastards.

[ibegurpard]

61. who the hell carries around a meat thermometer?

seriously :wtf: