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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Tue Jul 2, 2013, 12:12 PM Jul 2013

A teenage kid wearing a hoodie just passed in front of our home, carrying a soda. [View all]

The subject line Actually just happened.

As this neighborhood is over two hundred years old, you could safely assume that at some time there has been crime here.

Should I...

12 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	Follow him
	0 (0%)
	Call the police
	0 (0%)
	Hunt him down and kill him
	5 (42%)
	All of the above
	0 (0%)
	Mind my own damn business
	7 (58%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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A teenage kid wearing a hoodie just passed in front of our home, carrying a soda. [View all] onehandle Jul 2013 OP

What about Skittles? KamaAina Jul 2013 #1

You identified a key difference. onehandle Jul 2013 #3

call Skittles, ask her to kick his ass Enrique Jul 2013 #10

DU poster Skittles... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #27

Mind my own damn business. HappyMe Jul 2013 #2

If the teenager was black some racists might be concerned. Too many lumpy Jul 2013 #47

Maybe it was a BEER! CALL the COPS! WinkyDink Jul 2013 #4

giving this a rec because it is so stunningly simple Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #5

IF you run after him, DON'T be surprised if he gets all sassy LeftinOH Jul 2013 #6

you forgot to specify the teenager's race. Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #7

I don't see race. onehandle Jul 2013 #13

ok I will believe you Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #21

very realistic, imho noiretextatique Jul 2013 #28

onehand doesn't judge people by their race. He judges them by their operating system. DesMoinesDem Jul 2013 #29

aha Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #30

did he appear to be going for something at his waistband? NatBurner Jul 2013 #8

Other. Call 911 and do the opposite of what they say. nt NoGOPZone Jul 2013 #9

Stand Your Ground! Enrique Jul 2013 #11

Tinkering with my website on one screen, DUing and streaming MSNBC on the other. onehandle Jul 2013 #24

My vote in this case is sarcastic. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #12

Darn. onehandle Jul 2013 #14

Did you stalk him and eventually shoot him? Apophis Jul 2013 #15

Not yet. We'll see how the poll goes. onehandle Jul 2013 #20

In THIS weather? Sentath Jul 2013 #16

unless you got video it didn't really happen snooper2 Jul 2013 #17

Plus we weren't there. nt IdaBriggs Jul 2013 #42

Ask him if he wants some chips to go w/the soda Roland99 Jul 2013 #18

I would follow him, and ask him if he is lost. oneshooter Jul 2013 #19

You forgot to call him "the suspect". nt riqster Jul 2013 #22

That would say more about me, than him. nt onehandle Jul 2013 #23

Sure, and that could be said of the entire exercise riqster Jul 2013 #25

Are you going to spread out the dead child's arms and Little Star Jul 2013 #26

that's funny. You should do stand up. NM_Birder Jul 2013 #33

Offer an irrelevant poll to whip up some quick excitement to start the day ? NM_Birder Jul 2013 #31

grow up and quit stirring the pot? backwoodsbob Jul 2013 #32

Yeah, but nobody pays attention to the guy NOT stirring the pot. NM_Birder Jul 2013 #34

yeah and watch how this place implodes backwoodsbob Jul 2013 #35

He is absolutley guilty of killng Martin. NM_Birder Jul 2013 #37

I've found that for the most part LanternWaste Jul 2013 #49

Question his sanity jmowreader Jul 2013 #36

We have kids in hoodies all over the neighborhood. But most of them are white. EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #38

4 voted "hunt him down and kill him" noiretextatique Jul 2013 #39

One of those replied that it was sarcastic vote. uppityperson Jul 2013 #44

Wonder why the kid is wearing a hoodie when it's 100° outside. hobbit709 Jul 2013 #40

It was 78° when I posted that. 82° now. nt onehandle Jul 2013 #41

still pretty hot for a hoodie hfojvt Jul 2013 #43

no it's not, i usually wear something like that in the low 80s JI7 Jul 2013 #48

Damn. And he got away. onehandle Jul 2013 #50

Hunt him down and warn him about the danger of sodas! Coyotl Jul 2013 #45

Hunt him down and kill him mockmonkey Jul 2013 #46

Go offer him a bag of SKITTLES... AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #51

I didn't want to arm him further. onehandle Jul 2013 #53

Yeah those scary Fruit Flavors... AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #54

You didn't offer the option I need etherealtruth Jul 2013 #52

Alternatively, you could drive him before you, Benton D Struckcheon Jul 2013 #55

Find out if the soda has HFCS, and if so, warn him of the danger therein. nt bike man Jul 2013 #56