Friday, May 1, 2009

Don't mess with this marching band girl!

Found this funny story here.

Reminds me of my majorette days back in gradeschool. Everyday I would walk to school carrying my baton with dark blue velvet head and gold tassles on both ends. Some days I was the Queen and it was my scepter, other days I was a fairy and it was my wand. Mostly, it was my ultimate weapon against street dogs.


QUARTZ HILL, CA (AP) -- Don't mess with the marching band.

That's what California authorities are saying after a 17-year-old girl used her marching band baton to beat off two would-be muggers.

Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Michael Rust says the Quartz Hill girl was walking to school April 24 when two men approached her from behind, tried to grab her coat and demanded money.

Instead, one got a punch in the nose and the other a kick to the groin. Rust says the girl then beat both of them with her band baton before she ran away.

The men had not been caught. But Rust says there's a clear message to take from the encounter:

"The moral to this story is don't mess with the marching band girls, or you just might get what you deserve. Final score: marching band 2, thugs 0."