Star Trek blade seized...

I wasn't aware it was illegal in the UK to own knives.  How do you guys cut meat?

Next, they will come for the sporks.  

Sweet

Heh.. no knives eh?   That may explain the teeth.

Did anyone notice the cleaver on the table?  There goes the Chinese take-out industry in the UK...

UK police seem to be easily frightened:

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HIS five-foot martial arts sword capable of beheading a man was recovered by shocked cops in a house raid. The terrifying Batleth weapon is identical to one wielded by Klingon aliens in the Star Trek sci-fi films.

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“Knife crime will only get worse if we don’t introduce a five-year mandatory sentence for anyone carrying a knife.”

What the?  Every construction worker and farm-raised guy I know would be in the clink for 5 years...  That's insane.  I can see if you commit a crime or threaten someone w/ a knife, but just for carrying one?  Hah.

EDIT:  Seems the limey Brits are allowed to carry knifes under 2", and display larger ones in their home/whatever.  This is just taken out of context...

Either way, they should remember: "When bat'leths are outlawed, only outlaws and geeks will have bat'leths."

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Heh.. no knives eh?   That may explain the teeth.

No, it doesn't. The would have to also criminalize the ownership and use of toothbrushes and tooth paste and automatic prison terms for visting the dentist and death sentences for being a Dentist or being in possession of Dentist tools.

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Did anyone notice the cleaver on the table?  There goes the Chinese take-out industry in the UK...

The Japanese as well.

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UK police seem to be easily frightened:

Yupp.

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Quote (YummyPork @ May 25 2006, 12:03 pm) Heh.. no knives eh?   That may explain the teeth. No, it doesn't. The would have to also criminalize the ownership and use of toothbrushes and tooth paste and automatic prison terms for visting the dentist and death sentences for being a Dentist or being in possession of Dentist tools.

No knives = having to chew everything = bad teeth

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Quote (George W Carver @ May 25 2006, 1:52 pm) Quote (YummyPork @ May 25 2006, 12:03 pm) Heh.. no knives eh?   That may explain the teeth. No, it doesn't. The would have to also criminalize the ownership and use of toothbrushes and tooth paste and automatic prison terms for visting the dentist and death sentences for being a Dentist or being in possession of Dentist tools. No knives = having to chew everything = bad teeth

Thanks but George has a point.  You are forgetting...

No Dentists = no teeth = no way to cut and chew food = more illegal knives = more arrests = more prisioners = more folks shipped off to prison colonies  like Australia = more Aussies saying things like "You call that a knife?  That's not a knife.  THIS is a knife" to incoming Brits with quaint English knives designed mainly for buttering scones...

It could get ugly.

30,000 blades?!?  That's lot of bada** blades! Sweet.

Do you think if i called the UK police they would let take it off there hands?

Add to the fact that UK police do not carry guns and they have VERY good reason to worry about knives.  They are lethal weapons.  If you would be comfortable taking on some spaced out scum with a 6 inch knife while armed only with a baton and CS spray then you're made of tough stuff.