Magistrate bores on

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Okay, so some drongos drove down the highway with what looked like dangerous weapons. Scared a few other drivers. Should have known better.

Silly, eh.

According to the newspaper report, they "avoided serious punishment" ('Stupid' prank ends in court, The West, 31 Dec 2011). It's a bit sad that waving plastic guns around could even be considered as meriting serious punishment. Still, that's the way we are.

So anyway... These things that looked like dangerous weapons were Nerf guns. Plastic toys that fire foam darts. Toys for young children.

Painted black.

To look dangerous...

To look real.

Okay, they now look like dangerous weapons. Silly young men for waving them round in public. Something that earns them a "tsk, tsk," rather than punishment.

But that's not what caught my attention.

What caught my attention was the final paragraph of reporter Kate Campbell's story:

Magistrate Robert Young questioned the men's maturity by saying the toy guns were more appropriate for the under-10 market.

What sort of boring old ... person... do we have as magistrate?!

At what age did Young lose the urge to have fun? To play with toys?

Does he sit at his big desk all day and glower... just for practice?

Is this magistrate so absolutely boring that he cannot imagine the fun of just playing around?!

What does he do for entertainment? Collect photos of power poles?

I hope that I never become that boring.

Perhaps that's why I'm not a magistrate.

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