The elf excuse...will it work this time.

[headscratcher4]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6425333.stm

It didn't work for me last time I held up a store...

[ImaginalDisc]

He told defence counsel Anthony Cinnamond that within his small social circle he had been participating in a game known as Shadowrun.

The game was set in the future and the assumed characters were criminals, he said.

He told the court his character was a shaman, or magical elf, who carried a small Japanese sword as a weapon.

Crap. Are we do for another scare about the "perils" of role-laying games now?

When some guy robs a store because Jesus told him to, he's called crazy, and rightly so. I hope this guy's mental instability is blamed for his actions, rather than his hobby.

[headscratcher4]

Though...the role-playing game excuse would seem to cover the first 6 years of the Bush Administration as well.. ;)

[This Guy]

"He is accused of stealing two sets of bras, knickers, suspender belts and stockings from the shop on Lisburn Road on 14 December, 2005."

I think he wanted to be a Lumberjack.