72-year-old ex-sprinter foils thief

Hell. Yes.

“…officials promptly arrested Mrs. Hirst on charges of violating her own safety and jeopardizing the emotional welfare of her assailant.”

Yeah, what was she thinking, now the assailant will get disability checks for the rest of her life for being emotionally damaged.

Jean Hirst, a menace to society. We should put some sort of tazer strap on her leg that will go off if she runs more than 5KPH.

Looks like Colt Seaver made up that bit as a joke.

So, uh, what am I missing?

I liked her quote at the end of the story:

Mrs Hirst, who has two grown up children, was later rebuked by her daughter who told her the girl could have had a knife or turned aggressive.

She added: “I didn’t think of my safety, but I did pay for it a little the next day. I was covered in aches and pains and my daughter turned to me and said it was because I didn’t warm up properly.”

Kitten, is that when the sarcasm falls in a crack, never to be heard from again?

Gotta love tough old ladies! The world needs more like this.

@pepper: it’s the yawning gap between sarcasm and its realization.