Old Man Beats Armed Robber with Swiffer

Phillip Graham, 71, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, drove off an armed home invader. His weapon of opportunity was a Swiffer dust mop:

The man, who was wearing a ski mask, appeared to have a pistol in his hand, Graham said.

Graham was armed too, but only with a Dustbuster in one hand and a Swiffer in the other.

"He told me to get down and I grabbed the Swiffer, started jabbing him with it and it broke off, so I still kept on jabbing,” Graham said. "I told him, 'You get out of my house, you sorry son of a bitch, I'll kill you.' I kept jabbing him and he backed out and ran to the back of the house and then across behind the house."


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I live in Spartanburg and this is hilarious. There's a lot of crime here. That old guy must be about the only person here who doesn't have a gun. But the swiffer seems to work just fine. Go old man!
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If you haven't seen Stephen Colbert's interview of Sendak back in January, I strongly recommend it:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/406796/january-24-2012/grim-colberty-tales-with-maurice-sendak-pt--1
There's also a part 2, and he also posted some additional material yesterday in Sendak's memory.
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