Burglar basher?

[purrswhileheeats]

My lovely neighbour, a man in his late 70s has unfortunately decided to sell up and leave. I'm sad, not because we were great friends but he was a perfect neighbour - very quiet and was abroad for six months of the year.

He's been slowly getting rid of his stuff for weeks now. I came home earlier and he called 'Purrs, do you want these?' He handed me two big heavy wooden rods, the size of baseball bats I took them and asked what they were - apparently they're burglar-bashers They actually have 'burglar basher' written on them in black marker

I was quite grateful as I live alone in a now high crime area (thanks to covid and unemployment) and the police here support the homeowners' right to defend their property BUT I think I could be in trouble if I bashed a burglar's head in with this specially-labelled stick?

🤣 I don't know what to say other than he sounds amazing.

Oooh, that sounds great! Take them and keep them for emergencies! I have a burglar-basher tucked down the back of my bed, just let n case. Mine's an iron poker rather than a wooden bat, but I LOVE the idea of labelling it and might do so in gold marker pen (it will show up nicely against the black metal).

Haha that's brill😂

He is amazing, a very unassuming man but with a core of steel.

Most households here have guns (military) in case of an invasion, occasionally get used in the wrong way. Not me though, I have my burglar basher 😏

I have a 6 cell Maglite under my bed within easy reach. For when the power goes out of course... I think I need to engrave it though now....

my dad always kept a burglar basher (wooden baseball bat) beside the bed. i remember him once chasing a burglar across a field with it in just a pair of boxers and my mum’s slippers 😂 i’ll have to ask him tomorrow if he still has the burglar basher!

@cynara I agree it's sensible. I've had attempted break ins before and I wouldn't hesitate to swing a bat.

@sunshineandshowers21 I chased a burglar out of my house one night years ago. I was stark naked, wasn't even wearing a pair of knickers

A burglar bashed stick is funny, but in real life you could be in trouble for using it as it is basically a prepared weapon. You have the right to defend yourself but to have a prepared weapon at hand could go against you and you could end up being done with assault. A defence barrister would say it wasn't self defence because you had a weapon and intended to use it regardless.
What you need is a nice long heavy vase that was the first thing that came to hand from the bedside table in that moment you felt under threat!

That's why a large heavy torch works, a perfectly reasonable thing to have by your bed in case of power cuts

Get some sandpaper and remove the writing.

Fuck sake you people think this is cute and funny?

@roastbeetrootsalad (love your name BTW) I get what you're saying, thank you. I'm not in the UK and we're not only having to deal with a massive crime wave (burglaries and robberies) but also an infiltration of IS (geographic location)

homemadecommunistrussia what is it that bothers you? The idea of self defence?

Ahhh well in that case OP keep your burglar basket!

Auto correct fail! Basher not Basket!!

My then DP (now DH) bought me a baseball a few years back when he worked away and I was by myself with 3 kids. It used to be propped up on the side of the bed.