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Caped Crusader in Tunbridge Wells

Jesse Walker | 5.7.2003 1:31 AM

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  1. Sean   23 years ago

    Brown cape and mask? It must be the legendary Poop Man. I wonder why there's no mention of his awesome Stink Power.

  2. Lazarus Long   23 years ago

    I thought these masked vigilantes were banned by the Keene Act of 1977? 😉

  3. Sean   23 years ago

    You might be on to something LL. This could be Nite Owl III, who has moved his operations across the pond in order to avoid prosecution under the Keene Act.

  4. Charlie   23 years ago

    Has Bill Bennett found a new way to relax?

  5. Chris Howell   23 years ago

    I seem to remember a few episodes of Hill Street Blues with some guy dressed up like a caped crusader. He was well-intentioned but always interfered when Renko was trying to catch a purse snatcher (or something similar).

    [I suddenly feel like Dennis Miller.]

  6. Chris   23 years ago

    "[I suddenly feel like Dennis Miller.]"

    You mean you've responded to 9-11 by becoming bigoted and unhinged?

  7. AJB   23 years ago

    (Dennis Miller - bigoted & unhinged)
    All this time I thought he was double jointed. Thanks for the clarification.

  8. Mark S.   23 years ago

    Maybe it's Spring Heeled Jack come back for the 21st century.

  9. Greg   23 years ago

    Tunbridge Wells, England is where the Winnie the Pooh stories take place. (A.A. Milne and Christopher Robin lived there.) Sounds like Tigger has been getting bouncy...

  10. Jim Treacher   23 years ago

    "You mean you've responded to 9-11 by becoming bigoted and unhinged?"

    Smoke another bowl, son. So anyway, brown cape... Batmanuel? Or his comics counterpart, Die Fledermaus?

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