Brickbat: In the Dark

A SWAT team in Klagenfurt, Austria, used a battering ram to knock in the door of an apartment and raid it. They discovered they had burst into the wrong apartment. Officials said they misread the apartment numbers because they left the lights in the hallway off to keep the element of surprise.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

You know who else from Austria acted like a Nazi?

[UnCivilServant]

-1, not enough leeway for humorous retorts.

[Lady Bertrum]

You know who else used a battering ram in the dark in Austria?

Better?

[Swiss Servator, Go Genf!]

Ulrich "the battering ram" Schmidt, pron star from Salzburg?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Arnold?

[Ted S.]

Rumor has it the Austrians like to batter rams.

[UnCivilServant]

They make friers large enough to hold an adult sheep?

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

stop triggering my salivary glands

[UnCivilServant]

Knowing the Austrians, it's probably a beer batter too. What's the proper side to go with beer-battered and fried ram?

[Swiss Servator, Go Genf!]

Spaetzel

[antisocial-ist]

Beer.

[Fist of Etiquette]

THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER. Well, probably a bunch.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

"They speak Austrian in Austria. I read it...in a book." Obama.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I bet they didn't even say "bitte" when they asked for papers.

[Live Free Or Diet]

"Flashlight."

[Cdr Lytton]

"Spot light!"

[The Last American Hero]

Thank God we live in a free country where stuff like this doesn't happen and we have rights enshrined in a constitution...oh, wait...

[Roger the Shrubber]

I learned it from you! I learned it from watching you!

[MegaloMonocle]

So then what happened?

Seriously, I'm betting they were more polite and apologetic than our goons, and I wouldn't be shocked to learn that they even paid for the damage.