Thief asks for "time out" in police chase

Filipino thief asks for "time out" in police chase
Mon Jun 25, 11:58 PM ET

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police chased down an unfit thief on Tuesday after he ran out of breath and asked his pursuers for a "time out".

"He was panting and gasping for air when we caught up with him after a 500 metre sprint," Erwin Buenceso, one of the arresting officers, told local radio station dzBB.

Buenceso said the man and an accomplice broke into a house in the Philippine capital and stole two expensive mobile phones. Screams from the residence alerted a local police patrol, which gave chase.

The robber asked for a "time out" using hand signals.

After he regained his composure, police seized the two stolen phones and brought him to a station for questioning.

There is an old guy at work, and we always joke about fighting, and sometimes I go up and tell him, "When we scrap, there aint gonna be no time outs, you better pack a lunch, cause it's gonna be long and dirty".

Then later, when he comes over talking trash acting like it's time to fight, I make the time out sign, and say, "I gotta call times Billy, I'm not feeling so hot, I got low blood sugar or something, I'm not a 100%".

This of course, gets me a look of contempt.


So, someone using it in real life is just bizarre!

What, did he think he was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon or something? Dipshit. The cops must have already called "no times-out-sies".

-HECK!

I'm a right winger, it's true, but I would have shot the guy for trying to call a time out.