An immense "Thank You" to a modern day Superman.

Brendog · 21-05-2012 7:16am #1

I know this is a terrible way to start off the week but here we go.

I was out last night at a going away party for my friend who is going to America. Everyone was having a few drinks, having a laugh. Then most of my friends left because they were in work this morning so I said to this guy that I've known for a few years that I'd walk home with him as the pub isn't that far from our houses.

All was good until he jumped me. He punched me in the face and started kicking me while I was on the ground. It only stopped when a taxi driver ran over and dragged me into his car. He brought me home and wouldn't take the money I offered him. My eye is badly swollen and bloodshot but I can't help but think it would've been much worse.

I just want to say Thank you to this amazing guy. I don't know who you are but I would just like to say Thank You from the bottom of my heart and I wish there were more people like you in this country.

galwayrush · 21-05-2012 7:18am

You met The Citizen.:cool:

splashthecash · 21-05-2012 7:18am

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Brendog wrote: »

I know this is a terrible way to start off the week but here we go.

I was out last night at a going away party for my friend who is going to America. Everyone was having a few drinks, having a laugh. Then most of my friends left because they were in work this morning so I said to this guy that I've known for a few years that I'd walk home with him as the pub isn't that far from our houses.

All was good until he jumped me. He punched me in the face and started kicking me while I was on the ground. It only stopped when a taxi driver ran over and dragged me into his car. He brought me home and wouldn't take the money I offered him. My eye is badly swollen and bloodshot but I can't help but think it would've been much worse.

I just want to say Thank you to this amazing guy. I don't know who you are but I would just like to say Thank You from the bottom of my heart and I wish there were more people like you in this country.

Awful story OP - glad to hear you are alright but can I ask what the f**k made this guy you know a few years jump you?? That sounds crazy!!

martingriff · 21-05-2012 7:21am

Good on the taxi driver a lot of people would have kept going as sometimes if it is a domestic the 2 can turn on you. Why did this guy who you knew for years go beserk. Are you going to report it or confront him (not on your own obviously)?

rubberdiddies · 21-05-2012 7:23am

splashthecash wrote: »

Awful story OP - glad to hear you are alright but can I ask what the f**k made this guy you know a few years jump you?? That sounds crazy!!

Hopefully he'll have enough time in prison to think about what he's done

abouttobebanned · 21-05-2012 7:26am

WTF? What kind of freak was this guy? Hope you reported him and get his ass behind bars for 10+ years.

padd b1975 · 21-05-2012 7:27am

Go to the police ASAP.

21-05-2012 7:30am

Thanks for a story that shows there are good people out there....

Unfortunately it also shows there are bad people out there

I'm glad you're ok OP - but surely you've gone to the police and give a statement before coming into AH to post a thread? You know this guy who attacked you?

Duggys Housemate · 21-05-2012 7:31am

Bit odd, this story

MagicMarker · 21-05-2012 7:31am

OP, maybe he thought you were going to give him a bit of teh ghey when you offered to walk him home?

Spunge · 21-05-2012 7:55am

Guy youve known for a few years randomly starts kicking the **** out of you. What the fúck

the groutch · 21-05-2012 7:57am

sounds like there's a vital chunk of the story missing.
someone you've known for years doesnt just randomly start beating the **** out of you, even if they've been drinking

Jesus Shaves · 21-05-2012 8:02am

abouttobebanned wrote: »

WTF? What kind of freak was this guy? Hope you reported him and get his ass behind bars for 10+ years.

What planet are you on? he'd be lucky to get any time behind bars

du Maurier · 21-05-2012 8:07am

I suppose he's not invited to your 21st in July now?

21-05-2012 8:08am

Jesus OP, glad you're alright. What a nutcase.

demanufactured · 21-05-2012 8:10am

OP you dropped the hand didnt you...

smash · 21-05-2012 8:13am

Jesus, with friends like that....

SEPT 23 1989 · 21-05-2012 8:16am

I hope you are planning a swift and brutal revenge

Duggy747 · 21-05-2012 8:22am

Jeez, what did you do to deserve that? Shag his woman? Eat his last Jaffa Cake?

themadchef · 21-05-2012 8:30am

Spunge wrote: »

Guy youve known for a few years randomly starts kicking the **** out of you. What the fúck

De fúck is right!

You touched his pee pee or you laid his woman. Come on, you can tell us, even if it's only in yer mans head

. Hypothetical will do us...It's monday, have a heart!

Robbing him wouldint make him wanna hurt you so bad.

Fair play to the taxi driver.

helimachoptor · 21-05-2012 8:31am

Yeah seems a bit odd to be honest.

Not once in all my years of drinking has one of my mates decided to start a fight with me for no reason

Mickey Dazzler · 21-05-2012 8:32am

Did you try to touch his penis? did you? I bet you did you dirty little fecker.

DaveDaRave · 21-05-2012 8:35am

either the guy is an actual psychopath or OP isnt mentioning something

kfallon · 21-05-2012 8:35am

Some people shouldn't be allowed drink, they go from timid, sober people into psycho cunts when they get a few bottles of 'confidence' into them!

Where are all the happy drunks these days?

NiallFH · 21-05-2012 8:39am

Superman didn't drive a taxi. This story was a let down. The guy didnt even have x ray vision for all you have told us...

Abi · 21-05-2012 8:41am

Brendog wrote: »

I know this is a terrible way to start off the week but here we go.

I was out last night at a going away party for my friend who is going to America. Everyone was having a few drinks, having a laugh. Then most of my friends left because they were in work this morning so I said to this guy that I've known for a few years that I'd walk home with him as the pub isn't that far from our houses.

All was good until he jumped me. He punched me in the face and started kicking me while I was on the ground. It only stopped when a taxi driver ran over and dragged me into his car. He brought me home and wouldn't take the money I offered him. My eye is badly swollen and bloodshot but I can't help but think it would've been much worse.

I just want to say Thank you to this amazing guy. I don't know who you are but I would just like to say Thank You from the bottom of my heart and I wish there were more people like you in this country.

Report this to the gardai immediately. Go to the doctor to get the damage checked out. Take arnica to help with the bruising. Stay away from psychos that can't handle their ale.

I am pie · 21-05-2012 8:44am

I'm joining in the cries of shenanigans. You did something to set off the lunatic didn't ya OP ?

cursai · 21-05-2012 8:48am

Brendog. Are you SURE this guy is your friend?

kfallon · 21-05-2012 8:50am

cursai wrote: »

Brendog. Are you SURE this guy is your friend?

I would say after last night's events that's a negative tbh!

Mr.Biscuits · 21-05-2012 8:51am

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

Bit odd, this story

Not as odd as talking like Yoda at half eight in the morning.

mikemac1 · 21-05-2012 8:53am

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Hope you reported him and get his ass behind bars for 10+ years.

Ten years for assault?

You don't know Ireland

mackeire · 21-05-2012 8:56am

What part of America is he going to?

winston82 · 21-05-2012 9:05am

Yeah, people don't beat up people they don't know for no reason. Why don't you give us the real story?

GLaDOS · 21-05-2012 9:07am

mackeire wrote: »

What part of America is he going to?

I know the guy heading to America, couldn't have been him who did it. Must have been someone else out with them for the night.

dodderangler · 21-05-2012 9:13am

What's all this reporting **** about
This is Ireland u don't report it that's wastin time
You find a way to get this prick back find out where he's goin next weekend and catch him on his own
Then post up what happened :P

Show Time · 21-05-2012 9:14am

Point out on the doll where you touched him.

Memory Of 98 · 21-05-2012 9:17am

Ring Joe Duffy, far more effective than the guards.

sbsquarepants · 21-05-2012 9:20am

Happened me before. Guy i sorta knew for a couple of years (i worked with his girlfriend) just punched me square in the face without so much as a word of warning as we walked around a corner in temple bar, busted my nose and damn near knocked me out cold. Turns out i'd been boinking his missus though, so i probably deserved it!
Have you been up to no good OP? Have you?

abouttobebanned · 21-05-2012 9:20am

mikemac1 wrote: »

Ten years for assault?

You don't know Ireland

"assault of a boardsie" mandatory 10 years.

FutureGuy · 21-05-2012 9:22am

Let's not beat about the bush, some people are just utter fcuking psychos on the beer. That's reason enough.

A few years back, was out for a few drinks and a girl commented I have a cute nose (yeah I'm such a ****ing hard stud with my lickle girlie nose). Anyway was walking home with one of the lads when we said we should have a play fight. Not taking him seriously, I found myself on the ground with him pushing his palm with full force into my nose trying to break it. Suffice it to say, he was removed from my social circle with immediate effect. The crazy fcuker.

OP call the guards, report him. If it wasnt for the taxi driver, you mightn't be posting today on boards or ever. What about the next guy he decides to attack, when there is no one there to help him?

I am pie · 21-05-2012 9:28am

FutureGuy wrote: »

Let's not beat about the bush, some people are just utter fcuking psychos on the beer. That's reason enough.

A few years back, was out for a few drinks and a girl commented I have a cute nose (yeah I'm such a ****ing hard stud with my lickle girlie nose). Anyway was walking home with one of the lads when we said we should have a play fight. Not taking him seriously, I found myself on the ground with him pushing his palm with full force into my nose trying to break it. Suffice it to say, he was removed from my social circle with immediate effect. The crazy fcuker.

OP call the guards, report him. If it wasnt for the taxi driver, you mightn't be posting today on boards or ever. What about the next guy he decides to attack, when there is no one there to help him?

He obviously had a think for yer one who commented on your pretty boy snout. It's totally bananas but unrequited passions and booze general end up in fisticuffs if one of the people involved is a big enough ar€ehole.

suicide_circus · 21-05-2012 9:41am

OP, I think we'd all agree that you need to return to this thread immediately and give us a full and honest account of everything that transpired.

Nothingbetter2d · 21-05-2012 9:44am

galwayrush wrote: »

You met The Citizen.:cool:

you sure? it looks more like he met Taximan... the fearless taxi driver with his awesome powers at knowing something about everything and his inherit weakness to deregulated psv licenses which drain his power at gaining knowledge.

Tym · 21-05-2012 9:51am

Not taking him seriously, I found myself on the ground with him pushing his palm with full force into my nose trying to break it.

That's pretty sadistic:S

kfallon · 21-05-2012 9:52am

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Happened me before. Guy i sorta knew for a couple of years (i worked with his girlfriend) just punched me square in the face without so much as a word of warning as we walked around a corner in temple bar, busted my nose and damn near knocked me out cold. Turns out i'd been boinking his missus though, so i probably deserved it!
Have you been up to no good OP? Have you?

Did you not realise you were having regular sex with somebody???

:pac:

Thoie · 21-05-2012 9:59am

After a night out a few years back, I was chatting to a few friends outside the pub, while a few others of the group had already crossed the road and were standing on the other side, not looking at us, but waiting for us. We've all known each other years, had had a very pleasant evening, when out of the blue one of the guys I was talking to suddenly said "Look at <him>. Standing there, looking down his nose at me. I'm going to kill him." He just went mental, went to take off across the road after our other friend, who wasn't even looking in our direction, and was oblivious to what was happening.

The rest of us grabbed the guy who'd gone mental, and held him back, but he was kicking out like a demon trying to get at the guy across the road. Thankfully no-one was hurt, and he calmed down and ran off home, but sometimes people do seem to just go nuts out of nowhere.

Ciderswigger · 21-05-2012 10:06am

Full story or GTFO:pac:

Dudess · 21-05-2012 10:28am

Some people can get very aggressive when sufficiently drunk though - and need little to nothing to bring out that aggression.

I am pie · 21-05-2012 10:31am

Dudess wrote: »

Some people can get very aggressive when sufficiently drunk though - and need little to nothing to bring out that aggression.

True, but generally not when you know the person and you're dandering home having a chat. That smells like a crime of passion, probably extremely misguided.

Anyway, OP, we need your testimony here, there's a kangaroo court in session !

foxyboxer · 21-05-2012 10:33am

Was there Whiskey involved?

A few years back a friend of mine said a Tree was saying things about his family. He wanted to 'claim' the tree. Yes, a Tree.

Nothingbetter2d · 21-05-2012 10:33am

kfallon wrote: »

Did you not realise you were having regular sex with somebody???

:pac:

maybe he was doing it wrong and taking the rohypnol himself instead of spiking the guy's missus

An immense "Thank You" to a modern day Superman.

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