Thursday
May142009
Chuck Norris, Bakery Defender
May 14, 2009 Remember the Chuck Norris Facts phenomenon that blew up several years ago?
"Chuck Norris doesn't read books; he stares them down until he gets the information he wants."
"There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live."
"Chuck Norris doesn't sleep. He waits."
And so on? Well, naturally some of these made their way onto cake:
I haven't heard much about the Norris craze lately, so I assumed it had blown over. Turns out I was wrong: it just blew over to Croatia, as I learned recently from Neatorama.
See, according to the Croatian Times, a bakery there has effectively scared off all would-be burglars by placing a "life-sized" photo of Chuck Norris in their window:
Erm. Apparently their definition of "life-sized" differs slightly from mine. Also, check out the "no hacksaws" sign. [blinking] Uh, guys? What exactly is going on in Croation bakeries these days? I mean, are people seriously shopping for cake while packing sawtoothed metal??At any rate, the pint-sized power-house's photo seems to be working: employees claim they haven't had a robbery in over a month, which they attribute to would-be thieves' "respect" for Chuck Norris.
Sure, that could be it. Or - and I'm just throwing this out there - perhaps thieves "respect" hacksaw-packing nut jobs jonesing for some carbs. Just a thought.
Reader Comments (109)
I know everyone is having so much fun explaining the hacksaw, so an actual explanation might be a downer but.... 'ne pili' in Croatian means 'don't saw'...in slang it means 'don't be a pain' so maybe that's it? just guessing though
Can't believe you missed this fact, as it is cake related..."Chuck Norris once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it."
chuck norris can divide by zero. my 12yo son is so in to the chuck norris jokes, i found him a "page-a-day" calendar of chuck facts. funny funny.. and were not even in croatia =)
There is also a Facebook app that gives you a new fact every day. Watch out if you have kids, though...some of them are NOT PG.
I used to work with a guy who was marrying Chuck Norris's niece. I really wish I still had his contact info, he'd get a kick out if this!!!
Awesome... that's all I have to say about that!
Found this while on facebook.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Chuck_Norris_congratulates_bakery_over_use_of_Chuck_Norris&in_article_id=668800&in_page_id=2
hi there, I'm from Croatia. the hacksaw sign has nothing to do with Chuck Norris, and it comes with a phrase that was cut off in the photo. I have no idea how to translate it :D
http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Portals/0/images/2009-05-14/Mozaik/PILA.jpg
Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas to bed.