MORE ON THE SWINGING GRANNY

From CBS News:

The "super-senior" who bravely fought-off jewel thieves with her handbag has been unmasked.


She's 71-year old grandmother, Ann Timson -- and she's being called a hero by her community.

Timson was caught on video Monday beating up a gang of robbers with her bag. They were trying to break the windows of a jewelry store in Northampton, England.

She initially thought a kid was being beaten up.

"My mother's instinct kicked in and I ran across the road shouting at the lads to stop it," she said in an interview with the British newspaper The Sunys. "I was not going to stand by and watch someone take a beating, so I intervened. As I got closer, I saw it was a robbery - and then I was even more angry that they felt they could get away with that in broad daylight"

The fiesty granny was on a mission.

I understand about the mother's instinct kicking in. Perhaps I could run like a quarterback, if I thought a kid was getting hurt. And she was not deterred when one of the crooks threatened her with a hammer! I'd like to meet the courageous lady.

THE FORCE OF A HANDBAG WIELDED BY AN ANGRY OLD LADY

Extraordinary footage as a gang attempts a smash and grab raid in Northampton - only to be fought off by a pensioner armed with a handbag.

So many folks have sent me the link to the video, that, although the YouTube version has gone viral, I now feel compelled to join the crowd and post the video.

That's one brave and, some might say, foolish old lady. No, I am not the old lady in the video, but I admire her greatly. All you crooks out there, keep in mind that the force of a handbag wielded by by an angry pensioner is not to be dismissed. The old girl runs like a quarterback.

MAMIES

The video is funny, but it's not funny, if you know what I mean. That could be me in a year or two, but I must say I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.