Photo by: J Hardy Carroll
After Officer Moynihan started walking his new beat, crime rose for about two weeks. The crooks knew he had a prosthetic leg, and they figured he could never catch anyone.
Unknown to them, Moynihan was a world-class sprinter before his accident. Even with the prosthetic, he still ran faster than most everyone, but that wasn’t the worst of it for the bad guys.
After the third purse-snatcher in a day entered the station, in cuffs with a bootprint upside his head, the truth was revealed.
It’s just that no one expected his artificial leg had a boomerang feature.
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers: https://rochellewisoff.com/2018/07/04/6-july-2018/
EagleAye
Momus News 
…but, officer Moynihan’s steady flow of successful arrests dropped to a mere trickle, once the town’s criminal learned that successfully dodging the leg gave them a full minute head start – the time it took Moynihan reattaching the leg and gets back on two feet.
And they starting to wear bike helmets, just in case.
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Moynihan always kept a backup, and that’s what he threw. He had to register it as a weapon. 😉
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That’s kind of inefficient to get an extra prosthetic leg just to throw at people. A good prosthetic leg can cost an arm and a leg.
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Haha! Somebody’s making a tidy profit in there.
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hehe, love your addition!
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A new weapon in the fight against crime!
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If he’s not careful, he may get his own TV show. 😉
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Love it! Oh, man, you’re gonna get me kicked outa the library for laughing too loudly! Ach, I think I just saw him peak around the stacks… DUCK!
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Haha! Just snicker quietly, and watch out for boomerangs. 😉 Thanks Jelli! 🙂
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With a title like that, I’d expect it to have a baterang effect. 😀
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Hehe. You’re right. I should’ve called it that instead. With that boot on the end it’s got a pretty good kick… *ahem* 😉
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Ain’t that a kick in the ass (or head). Great story, Eric. I really got a kick out of it.
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Love to hear it! I always like putting my best foot forward. 😉
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Hey, Mate. You think that’s a leg? THIS is a leg!!!
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Haha! Eat your heart out, Dundee. 😉
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So creative.
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Thank you very much. I appreciate it. 🙂
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Now that’s a superhero we need!
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We need to chip in and get him a costume and a cape. 😉
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Was he trying to “shake a leg” at them crooks?
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Haha! He was just trying to give them a leg up in life. 😉
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Very “Thor”. He should call it “Fjootnir”.
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Haha! I think that’s perfect. I’ll pass it on to him. 😉
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Even better than a taser! I liked your take on the prompt, EagleAye!
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I think it is, especially since some folks need a kick in the head to set them straight. 😉 Thanks so much, Penny!
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Much more civilised that a taser. Nice one.
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Hehe. You never know. Footwear may become a weapon of choice for policemen. 😉 Thanks Sandra!
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Guns, tasers, truncheons and now legerangs! Excellent.
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“Legarangs,” I like it. I think that could become the official term for Moynihan’s gear. 😉 Thanks Keith!
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Great idea, but in this letigious age he’ll be sued for excessive use of force!
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I heard that. So far the neighborhood loves him for cleaning up their streets. One can only hope things stay that way. Thanks Liz! 🙂
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Legtigious?
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Haha!
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Ha ha Eric! Good one… nothing better than being underestimated…
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So much easier to catch the bad guys when they think they needn’t run fast. 😉 Thanks Dale!
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True dat!
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Very imaginative, I like it
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Thanks so much Michael! 🙂
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Creative telling and love the boomerang feature 🙂
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Boomerang leg! Nice 😀
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We try to keep on the cutting edge of things here. 😉 Thanks much!
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Dear Eric,
Officer Moynihan is full of surprises and so are you. Good one!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hehe. I do like keeping y’all on your toes. 😉 Thanks so much, Rochelle!
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Officer Moynihan is just the kind of policeman we need. Great take.
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We sure do. Officers missing a leg need not worry. We’ve got a job for you! 😉 Thanks so much, Jilly!
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