She was on TODAY this morning – and seeing as how it was on in the waiting room, I saw the clip (more than once – because apparently they were trying to fill airspace) and it was a little disturbing. Not the attack she made on them, but some of the rest of it, it was too much.
I mean, they had a so-called martial arts expert on (who was quite chunky and if he was an expert, he hadn’t practiced in a long time) who claimed she held her purse just right, you’d think she had formal training. Uh, yeah, dude, purses are regularly used in martial arts. And when was the last time you carried a purse? I do so hope it matches your shoes.
But to the point I was going to make before I got distracted in making jokes about the “martial arts expert” – she was running on adrenaline. She didn’t think about what she was doing. She thought a kid was being attacked, her goal was not to show proper form, her goal was to get these punks to stop. But you know, if you want to give her a 10.0 for her attack, by all means, go for it.
Another thing that was ridiculous was that they had viewer questions, and one of them was “If you had it to do all over again, what would you do differently?” Uh, I’d not ask the most trite question in the freaking world. Next, please.
Her hair was a little bit more than disturbing. I mean, I’m not against dying your hair to cover the gray. That’s fine, I’m vain enough to want to do that myself. But seriously, let’s go for a color that looks natural. Once you’re past 21, it’s not acceptable to dye your hair colors that do not occur in nature. My two cents on her stint on TODAY aside, let’s take a look at some excerpts from the story from MSNBC…
‘Super Granny’ who clobbered robbers: ‘I’m not a hero’
“I’m not a hero or a heroine or a ‘super gran,’ ” Timson told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira Wednesday …. “I’m just a mum that went in thinking a kid was getting hit.”
I am so glad this woman has a little bit of sense and doesn’t think she is deserving of accolades because she did what she thought was right. It’s quite refreshing, as opposed to those people who do something an immediately ask, “where’s my reward?”
On the flip-side, if she really felt that way (as opposed to just feeling that way when the cameras are rolling), she wouldn’t have traveled to A WHOLE SEPARATE COUNTRY to perform an interview. She’d politely decline, stating she was no hero and that this was not news. But no, she didn’t. I take back what I said before.
Though she suffers from rheumatoid arthritis — sometimes so painfully that she is confined to a wheelchair — Timson was on her feet that day; in fact, she had bandaged her legs so she could attend a dance class.
I admit I don’t know a lot about RA, but wheelchair and dance class in the same sentence? Really?
A crowd had gathered to watch, she told Vieira, but at first, no one stepped forward to help the courageous grandmother battle the bandits. “I think they were mesmerized,” she said.
No, I think they placed bets on if you were going to get hit with one of their sledgehammers. If they interfered, they automatically lost the bet.
Elitist reporter note: “A crowd had gathered…” really? Was the “had” really necessary?
Even as they attempted to flee, she managed to knock one of the crew off-balance on his getaway scooter. He toppled over, fell to the ground, and then raised his sledgehammer as if to threaten her.
“We just stood up, eyeball to eyeball, and he just put it down,” Timson recalled Wednesday. “I think he realized I was just an old biddy anyway.”
No, I actually think he realized he lost. To a girl. To an old girl. There’s a point you just admit defeat and I think that was his moment. Besides, there’s no glory in beating an old lady with a sledgehammer, especially after she just beat the crap out of you with her purse. Face it, you lose.
Then, at last, the bystanders took action, detaining the would-be bandits until police arrived.
It’s about damn time, losers.
In a later segment Wednesday in which she responded to questions from TODAY viewers, Timson said she was a bit surprised by the international acclaim her actions have spurred: “I'm absolutely overwhelmed by the fact that people would find this so important.”
Yeah, but I’m not above flying to New York to be on TV to talk about it.
As if you couldn’t tell, I have mixed feelings. I think what she did was awesome and I commend her for it. I just wish she’d practice what she says about how it’s not a big deal by not making the rounds to the talk-show folks. It just seems contradictory. I don’t think I did anything out of the ordinary, but feel free to lavish me with attention and international trips.
Meanwhile, the owners of the jewelry store have also been in contact with Timson and have offered to make a donation “to the charity of my choice,” she said, adding: “They were really very nice people.”
You know, if you’d rather have jewelry instead of donating to a charity, give Lindsay Lohan a call. She might be able to give you some pointers.
And there is one other postscript to the story, Timson told Vieira: Her son, Andre, is working with her to put her pocketbook — a crime-fighting tool now nearly as famous as Superman’s cape or Batman’s utility belt — on sale. The proceeds, she said, will be donated to help people in need.
Really? As famous as Superman’s cape or Batman’s utility belt? Riiiiiiight. And whoever wins this, are they going to put it in a display case and show it off to people who come over? “And this is the purse the super granny used to beat some hooligans in England. You’re jealous, I know.” Or is someone going to carry it hoping its special powers allow them to thwart some crime in progress?
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