Dave forwarded on this hilarious story regarding the bumbling Toronto Police Chief and his handling of the G20 security. In the article, it appears that a man was stopped by the police while riding the city's public transit and relieved of his "weapons", which included:

- Arrows with pool-noodle tips
- Foam shields & swords
- A chain mail vest

What horrible misdeed was this fiend planning? What filthy plan had he for destroying the peace and civility that Chief Blair and his men had so carefully maintained?

He was going LARPing, or as us non-nerds know it, Live Action Role Playing.

If you're not familiar with LARPing, good for you because it probably means you have a healthy social life and reasonably clear skin complexion. Essentially, it takes the notion of a role-playing game (like Dungeons and Dragons) and brings it into the real world, with participants acting out parts and battling each other with, you guessed it, foam implements of pretend war.

You'll find below a clip of LARPing in action, although I doubt seeing it in video will do much to remove the mystery as to why people actually do this.

I think after seeing the video you'll all agree that, despite Chief Blair's other obvious faults, he is owed a debt of gratitude; he may have embarrassed a city and country, but at least he saved a man from embarrassing himself.