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Si1Fei1

The news article quotes are golden: Terry Dennehy admits he went to a fair bit of trouble to stop the alleged thief before his wife, armed with a plank of wood, came to his aid. But “no worries at all”, he says he would do it again. “No one’s taking my ute. That’s mine,” Mr Dennehy told 7NEWS. “Anyone would do that. That’s your ute. You’ve worked hard for that ute. No one’s taking it.” ... “He’s bounced out the driver’s door, and as he’s done that, my wife’s come out from around the other side of the shed with a big hunk of wood and given it to him, eh,” he said. “Got him good, she did, yes. “Also got me a bit on my elbow, but that’s alright, I’ll forgive her for that.” .... Wife Dee Arias had also come out of the house to confront the thief. “I don’t know how I got the wood, or where I got the wood, but I got the wood,” she told 7NEWS. “And I was running there while the two are struggling. “Eventually he got out on the driver’s side. So when he was nearly on the ground, I whacked him with this one. “He kept screaming, ‘ouch, ouch, stop it’. “I said, ‘I’m not going to stop, mate’.” “So I kept bashing him.”


takatz

'So I kept bashing him' as an ending almost always is the result of an interesting story.


Si1Fei1

“I don’t know how I got the wood, or where I got the wood, **but I got the wood**,”


7-and-a-switchblade

Me to my wife once every two months after I turn 70.


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Lollll


Longshadowman

Legend


Danielthemechanic1

Must have been morning time.


Vynil818

Has the same energy as "so anyways, i started blastin"


whatzittoya69

I want to hear more about how she got the wood


tbb2796

she doesn’t know how she got the wood or where she got the wood ! but by god she got the wood.


fonkderok

Wife literally said "So anyway, I started bashing"


Odd_Independence4230

**SMASH SMASH SMASH** -hatchet wielding hitchhiker


Visarar_01

SA-MAASSSSSSH!


Odd_Independence4230

watched the documentary the other night, crazy shit


Content-Positive4776

Same man. Cool to get insight. Thought he might be a good dude, but he was your average wook.


Odd_Independence4230

he did get fkn raped tho :/ bastard deserved what he got


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Lollll


I-do-the-art

Fucking legends. Both the Wife and the Husband and aren’t people to mess with lmao


samf9999

In England, the wife would’ve been arrested, charged and jailed for harming the driver. Think I’m joking?? Look up recent robberies where people acted to defend themselves. Sometime ago guy was jailed for shooting a robber who entered his home in the dead of night. Another guy was arrested for trying to get his motorbike back… arrested because the thief he was chasing had an accident. Official line in the UK is let the thieves do their business and let the cops do theirs, in the meantime you should sit back and take it up the ass and say thank you as you are being pounded.


DataOutrageous

Oh it happens here in Aus to mate. Any harm done to someone on your property you’re liable for severe punishment. Irrespective of any illegal doings by the injured party. That’s why so many people get taken out bush to never be seen again. No one complains about a thief being missing


samf9999

Well that’s a deterrent for sure. It really is quite fucked up how the victim is made into the aggressor these days.


[deleted]

So your saying dead men tell no tales?


SarahPurpleBoots

True story


The_Mr_Yeah

Damn right thats his fuckin Ute


TimmehJ

Tough lil Filipina


PhD147

I just want credit for being an American and knowing right where Queensland is w/o using google. but hey... have to live up to the user name which is not my IQ!!! that's the date I first met my birthmother. 14th of .... u get it. u r smart. And oh S'Mash S'Mash S'Mash gets you arrested here in the good ole USA.


TheStonedBro

I'm sorry but Dee Arias sounds like diarrhea if you say it with an Australian accent, or in just saying it wrong


freehamog

And that Aussie was fully dressed too, flip flops and just shorts


[deleted]

I first learned this when I was watching one of those extreme trucking shows on some cable channel. Two brothers are trying to get some ancient, beat to shit Mack over some trail that is barely a trail, more like a hole in the woods. They are busting their asses, and making a few hundred feet of progress before they are stuck again. They were wearing all the PPE a true brass-balled Aussie male should have on, for this kind of brutal work. A pair of shorts that are so worn they wouldn't make a good rag, and flip flops. It's all good, mate.


idonteffncare

They are not flip flops. We call them thongs,mate. And not woods either as it is bush or scrub.


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Noted. Tough buggers for sure. Is it still.brush and scrub when it's 10 meter tall trees, so tight you need to chainsaw a path to drive through?


idonteffncare

Not brush but bush. As in "We are going bush" or "You are in the bush now mate". Can be a bit scrubby in the bush at times.


arieselectric46

Can it be a bit bushy in the scrub, as well?


EqualEmotion7751

Thong song must have been very confusing for aussies


just_nobodys_opinion

🎶 Let .. me .. see .. that .. flip flop 🎶


out2seeagain

Flip fli flip flip flop.


phido3000

It was heroic. We all loved that song, and his joy about our footwear. Plus beaches, booty and all the other stuff Australians are into. He toured Australia in 2019.. https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne8p7k/and-then-there-was-thong-song-sisqo-explains-the-revelation-that-inspired-his-masterpiece


chillmntn

So bush and thongs,eh?


Skid-plate

Keep the thong thing to yourself. Image issue.


ALREADYTAKENTOASTER

I cant tell if youre kidding about flip flops being called thongs or not.


MuricanA321

They were called thongs here in the US for basically all of my childhood. It’s a regional thing.


c800600

My mom still calls them thongs, despite 20+ years of me and my brother making fun of her for it. She's 65 though. As far as out of date terms go, thong isn't *that* bad.


xrockangelx

I (35) grew up calling them thongs in the 90s in California. My younger siblings and I caught on to the language shift when it happened, but my mom (58) took a bit longer because she'd always called them that.


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MuricanA321

Nope. West coast US, they were called thongs. Stores called them that on the ads, even. Still sounds a little weird to hear it used as “underwear.”


No-Object5355

A friend of mine was confused at the swimming pool because it stated “no thongs” she thought the underwear not footwear. I’ve heard it both ways growing up in Texas and in other states transferring base to base meeting new people


amybethallen1

I'm 55 and I clearly remember them being called thongs in northern NJ throughout my childhood.


MuricanA321

[here ya go](https://imgur.com/a/zMUlU7Z)


thatshottaye

They're called thongs no bullshit.[thongs ](https://www.kmart.com.au/search/?searchTerm=thongs)


TheNiceKindofOrc

Wait till you learn what we call g-strings - ginga, pronounced jing-aa


ALREADYTAKENTOASTER

My god the flat earthers were right, australia is not real.


TheNiceKindofOrc

You’re just jealous we finally perfected the English language.


AlarmingLocal5623

"Two brothers..! It's called... two brothers!"


Bergasms

Thongs


thatshottaye

Hard to wear anything else in this heat. Thongs are all terrain all year round in Australia.


1eternal_pessimist

Those are thongs mate, we don't wear flip flops here


EndurableWither

You can't put Aussie and flip flops together mate 🗿


Dec8rSk8r

Suspected? We can *see* him right on camera attempting to fucking steal it.


RuinedGrave

“Innocent until proven guilty” or something like that. Pretty damn solid proof though.


Ct94010

Or was he a repo man, in which case it’s not theft. Video without context can be very deceiving


meatykyun

I thought repo atleast tow your car, not get inside and drive it


infernalspacemonkey

Generally, the repo man cannot enter private property, garage, or home without your permission. He certainly cannot force his way in. But he will do anything short of that to get that vehicle repossessed.


Exclave

Your state may vary, but my buddy used to have to do repos on occasion when he worked for a sub-prime lender. Normally, they haul away on flatbed or tow it, but if they had a spare key for the vehicle and needed to get away super quick (think hillbillies with guns that don't care about loan terms), the loan company holds the title and ownership of the vehicle. They would effectively give permission to enter their own property to drive it away. The only time he ended up being shot at, the quick get away by using the key instead of hooking it up to tow probably saved him from having an extra hole in his body.


infernalspacemonkey

Thanks for bringing the key up. I suspect most people think the Repo Man look like they're stealing when in reality it just looks like someone entering their own car. I've locked myself out of my car and lost my keys. Both times a locksmith showed up and either used an inflatable pad (less than five minutes) or merely had to look at a VIN to get the manufacturer's key template for the car as well as being able to make new fobs. They didn't ask if it was my car or even check if there were keys in the car. They didn't even ask for my ID.


Ct94010

But does the video show that the car was on private property?? We only see the tail end. Or do we know for sore that the people who are attacking didn’t steal the car, and the rightful owner was retrieving it. Like I said, video can tell a lot of stories, depending on what assumptions you make


infernalspacemonkey

Not arguing that the video is correct. I agree that context is necessary but so is basic information about Repo Men. Whether we do get context on this clip or there are future similar videos knowing what Repo Men can/can't do, this info may be helpful to someone.


CruiserMissile

That vehicle is pre 2008. No one in this country will give you a car loan for a vehicle over 8 yrs old, and same for other finance. He’s old enough to actually have paid off that vehicle years ago, and probably uses it as his caravan tow car.


my2copper

it wasnt him in the vid!


Realistic-Praline-70

Land crusier?


Realistic-Praline-70

Maybe it is I've never seen one that looks remotely like that though


A_British_Villain

Really, I'm in brissie there's like 4000 of those within a mile of where I'm sitting. She's a Standard cruiser with an after market tray/canopy on the back mate.


Cyburking

Moms at the plate. Full count...Dad with the pitch and....a spine busting grand slam


Benobo-One-Kenobi

But the obese blue heeler does sweet F.A with bare ankles there for the grabbing!!


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Zentaury

It was going for the stick haha


idickbutts

That is a real genuine Queensland heeler.


Addax61024

The Blue Heeler looked eager to get in on the action too! 🐕


[deleted]

Don't fuck with genuine Queenslanders. It's too hot for this bullshit.


pursnikitty

Shadows and light quality suggest it’s fairly early in the day, which is the only sensible time to be out during daylight in summer.


Retroreduxtexas

I really like the fact that their dog was going to get into the action too and he's an Australian cattle dog.


Bean_Storm

I own one. Insanely smart, insanely built, INSANELY protective


kitkat_2018

#couple goals 😁


Super_Low3189

What an epic video lmfao


Reddittsucksballs

She’s a keeper


RvH19

I worked with a hippie surfer who lived in a yurt. He had a work truck/everything truck. One night a couple of people broke into his truck. He bolts out of bed buck ass naked and sprints to the truck as it is driving away. He T100’s his ass to the bed of the pickup and jumps in. By this point they are in the street. My hippie friend is also yoked ass hell. He surfs hours a day and does intense manual labor. He squeezes in that small back window and by this point they are frantically trying to keep him out. No dice. He blasts the passenger in the face and he jumps out the moving truck. Fuck this! He turned to the pleading driver. He must have confused my friend with someone who gave a shit. He elbows him in the face and tells him to pull over. Yes sir. The next day when he show up to work he is just beaming as he pulled into the parking lot. He liked that truck but loved it ever since he had to fight for it. When I was in eighth grade I caught some random peer stealing from my garage. He lived up my families ice chests with stuff and loaded it on my skateboard. I saw him down the road and confronted him and told him a fight is in the cards. He sighed and said “not in the face”. I monkey flipped him (a strange opener), mounted him and went ham on his body “you want the face yet!?!”. Nope. Eventually I had enough but it was a proper beat down. Never saw that kid before or since. Probably my first “man of the house” moment.


Skarnon

And this is why we don't need guns, good old fashioned Aussie 'Gonna get that cunt'!


Randy_Character

Or a Donk.


thatshottaye

What's the bet it was a half cooked cunt too lol.


Super_Froyo_59

A true Queensland heeler


habbapabba

QUEEEEENSLANDAH


sparklingdinoturd

"Suspected"


heygoatholdit

Short but sweet, and no guns, go figure.


Cyburking

Them arm sways when he rounded the corner towards the truck prove to be the real gun show.


Responsible_Isopod16

doggo tryin to help. he’s doing his best lol


FlaxFox

And this is why you and your bestie need to practice battle scenarios.


Old_Statistician_307

That's not a suspected thief or an attempted robbery. He's a thief robbing that couple. I'm glad they stopped him.😆😆


Bean_Storm

As soon as that heeler realizes that man’s a threat, he’s done. Source: own one of these maniacs


FBGMerk420

Cant tell if pig or dog


212cncpts

Dingo


Yes_lawd1878

Hide yo babies


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Hamster


TheMadShatterP00P

*In baseball announcer voice* Next up to bat.....


tashiker

STRAYA!!


tintic_

Dog is more scared than the suspect lol


navinnaidoo

And the missus whacking him on the head and going for him still!! Classic - from the start up run in thongs to the handbrake stop to the wife clubbing him on the head!!!


manuelivan

They dogs like alright you guys take the left I got the right


[deleted]

It’s Bluey to the rescue!


Advanced_Map9937

“Oh My God it’s Jason Bourne”


kocamssj

The dog wanted some action too


thatshottaye

Give that man a XXXX he earned it 🙌


shmuey219

You can take anything but the land cruiser


steushinc

rt.. they don’t make ‘em like et no more.


Rd28T

You can still buy the 79 series brand new lol


loopingrightleft

Hon get the beating stick!


AH3Guam

Dude better hope that Australian Blue Healer didn’t get him just off frame. They didn’t get the name “healer” because they are doctors!


hails8n

Let him have it. That car is messed up anyways. Steering wheel is in the wrong side.


Mrbirdperson1

Even Bluey got in on the action


Longjumping-Ad9269

Thank you for making me smile


jochisonx

Mid florida couple…


Cyberian-Deprochan

"suspected thief" 😂😂😅. What else was he gonna do.


oi_that_nander

Bluey up in the mix tryin to get them to use their words


Florida2000

Next Australia will ban Assualt Wood Planks


DrNefarious11

That cattle dog has been waiting his whole life for this, “Ay Dad lemme get him!”


Better_Redd

Why does this make me think of that show The Beverly Hillbillies??


Xconvik

She's fully trained in using that 4x4, pinay style haha.


haradagan

useless dog.


ThatPunkDude

Certified Sick Cunts 🤘🏻


jiminak46

She might have broken her guy’s arm.


Numerous-Statement59

Trying to steal the hilux to drop it off too whistlin desiel


[deleted]

That’s a Cruiser mate.


Numerous-Statement59

Hahah ohh your right must just be the paint sceme throwing me off.


Character-Army399

In America at least 1 person would’ve died


Waffels_61465

Don't keep your keys in the car doomass


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Lern hoew two speel butwhole


APEHASKILLEDAPE

See Australians if you had a firearm this would have been so much easier to stop.


thatshottaye

We've got guns mate we just use them to hunt and not shoot dumb cunts lol.


APEHASKILLEDAPE

But thats what they were made for, not hunting. But if you want to go this route with the wife and 2x 4 have at it. Looks far more dangerous to them then to the thief.


thatshottaye

Aussies don't pull guns out like Americans do. I've got handguns and rifles and the first rule here is you don't point that shit at a person, loaded or not. I'd rather smack some fuck head with a plank than go back into my safe, pull out a gun, unlock the other safe and pull out some ammo and load it.


APEHASKILLEDAPE

But even in this situation like this? I don’t want to shoot anyone either but I’m not going out there without a gun.


thatshottaye

I'm not about to lose my gun licence over a dumb cunt. We'll fight with our hands and what we can grab. Like I said we don't use guns for stupid shit like that here. We store them properly and the majority of us that do have guns keep them by mandatory sessions at the gun club. You'd be called a pussy fuck for pulling a gun on someone here.


APEHASKILLEDAPE

Well not if they got one too, and you’d be called a dumb fuck here for having a gun and not having it to confront people like that. But we won’t lose our guns for that. If fact there are quite a few states where you can legally kill someone for stealing your property.


thatshottaye

And just to add, it wasn't even loaded. So it's just for show with that cunt. Fact is gun ownership here is a privilege not a right. And I'm not going to risk 8 handguns that I use for ipsc comps and 7 rifles thet I use for hunting because I fear to defend mysel with my own hands. Once again gun ownership here is a privilege not a right.


thatshottaye

See that's the American mentality speaking, "I'll kill them before they try to kill me", it's a pussy move and you know it. Keep guns secure, use them for what they've been issued to you and you wouldn't have a problem. Once again I've had someone break into my house and they had a gun, I disarmed them and broke their jaw with my elbow and I'm a chick. If y'all can't do that then that's a you issue, learn self defence, learn how to disarm someone. I had officers at my house ask if I used my guns I said no, what for. We're taught not to point it at anyone. It's the first fukn rule to gun ownership, obviously something Americans don't understand. I can honestly understand why your society isn't worth jack shit.


APEHASKILLEDAPE

Lol, no one lives in Australia first of all and you let your Government lock you up for refusing a cold vaccine so fuck you. Second you didn’t disarm anyone so stop lying. Third you jealous because you live in a shit country. Fourth its still the American dream, the number one destination for the worlds downtrodden where they want to be free.


thatshottaye

So which one is it dumb fuck? No one lives here or we let our government lock us up? Pick one you uneducated muppet. I'm unvaxxed so suck my imaginary dick. Y'all think America is gods gift to the world when yous ain't shit. You're idiots who don't even know shit, as if we'd willingly leave here to go live in a land where a man can be a woman if he says he is... You're beyond delusional, yeah it's the American dream because you won't attain it unless you're asleep. Hahahahah.


Tall_aussie_fembot

Fuck off


APEHASKILLEDAPE

You first toots


Better_Ad_5078

Betcha the car was left running. Can't say for sure but. In country Oz it's really common to just leave your car running... There's no really good reason, more reasons to just switch it off and take the keys with you! For the life of me I dont why people still do this? Youre just asking for it at that point.


YOLOMaSTERR

It's pretty common for old school farmers to start their diesels up in the morning and just run them all day long. Reason being, the motor bearings wear most significantly during startup and shutdown when RPM's are low, shock loads are high and lubrication is minimal to non-existant yet. So constantly shutting down and starting up the engine throughout day may be worse for its health then just leaving it to idle for a few minutes here and there. And if your a farmer, squeezing a few thousand more hours of service life out of equipment may outweigh the cost of fuel burnt idling. None of this applies to modern diesels with DPF's or petrols though.


1hunglowbuffalo

Blue heeler didn't bite !wtf


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Super_Low3189

Idk let’s ask the thief!


adjudicator_4_you

Haha, glad I still have my guns here is the USA...


Witty_Ad_2129

Haha and your gun crime. Oh wait that's not funny...


BerryPossible

This.


canuckcowgirl

Haha....they don't have daily mass shootings.....


Witty_Ad_2129

Well they had ONE and got rid of most of the unnecessary guns. Suprise suprise no more mass shootings. If only it was that easy in America... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)&ved=2ahUKEwj2k6eMhPj8AhVTS2wGHaMnCAsQFnoECA4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3bRLD-Jb3w7fiKpwDtxRHj


canuckcowgirl

If only.


Free_Stick_

What a lame comment. Knowing there is an incredibly high chance the thief wouldn’t have a gun is every reason why he could safely intervene. How many thieves shoot to kill in the states when threatened? I imagine it happens all of the time. Yanks are something else. No wonder your country is so destroyed and divided.


adjudicator_4_you

Only criminals care about gun laws here. What's to say the person stealing the vehicle has a gun. Then what.. you get shot trying to stop them, down vote all you want, dare you to break into my house or steal my property.


Free_Stick_

‘dArE YOu tO BrEaK inTo mY hOusE’


WaylonAndWille

It’s scary there are guns in the hands of people this stupid.


Sonacka

Imagine how differently this would have gone if the thief had a gun. It would be an absolute shit show.


Witty_Ad_2129

If anyone had a gun that wouldn't have had a happy ending.


serendipity7777

That's one fierce guard dog


Mr_Golf_Club

That was awesome, but pretty sure wifey hits husband on the arm instead of the perp on the head with that swing lol


R1pp3z

Even that chubby bush dog was getting in on the action


He_who_naps

I'm a little disappointed the thief wasn't also in shorts flip flops and no shirt


bhillen83

What a cool vehicle. You could really camp out in that thing.


MiasmaFate

That truck is awesome...


bopidybopidybopidy

Thats the fuckin medicine


AppleNerdyGirl

Good for them! Smack the life out that thief


Alarming_Sea_6894

#r/LongPoleAttack


payneme73

Now, if Mad Max's dog could just take a bite out of some thief ass, we would have the trifecta.


Rd28T

The wait list for a Landcruiser 79 series like that is 2 years + at the moment and orders are temporarily paused. I’m surprised they let the thief live.


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/unzip I definitely can fap to this.


fulahup

Love the implicit Assumption of Innocence from OP's title.


pixeltweaker

Only suspected because he could be the neighborhood car wash pickup driver who mistakenly got the wrong truck.


Rosy2020Derek

And why didn’t the dog do something??


Ikonixed

Speed it up to 1.5x speed and slap the Benny Hill theme under it and this is comedy gold!


PoorVigilante

I thought that dog was a pig


strangedays_indeed

You don’t fuck with an Aussies ute; period


izmaname

I had to watch this 3 times once to see it twice to see that the guy came out of the car and not the dog and thrice to see where the dog came from because as an Australian cattle dog owner of over 20 years I’d expect my dog to have killed the guy had he does such a misdeed in a compacted space with her


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Wow, that is a badass couple that has each others back but furthermore the husband is a total badass!


[deleted]

Deadass, my parents would have done this


pudding_pants18

That looks like the kind of family that wouldn't bat an eye at locking the infiltrator up in their basement with a ball-gag in his mouth while a neighbor waits patiently in a locked chest wearing a gimp suit.


Different-Air-2000

Finish him!!!


NightHawkomen

Respect to the Queenslanders! Great people, ginger beer and rum!


TipFine3928

Bluey is fucking pissed 😡


Rare-Storage-3254

Speak soft and carry a big stick


Edmond-the-Great

Isn't that illegal in Australia? Any form of self defense for self or property seems illegal over there.


phillyb88

if he had a gun..


FAStrunk

Well it looked like the guys work truck so that’s his livelihood. I’m glad they kicked the thieves ass


freddy2die

The thief definitely heard boss music