Monday, August 31, 2009

Don't Mess With Dawn Fraser


If you don't know who Dawn Fraser is you will now. She won four Olympic gold medals for Australia along with four others and is considered one of the best women swimmers of all-time. She has always been fun. During the 1964 Tokyo Olympics she tried to steal a flag from the front of the Emperor's palace during a middle of the night dare. She was arrested but given the flag later.

Well, the other night a guy tried to rob her house. Umm, bad idea. Dawn, who is 71 was walking into her home when a man grabbed her at the front gate.

"This guy came out of the gate and grabbed me and I grabbed him by the ear and I kicked him in the groin. So he had to let me go. He threatened my life and I got really annoyed about that and just grabbed him by the ear and the hair."

Dawn, along with a neighbor who came to help sat on the burglar until the police arrived.

21 comments:

  1. LOVE THIS...WHAT A WOMAN

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  2. I agree with the above sentiments *L*

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  3. "...I got really annoyed about that..."

    Gawd, I wonder what she'd do if she got really pissed off. WTG, lady!

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  4. Sounds totally Aussie.
    Awesome.

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  5. Best story of the day. Love it!

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  6. i want to be her if i grow up

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  7. I love this woman!

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  8. how awesome is she?! go her! and lol @ the flag-stealing dare.

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  9. YEAH! You go, you cool-as-sh*t older lady!

    I love these kinds of stories...gray panthers not taking ANY gruff off ANYbody.

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  10. Dude, this woman rocks! She's my hero. Thanks for posting this!

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  11. Good for her! She didn't just take a bite out of crime. She kicked it in the groin!! LMFAO. She is a superhero!

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  12. Oh Dawn, some of the stories I have heard about you are worthy of some blind items too...

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  13. Dawn has always been known as someone you just don't want to piss off..so good for her:)

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  14. I'm sorry Enty I have to borrow the post and the photo for my blog. I will give massive credit or take it down if you want me to. But this story needs at least one more round of rss feed! Wow! I didn't know her and I now want to jump up and down and be pleased to have met her! wow- kick it real good!

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  15. here is what I posted. The same as here but with added gushing. What a weird word that is!

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