If Boing Boing were to be believed you’d be thinking that this recent post had a remote topical feel about it; what with everybody getting sliced up at every conceivable opportunity in the UK. But, unfortunately it’s relating to quite an old piece in the never-to-miss-an-opportunity-to-scare-the-living-crap-out-of-anybody-in-order-to-point-out-the-decline-of-British-society Daily Mail.

Stainless Steel Klingon Blade

A spokesman for police (whether or not it’s the geezer above is anybody’s guess) in Gloucester, where it was surrendered, said: “It is a particularly nasty weapon that can, literally, take someone’s head off. We are very glad it is off the streets and we want more weapons handed in.”

But if the article above harks back to 2006, then there’s this blog post I digitally penned in 2005 drawing people to the attention of the Klingon Imperial Weapons Group (KIWG) Yahoo! Metalworking Group.

Lt. Whorf looking more confused than your average copper wielding a Klingon blade.

And from the group’s front page:

*** IMPORTANT***: In order to request permission to join the KIWG, you must write a detailed letter explaining your interest in Klingon bladed weaponry, any experience you may have in metalworking and why you would like to join the Guild, along with your name, e-mail address and city/country. Send your application to the Guildmaster at klingon@klingon.org and it will be considered for acceptance. If accepted, you will be added to the KIWG mailing list.

If only the Daily Mail had seen this in 2006, they’d be able to blame blogs, the internet, Al Gore and anybody else who has a secret hankering to rip the fabric of society in two both literally and metaphorically.

Unless, of course, you were defending you and yours from a burglar in your home, then chopping the offender’s head clean off as they were making their escape would be too good for ‘em.