I happened to attend Tulane University and one of my favorite drunk activities was mowing down Lucky Dogs in the French quarter.  But apparently some people like to try to rob the vendors.  This person, however, got a surprise…

Gant, 35, a St. Louis native, peddled his Lucky Dogs from the corner of Royal and Iberville streets about 9 p.m. that night, a Saturday. A man strolled up to his cart and asked him for a dollar.

Gant declined, thinking, “Hell, no. I’ve hardly sold a hot dog, yet you want money — when you can be out here working the same as I am?”

The 5-foot-8, 155-pound man then shoved his face closely to Gant’s and said, “If you don’t give me a dollar, I’m going to take it.”

Gant declined again. The two shoved each other. The man, miffed, walked away.

Wait, the story gets better….

According to a police report filed in court, the man returned to the street corner about 11:50 p.m. He drew a knife, stood alongside Gant, reached across his body and with his right hand pressed the blade’s edge against the vendor’s throat, hissing, “Remember me?”

This time, the panhandler demanded all the money, Gant said.

Gant, however, had seen the man walk next to him out of the corner of his eye. The knifeman had barely pressed the blade against the wiener vendor’s throat when Gant lifted his right arm. He grabbed the man’s right wrist and pulled the blade away.

Then, with his left arm, he gripped the knifeman’s forearm to push the blade farther away. He freed his right hand.

“Call the police!” Gant shouted to a crowd of people streaming into a nearby drug store. “Please, call the police!”

The two wrestled. While struggling to keep the blade at bay with his left hand, Gant elbowed and punched his attacker’s body and face with his right arm and hand.

Gant sensed the robber lose his balance. He reached for the man’s crotch and lifted him up, still holding onto one of his arms with his left hand.

Gant then slammed the robber face-first off the curb, gashing his attacker’s forehead wide open.

Like I said, it’s really a bad idea to mess with Lucky Dog.

[Via NOLA]