Man Robs Store With Tree Branch; Clerk Defends Himself With Hammer

Since this is the last day of the year, I'm going to go ahead and nominate this video for funniest robbery video of 2010. What you are about to see is nothing short of downright ridiculous. A robber storms into a convenience story wielding a large tree branch. The clerk pulls out a hammer to defend himself. The robber proceeds to try and poke said clerk with large tree branch. The footage shows the comical standoff between the two, and also features the robber wearing plastic bags on his feet:

(via Gawker)

The attack happened in Virginia: