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Re: Obese naked American tourist terrorized a peaceful Swiss town

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From: Michael Baldwin, Bruce
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:56
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Peter Hucker wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:32:25 +0100, Michael Baldwin, Bruce <mbb@mighty.co.za> wrote:
>
> > Peter Hucker wrote:
> >> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:28:39 +0100, Michael Baldwin, Bruce <mbb@mighty.co.za> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Ted wrote:
> >> >> On Sep 12, 10:46 am, Rere <rair...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > An American tourist who ran naked through a peaceful Swiss town,
> >> >> > vandalized a church and escaped from police clutches by jumping into a
> >> >> > lake could have been on hallucinogenic mushrooms, a local magistrate
> >> >> > said.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The 34 year-old from Massachusetts, who has since been allowed to
> >> >> > return home, ran amok in the western town of Morges, by Lake Geneva,
> >> >> > two weeks ago,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > He started babbling incoherently in the hotel lobby, stripped and ran
> >> >> > naked along the quayside, broke a stained glass window in the nearby
> >> >> > protestant temple with a stool and set a precious 1898 bible alight,
> >> >> > police in Morges said.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > After being seized and handcuffed by police, he made a leap for
> >> >> > freedom into the lake and bit two people who tried to help him while
> >> >> > he was hanging on to a boat.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Having recovered his senses, he later appeared before investigating
> >> >> > magistrate Gilles Riva and "coherently" explained that he had eaten
> >> >> > 'magic mushrooms' that he had bought in the Netherlands during a trip
> >> >> > through Europe.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "He said he had lots of regrets and said sorry at least fifty times,"
> >> >> > Riva told the Swiss news agency ATS. Riva said the mushroom theory was
> >> >> > "possible".
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The tourist, who also offered 250 dollars for each of the people he
> >> >> > bit, was not named.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://tinyurl.com/27lbrq
> >> >>
> >> >> Major crime here was being a fat bastard. It appears that most folks
> >> >> from America have round faces.
> >> >
> >> > Jumped in a lake, eh? I bet he had a wetback too.
> >>
> >> What exactly was the crime?  Being naked doesn't hurt anyone, and who needs churches anyway?
> >
> > Why ask me, PHucker? I wasn't there now, was I?
>
> It was a general question to the whole group.
> [waves hand thus]

Sure, you k'lame that now. But why didn't you say that before?

> It turns out that a several protected, rare birds in Germany have been feeding on a species of protected, rare fish.  In response to this dilemma, exasperated German officials have decided to do the only thing that makes sense in this kind of a situation - kill all the environmentalists.

That sounds sensible.
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