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Article #4229Re: Obese naked American tourist terrorized a peaceful Swiss town
From: Michael Baldwin, Bruce
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:56
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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