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Article #4234Re: Obese naked American tourist terrorized a peaceful Swiss town
From: Michael Baldwin, Bruce
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:32
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:32
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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?
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