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The joys of Ireland....

Started by Pachyderm, March 29, 2011, 11:33:35 PM

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Pachyderm

March 29, 2011, 11:33:35 PM
One of our consultants was out doing a survey the other day, and as he was diving in and out of a hedgerow, looking for badgers....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12895053
Imus ad magum Ozi videndum, magum Ozi mirum mirissimum....

Scriblerus the Philosophe

#1
March 30, 2011, 01:52:32 AM
Oh, wonderful. :|
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Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)

#2
March 30, 2011, 01:02:02 PM
That's placing occupational hazards in context.
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Opsa

#3
March 30, 2011, 03:16:43 PM
Is he okay?!

Griffin NoName

#4
March 30, 2011, 05:11:55 PM
Perhaps it belonged to the badgers?
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The Meromorph

#5
March 30, 2011, 05:38:22 PM
Quote from: Griffin NoName on March 30, 2011, 05:11:55 PM
Perhaps it belonged to the badgers?
Ner, it's squirrels that use grenade launchers. Badgers mostly use land-mines and claymores...
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Opsa

#6
March 30, 2011, 05:39:57 PM
...and I've heard the German ones have been spotted with knives. Pretty scary, considering how cranky they can be.

Swatopluk

#7
March 30, 2011, 07:47:55 PM
And Australian kangaroos use SAMs (at least in the military flight simulator)
Knurrhähne sind eßbar aber empfehlen würde ich das nicht unbedingt.
The aspitriglos is edible though I do not actually recommend it.

Lindorm

#8
March 30, 2011, 11:31:53 PM
What was that earworm of a few years ago?

badgerbadger badgerbadger grenade launcher I saw a snaaake?

Well, something like that, anyway.

;)
Der Eisenbahner lebt von seinem kärglichen Gehalt sowie von der durch nichts zu erschütternden Überzeugung, daß es ohne ihn im Betriebe nicht gehe.
K.Tucholsky (1930)

Pachyderm

#9
March 30, 2011, 11:44:08 PM
Oh, it gets so much better. (He's fine, by the way)

Having found it, all wrapped up in plastic and hidden in the hedge (on the grounds of a school, incidentally), he went to the nearest Garda (Police) station, which is one that isn't manned 24 hours (it was only about half ten in the morning, but apparently there isn't any crime during the day in Leitrim). It did, however, have a number to call. This duly done, he was asked by the copper on the other end if "He could just put it through the letterbox...."

Leaving aside the screwing up of forensic evidence, and any potential booby traps attached to the thing, can you imagine walking down the main street of a town in the Republic of Ireland with a grenade launcher, and on being asked exactly what you are doing replying "I'm just off to the nearest Police station with this grenade launcher" in a Belfast accent....
Imus ad magum Ozi videndum, magum Ozi mirum mirissimum....

Lindorm

#10
March 31, 2011, 11:47:08 AM
I suppose it would have been one of those experiences that you look back upon (if you survive) and say "Well, at least it was eudcational".

Der Eisenbahner lebt von seinem kärglichen Gehalt sowie von der durch nichts zu erschütternden Überzeugung, daß es ohne ihn im Betriebe nicht gehe.
K.Tucholsky (1930)

Griffin NoName

#11
March 31, 2011, 03:22:51 PM
:ROFL:
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Opsa

#12
March 31, 2011, 07:59:28 PM
Hilarious! So what did he do, just tell them where to find it?

Pachyderm

#13
April 01, 2011, 12:18:15 AM
Exactly that. Left at speed, never to return.
Imus ad magum Ozi videndum, magum Ozi mirum mirissimum....

Opsa

#14
April 01, 2011, 04:57:18 PM
Smart fellah... but the police!  ::)
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