
Friday Funnies: British Pirates Favour the Punt, What's In a Name, You Got Change?
In Cambridgeshire, four British pirates have been caught after making off with the booty on a punt – Cambridge News reported: The ‘Fen pirates’ who plundered craft moored at a Cambridgeshire boatyard were caught by police as they were making their getaway on a punt. The gang of riverborne thieves were arrested on the River Ouse after a raid on The Haven, in Low Road, St Ives, in the early hours of Friday, July 3, Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court was told. The court heard …
In Cambridgeshire, four British pirates have been caught after making off with the booty on a punt – Cambridge News reported:
The ‘Fen pirates’ who plundered craft moored at a Cambridgeshire boatyard were caught by police as they were making their getaway on a punt.
The gang of riverborne thieves were arrested on the River Ouse after a raid on The Haven, in Low Road, St Ives, in the early hours of Friday, July 3, Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court was told.
The court heard the four-strong group broke in to 16 unoccupied boats, causing damage costing almost £2,500, before loading luxury electrical items on to a waiting punt.
But they were picked up by police hours later after officers used night vision goggles to find them bobbing along the Fenland river.
Officers discovered the gang’s getaway punt had been laden with two flatscreen TVs, a DVD player, two electricity generators and a large amount of alcohol.
Police even found a captain’s hat.
In Sweden Mats Fagerholm, a 35-year-old flasher has been caught flashing outside "Willys" Store in Orebro, southern Sweden. Fagerholm told police:
“It’s bad enough with all the cucumbers and other vegetables on display, but then when I see the store’s name I just can’t help myself. It’s not my fault.” Source
And in Greenacres, Florida a man was caught running down the street with a stolen cash register. The 32-year-old had entered a restaurant and asked for change for a $10 bill but when the cashier asked to see the bill, the man reportedly began screaming, "I want change!" Police said the man then grabbed about $40 from a tip box, picked up the cash register containing nearly $300 and ran out. The man was being held on $21,000 bail for multiple charges. Source
And if you haven’t seen this yet it’s worth a quick look:










July 31, 2009
Fagerholm – for real?
July 31, 2009
Are they sure it wasn’t just a bunch of drunken Cambridge students out for a drunken punt picking up boating stuff instead of road furniture.