Robbin' Bastards!

Renn

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11908583

Mr Trade In

Hope whoever did it used the coins for soup and the spoons to eat it.

topper75

BBC Reporters - bog off and write a real story.

All credit to British obsession with their idiosyncratic nature, but somebody who is stupid, being stupid, is not a news item.

Renn

I agree. It's an AH item.

Gunsfortoys

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11908583

A woman who dialled 999 to report the theft of a snowman from outside her home has been branded "completely irresponsible" by Kent Police.

The force said the woman, from Chatham, thought the incident required their involvement because she used pound coins for eyes and teaspoons for arms.

During the call the woman said: "It ain't a nice road but you don't expect someone to nick your snowman."

Kent Police said officers had given her advice on real 999 emergencies.

The force said the call was made at the same time as operators fielded thousands of other phone calls about the heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures in the county.

During the conversation she said: "There's been a theft from outside my house.

"I haven't been out to check on him for five hours but I went outside for a fag and he's gone."

When she was asked who had gone, the woman replied: "My snowman. I thought that with it being icy and there not being anybody about, he'd be safe."

She was then asked whether it was an ornament, and answered: "No, a snowman made of snow, I made him myself.

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"It ain't a nice road but at the end of the day, you don't expect someone to nick your snowman, you know what I mean?"

The operator then told her she had rung an emergency line and she should not be calling it to report the theft of a snowman.

Ch Insp Simon Black said: "This call could have cost someone's life if there was a genuine emergency and they couldn't get through.

"It was completely irresponsible.

"We have spoken to her and advised her what is a 999 call, and this clearly was not."

There is really snow need for that.:pac:

Homer

I'm making a horror film where a sadistic snowman sets death traps for other snowmen and they have to melt bits of themselves to escape
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It's called "Thaw"

Renn

Ah, that's why I hate The Simpsons!

mle1324

Its already on RTE's website.
Say she got a hell of a ear full of the police for time wasting :pac:

Riamfada

Im sure the police will revisit it as a cold case ...

Ghandee

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11908583



There is really snow need for that.:pac:

the low lives that did that had some snow balls on them!

maximoose

Homer wrote: »

I'm making a horror film where a sadistic snowman sets death traps for other snowmen and they have to melt bits of themselves to escape
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It's called "Thaw"

...oh dear :pac:

jester77

Nothing worse than cold calls!

Mrmoe

There's not a snowballs chance in hell that the will find who did this.

EverEvolving

How the hell did they move it is what I want to know, the logistics are melting my mind.

Owenw

They should get Inspector Morse* on the case!




















*as played by John Thaw

gravityisalie

i bet the cops gave her a frosty reception

Sonnenblumen

There you go Ma'am, some cold comfort!

phill106

It probably melted.

Procasinator

What a cold-hearted thing to do for the criminals to do. The frosty reception she got from the police would have made the poor woman feel any better, either.

longhalloween

She should have bought

*takes off sunglassse*

A snow chain

YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Capt'n Midnight

"It ain't a nice road but at the end of the day, you don't expect someone to nick your snowman, you know what I mean?"

no1beemerfan

surprised no-one has posted about it yet :eek:


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23903692-woman-rings-999-over-theft-of-a-snowman.do

clip with audio here

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3258685/Woman-rings-999-over-snowman.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

mle1324

no1beemerfan wrote: »

surprised no-one has posted about it yet :eek:


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23903692-woman-rings-999-over-theft-of-a-snowman.do

Already a thread on this

no1beemerfan

mle1324 wrote: »

Already a thread on this

Feck! must not have looked hard enough

Biggins

no1beemerfan wrote: »

surprised no-one has posted about it yet :eek:


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23903692-woman-rings-999-over-theft-of-a-snowman.do

clip with audio here

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3258685/Woman-rings-999-over-snowman.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

Unreal! :pac:

kfallon

Biggins wrote: »

Unreal! :pac:

That you didn't get in with the first reply :pac:

deathrider

Serves the auld one right for mistreating her snowman, and leaving him out in the cold like that. He probably ran away because of this. She should have brought him inside, let him sit down beside the fire to watch christmas shows on the telly, and made him a nice warm cuppa tea.

Gary4279

Why would you only give a snowman teaspoon as arms? bit cruel.

ejmaztec

The cops will go out of their way to find the culprit, just so's they can hold a gun on him and say "Freeze, it's the heat"

EverEvolving

Gary4279 wrote: »

Why would you only give a snowman teaspoon as arms? bit cruel.

Ya he stood no chance of fighting off his attackers with them :pac:

Cantona's Collars

In years to come we'll see this on Cold Case Files.

ejmaztec

zerks wrote: »

In years to come we'll see this on Cold Case Files.

It’ll be here first

Jamiekelly

Homer wrote: »

I'm making a horror film where a sadistic snowman sets death traps for other snowmen and they have to melt bits of themselves to escape
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It's called "Thaw"

If that doesn't make post of the day I'l rape every AH mods PM inbox repeatedly

MagicSean

People probably think this kind of thing is unusual. I've taken some fantastic emergency calls in my time. My favourite was the guy who was afraid to go home because he had an argument with his cat.