Saturday 9 July 2011

Because You Just Can’t Be Too Careful…

Armed police from North Yorkshire Police and officers from British Transport Police swooped on platform five at 3.30pm yesterday after the alarm was raised by a passenger on board the 1.30pm Edinburgh to London Kings Cross service.
Oh noes! What was the emergency?
A spokesman for British Transport Police said a woman had reported seeing a man with what looked like the “outline of a gun” in a bag. Police later said no gun was found and no arrests had been made.
So, what was it? A water pistol? A hand-held cordless drill? An intimate pleasure device?
Following comments posted on this story yesterday, we have again contacted British Transport Police. They reiterate that no gun was found at the scene. They say a "child's plastic toy" was found on the tracks but say this was unrelated.
Well, it's a mystery, to be sure...

12 comments:

Shinar's Basket Case said...

No mystery there at all. While they were all on platform 5 looking for a Brazilian to shoot...some of us were on Platform 1 FINALLY getting a smoke in peace...

*note to self: Ditch Cell phone this morning*

MTG said...

I await that inevitable day when we see pics of work carried out by some psychotic 'just-to-be-sure'.

Large, red colanders on rails, formed by the spray-on lead method.

Anonymous said...

This blog seems increasingly interested in "initimate pleasure devices"

(Kent Brockman voice) And I for one, applaud the move

Captain Haddock said...

" ... An intimate pleasure device" ?

Tell us more Julia .. ;)

Anonymous said...

Control those twitching knees, Haddock. It's only a chocolate tin tin, far removed from your chocolate dip, blow-up tin tin doll.

Woman on a Raft said...

These travelling hairdresser chappies can turn nasty when cornered. They have bladed items as well.

Anonymous said...

Yawn....how many brazilians have been shot shinar? One...and in tragic circumstances.

How many brazilians have the brazilian police shot this year?Change the record.

Anonymous said...

@ Anon

How many brazilians have the brazilian police shot this year?Change the record

a very pertinent comment... if we lived in Brazil

Anonymous said...

A few of you armchair warriors need the courage to go and protest in proper police states like Brazil/Syria/Libya instead of sniping about the softest police force in the world we have here.

Shinar's Basket Case said...

"A few of you armchair warriors need the courage to go and protest in proper police states like "

And what makes you think that some of us haven't? Just as we have former servicemen like Captn Haddock posting here ,we also have people who have fought the good fight in other times, ways and places.

Protest, especially violent protest is a young, unattached, man's game. Trust me , after about 35 moving the battle field to the armchair seems like a good option. Hard to wave the flag when you know that next day your arthritis or your wife is going to give you hell.

I should add, for the nice men from Speical Branch reading, I have NEVER been involved in any form of Armed Struggle and am purely an 'armchair warrior'.

Anonymous said...

"A few of you armchair warriors need the courage to go and protest in proper police states like Brazil/Syria/Libya instead of sniping about the softest police force in the world we have here"

Whereas anonymous others need to have the slightest idea what they are talking about as it makes them more credible

Brazil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Brazil#Lula_government_.282003-2011.29

Police state

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_state

Democracy rankings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#2010_rankings


Brazil, while far from perfect is nothing close to a police state.

JuliaM said...

"These travelling hairdresser chappies can turn nasty when cornered."

Heh!

"A few of you armchair warriors need the courage to go and protest in proper police states like Brazil/Syria/Libya instead of sniping about the softest police force in the world we have here."

We should count our blessings and not gripe that the police get things wrong? Really?

"Brazil, while far from perfect is nothing close to a police state."

Now, don't let facts spoil a good internet discussion! ;)