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Liverpool , England

It was reported on TV during the week that a pumpkin weighing 180lb or so was stolen from a garden a few miles from me. The grower, an old man, was upset and rightly so. You think that would be the end of it...but no. After our weigh-off I gave my pumpkin (just about 600lb) to a shop to exhibit for the fun of it and amuse the customers. Today a APV (Armoured Police Vehicle) pulled up and out got two rather large Policemen, body armour and sporting sub machine guns. Nice huh? they went into the shop and said to the owner "Tell us about this pumpkin..where did you get it?" The owner, a friend of mine fell about laughing and said "If that weighed 180lb you two could pick it up right?" "Yeah we could" After trying to budge it and realising that it was nearer 600lb they too laughed and left the shop. So some dimwit had phoned the police to say the stolen pumpkin was in this shop, and they sent round two armed policeman to find out......Jeeze...why don't they go and pick on some motorists or drug dealers instead.

Alun

10/25/2003 8:37:42 PM

Wroclaw, Poland (51 N, 17 E)

Funny story.

10/25/2003 8:45:49 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

Good Story alun

10/25/2003 9:52:03 PM

Arizona

Ha Ha Ha!! Very Funny Alun

Jeff

10/25/2003 11:05:57 PM

northern indiana

Sounds like those officers werent too bright to begin with. The sheer size of a 600# pumpkin should have told them right off the bat this was not the one they were looking for. I am somewhat new to this sport but even I know that pumpkins are heavier than they look to the untrained eye. A small 100 or 200 pounder looks large to most people who are unfamiliar with Atlantic giants. A 600 pounder should have seemed massive. And to think they actually tried to pick it up with their bare hands! lol. That must have been a Kodak moment! oh to have a camera when you need one!

10/25/2003 11:10:32 PM

Grants Pass, Oregon

Hey alun was there accent as heavy as yours is? Maybe they didnt understand. :) Cause I know when I talk to you its quite hard for me to follow you. :)

10/26/2003 1:08:28 PM

New Brunswick

LOL...reminds me of the time an officer of the law stopped my husband when he was a young fella. They spied a wine bottle on the floor of the car. They asked what was in that and he told them power steering fluid (it was) The cop unscrewed the cover and smelled it...his nose got plastered with the stuff. Randy and friends thought it was very funny...

10/26/2003 4:56:48 PM

Liverpool , England

Well Storm here's another story. I was driving home one night after picking up the dogs weekly food haul...two pigs heads. I was stopped by the police. They asked what was in the sack in the back of the car.I said you best look yourself officers. They did. On yer way funny guy.......lol

Alun

10/26/2003 7:31:58 PM

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Alun, your police at least takes serious pumpkin theft. In Slovenia they would laugh at you if you report a missing pumpkin. Jernej

10/27/2003 5:47:19 AM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

i got stopped one night for having a headlight out..i told the cop..sometimes it comes on and sometimes it doesnt..do you think it needs a little kick he said real smart like?? and kicked my truck real hard..the light came on..he just turned and walked away..we all laughed...and laughed...

10/27/2003 9:32:52 AM

Itzetown City

You laughed, because he did not discover the stolen pumpkin in the trunk, correct?

10/27/2003 10:04:29 AM

Utah

Alun-

good thing you filled the 180 lb pumpkin with cement so those cops couldn't lift it....
:)

10/27/2003 10:18:26 AM

New Brunswick

Glad you saw my post Alun...I was beginning to think either my posts were not getting thru or noone was talking to me. Noone seems to be responding to any posts I put in..... What kind of dogs that you have that eat pig heads?

10/27/2003 11:16:58 AM

Montoursville, PA

Not a word was said when creative students at a military school slot cut a cork and filled the slot with fox urine as they inserted the cork. Seems patent medicine bottles were being inspected for vodka and such in student dorms. The inspector got it all over his hands and uniform. That about ended the bottle sniffing in student dorms. It also caused the room windows to be open for a week or longer in January. The best the disciplinary action committee could do is write a new rule. No trapping supplies in dorm rooms.

10/27/2003 3:38:16 PM

Liverpool , England

Storm,
It Was a boxer dog that ate the pigs heads. Oh yeah..we had to take off their helmets first....lol

10/27/2003 8:37:30 PM

New Brunswick

Now that would be a picture...boxers in helmets..haha LOL Our Akita, Border Collie and Rottweiler make do with dry food in bags. We do not give them raw meet as we have heard it just might make them a tad vicious...and with these breeds of dogs (with the exception of the Border Collie) vicious we do not want. The mere look of them is enough to deter people from trespessing.

10/27/2003 10:41:33 PM

Liverpool , England

Storm,
We always cooked the meat first. Bad news...just bought a french Bulldog..5 months old..eats anything...loves kids...two a day.....lol

10/28/2003 3:43:42 AM