Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large
gas bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, 'We agree it was
rather high for the time of year. It's possible Mr. Purdey has been
charged for the gas used up during the explosion that destroyed his
house.'
(The Daily Telegraph)
Police reveal that a woman arrested for shoplifting had a whole
salami in her underwear. When asked why, she said it was because
she was missing her Italian boyfriend.
(The Manchester Evening News)
Irish police are being handicapped in a search for a stolen van,
because they cannot issue a description. It's a Special Branch
vehicle and they don't want the public to know what it looks
like.
(The Guardian)
At the height of the gale, the harbourmaster radioed a coast guard
and asked him to estimate the wind speed. He replied he was sorry,
but he didn't have a gauge.
However, if it was any help, the wind had just blown his Land Rover
off the cliff.
( Aberdeen Evening Express)
Mrs. Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue , Boscombe, delighted the
audience with her reminiscence of the German prisoner of war who
was sent each week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end
of 1945, she recalled - 'He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap,
but when the crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February
1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.''
( Bournemouth Evening Echo)
