Radio 2 in the Park 2024

[Viv]

Here's to THE most ridiculous story of Winter 2010!! *raises glass*

A lady has reported the theft of a snowman, and actually dialled 999, in order to do so.

The reason she did this is because she used £1.00 coins for eyes.

[Tom.]

left of a snowman, :

Nom'd for Wurst Spaller.

[Viv]

Ha ha!! Thanx for making me spit mince pie out!!

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

I thought it was Warst Spillor? No, sorry, that's Mr Mac...

Ya beat me to posting this Viv, you win this time... *pulls cape up over face, exits stage right... falls off into orchestra pit*

[kyle_y]

I heard this on 5 Live a bit earlier. The worrying thing about it was the fact that she sounded deadly serious. And she knew how stupid it sounded so she tried not to make I clear she was talking about the 'theft' of a snowman until she was directly asked.

[R94N]

It's up there with the whole cat in a bin thing.

[DarkAngelMJH]

It's up there with the whole cat in a bin thing.

Not really like it at all, that was animal cruelty and this is a snowman.

[E*F*4L]

she sounds like a chav

[cxx666]

It's up there with the whole cat in a bin thing.

Definitly not. As a cat owner myself, I know I would be furious if someone was cruel enough to pick him up and put him in a wheelie bin because they were twisted and arrogant enough to put a live animal in the bin because they thought it was funny. That was a serious act she did and to be honestly, thoroughly deserved the backlash against her.

However, if someone has nothing better to do than phone up the police because of a disappearing snowman, they clearly shouldnt be allowed out without a carer. Even if she used money for the eyes or whateber, does that mean she would phone the police if she had left a pound in a shopping trolley and found out later that day someone had taken it and used it? Did anything happen as a result of it? I'm thinking something along the lines of wasting police time.

[KingTutsWWH]

This stupid woman should certainly be fined for wasting police time. They have far too many students to be chasing atm for this sort of idiocy... (irony intended).

As for cats in bins. Someone around here put our last cat in a bin. She was a lovely tiny old thing. Unimaginable behaviour. Thank God she was found. I'd like to think our new cats Arty or Pia (youngsters) would scratch the eyes out of anyone who tried out this kind of a stunt on them!

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

Cat in a bin is a bit different as it counts as animal cruelty. I do have to wonder who would use money as part of a snowman and what are they gonna make next, some papier mache marvel out of fivers and tenners which they leave out on their lawn? A sprinkler system filled with 5p pieces perhaps?

[cxx666]

A sprinkler system filled with 5p pieces perhaps?

That sounds both dangerous and hilarious, I want 1 of these!

[R94N]

Not really like it at all, that was animal cruelty and this is a snowman.

I kinda meant it as in they're both weird stories. Never mind. It was a stupid comparison.

[franzi]

A stolen snowman... Now I'm wondering what she'll do in spring when all the snow has melted. Calling the police, because the snowman has disappeared?

[Rob]

Why would you use £1's as eyes? That's just asking for it to stolen.

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

Thanks to the excellent Russell Howard's Good News, I have now heard the call itself. Am I imagining things or did the 'caller' sound almost the same as the woman answering the call? Both sounded quite <STRIKE>Proley</STRIKE> chavvy but the caller also sounded thick.

[R94N]

Haha I thought they were similar in terms of that they were both women. The caller sounded 'chavvy', certainly. It was quite funny to see on the show.

So has all the snow melted now in the UK or...? It certainly has 'round here.

[cxx666]

a huge amount in my area has melted, its mainly just the big mounds where it was all dumped in car parks, streets etc that hae still to melt. Had to spend half an hour at work with someone else trying to dig a car sized gap in a huge mound in our car park to let people move around freely.

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

All gone here, though I hear more is predicted in the next week or so (and I say Bring It On! )