Serious things you shouldn't laugh at

[Dr Nowt]

5 minutes ago, Herp McDerp said:

 

Did he make it?

Nope. It also started raining while he was lying on the wire, so the fire brigade didn’t dare go anywhere near him for about half an hour, but to be honest I don’t think they could have done much. He was toast. More or less literally.

[VladimirIlyich]

7 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

It wasn't his vault 

Volt? Watt?

[General Dryness]

He should have stayed at ohm.

[Preston Red]

 

[Geoff Woade]

10 hours ago, Dr Nowt said:

Nope. It also started raining while he was lying on the wire, so the fire brigade didn’t dare go anywhere near him for about half an hour, but to be honest I don’t think they could have done much. He was toast. More or less literally.

I remember this. Isn’t it the one where the neighbour ran back shouting ‘it’s good news’ everyone was all pleased and then he went ‘they found the wallet’

[Dr Nowt]

10 hours ago, Geoff Woade said:

I remember this. Isn’t it the one where the neighbour ran back shouting ‘it’s good news’ everyone was all pleased and then he went ‘they found the wallet’

Ha. It was one of my old mates who lived next door. Couple of us had gone round to see him but he was late so we were sat outside in my car when it all happened. When he arrived we told him about it so he went off to rubberneck, returning with breathless haste like xerxes from the match. 

 

Him: It’s good news, lads.

Us: He never survived that, surely?

Him: Course not, but they’ve found his wallet.

[Trumo]

On 14/03/2013 at 10:51, Dr Nowt said:

When I was in my teens me and a mate were waiting outside another mate's one Sunday afternoon, when we heard an almighty bang up the road then saw people milling around the area it came from in frantic droves.

 

Walked up and a lass was screeching hysterically about how "she threw it up there, he just went to get it." Turns out "it" was his wallet after a row about him being too pissed, "there" was an electricity substation roof, "she" was called Shelley Fry and he" was her boyfriend in an Everton shirt.

 

Through sheer morbid curiosity a well-worn route was followed to the top of an adjacent car park, and it was nay a pretty sight. A grown man with his whole life ahead of him, in an Everton shirt. In short order the fire brigade turned up to retrieve him, but confirming this wasn't his day on an epic scale, it abruptly started absolutely pissing it down so they had to wait until it stopped before they could touch him.

 

We went back to my car and waited as the emergency services had blocked the road, eventually the lad we were there to see came home, stopped for a chat then moseyed off to do his own rubber necking. After a while he strolled back and breathlessly told us "no need to worry, it's good news." "He's never survived that?". "I doubt it, no, but they've found his wallet."

 

When you know you've posted a reply to this story already.

 

On 11/02/2015 at 00:03, Trumo said:

Nil Wallet DC Optimum.

 

[Dr Nowt]

On 09/03/2021 at 12:08, Rico1304 said:

There’s a story on the BBC about a lad who died after being electrocuted, these are direct quotes from the family;

 

Luke was our light 

He had a personality like a magnet

He instantly lit up a room. 
 

Just me? 

[Dr Nowt]

Nice of Clarence Boddicker to send flowers.

[halewood pete]

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, halewood pete said:

I bet he wasn't Happy about that.

[Bobby Hundreds]

He's like a little Elon musk. Elon Rusk.

[Bjornebye]

He gave the colouring in a go though, god loves a troyer. 

[Harry's Lad]

1 hour ago, halewood pete said:

Did he crayon Chloe's norks? 

[Harry's Lad]

13 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

He's like a little Elon musk. Elon Rusk.

He's like a mini Zammo.

[Bobby Hundreds]

1 minute ago, Harry's Lad said:

He's like a mini Zammo.

Well if someone offers you crayons by mistake just say no.

[Bjornebye]

27 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I bet he wasn't Happy about that.

I just hope he doesn't willow in his own grief about it. 

[Section_31]

Haha, what a knobhead.

[VladimirIlyich]

Just now, Section_31 said:

Haha, what a knobhead.

Hedgehog flavoured crisps have made a comeback?

[Strontium]

On 26/03/2021 at 16:54, halewood pete said:

 

He's a Tory councillor in North Wales

 

Conwy Local Democracy : Councillor details - Councillor James Daniel Lusted

[VladimirIlyich]

9 hours ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

He's a Tory councillor in North Wales

 

Conwy Local Democracy : Councillor details - Councillor James Daniel Lusted

No wonder he was Bashful over that.

[Trumo]

On 15/04/2021 at 07:00, Section_31 said:

Haha, what a knobhead.

 

Once you pop, you can't stop.

[Total Longo]

 

[Kevin D]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-56984844

 

A woman says she is facing bankruptcy after losing just under £113,000 to a scammer she met on a dating site.

 

Rachel Elwell, from the West Midlands, said the man, who claimed he lived nearby, told her he had gone abroad for an engineering contract in Ukraine.

 

He convinced her with documents and pictures he needed money for issues that had cropped up and stated he had been taken captive by loan sharks.

 

Ms Elwell, 50, said there was no guarantee of any money coming back.

 

Asked why she had given money to a man she had never met, the export manager, of Brownhills, said: "When he said to me his life was in danger and I didn't hear from him, I thought he'd been murdered.

 

"Can you imagine feeling you're responsible for whether someone lives or dies?"

 

Ms Elwell said after he had contacted her on 1 January claiming to live in Cannock, his "picture looked nice", he "seemed to like the same things as me" and "seemed quite an open and genuine guy".

'All a lie'

The man told her they would have to wait weeks to meet as he would need to stay in Ukraine, but later phoned claiming laws in that country had changed due to Covid and he now had to pay tax before any of the engineering work began, Ms Elwell said.

 

Telling the story to BBC Radio WM, Ms Elwell said she had been told work had stopped on site and matters "appeared very legitimate", but later she had "reluctantly" sent him money.

 

She stated at one point a supposed tax office had sent a letter to him, which she had a copy of, and added: "They said... 'you need to pay 160 thousand'. So he cashed his pension in, sold his car, borrowed money and I helped him.

 

"I mean at this point I think it was about £45k I'd sent him to help him with the tax bill."

What is romance fraud?

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES

 

image captionAction Fraud advises people who believe they have been a victim to contact their bank

According to Action Fraud, romance or dating fraud is where criminals dupe people into sending them money by gaining their trust and convincing them they are in a genuine relationship.

In order to stay safe from such scams, it advises people to:

• Be suspicious of any requests for money from someone they have never met in person, particularly if they have only recently met online
• Speak to family or friends to get advice
• Perform reverse image searches on profile pictures, as they may not be genuine. A reverse image search can find photos that have been taken from somewhere else

Anyone who believes they have been a victim of romance fraud, it said, should report it to their bank immediately and to Action Fraud.

Continuing the story, Ms Elwell said the man had claimed two "heavies" had turned up and he had been locked in a cellar. He sent her pictures purporting to show him there.

 

 

She added he claimed to have been released after money had been sent, but he had told her he would not have his passport, which had been taken from him, until interest had been paid.

 

On the day the man told Ms Elwell he was due to fly back, 16 March, she went to Heathrow airport and got an email from supposed airport officials saying he had been arrested.

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She said she had then approached Border Force officials who said, "look, it's a scam".

 

She went to his supposed house in Coventry to meet his daughter and housekeeper/nanny, but "no such people lived at that house".

 

Ms Elwell said: "It was in that moment that I knew it was all a lie."

 

A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: "Rachel's case is a prime example of romance fraud, her case highlights how much these scammers affect people's lives."

[Rico1304]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-57333128