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Offline bijou

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Thief in ill-advised power cable saw adventure
« on: February 13, 2008, 01:57:03 PM »


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Police in Derbyshire are hunting for a badly scorched would-be copper thief - after finding a hacksaw embedded in an 11,000 volt power cable Saturday night.

The thief, who also left a lit blow torch at the scene, is expected to be badly charred, spiky haired and not exactly the brightest bulb in the socket.

'The sheer stupidity of cutting through power cables should be glaringly obvious to everyone,' said Phil Wilson, customer operations manager with local power company Central Networks.

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Shocking story!  :-)
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Re: Thief in ill-advised power cable saw adventure
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2008, 01:58:14 PM »
He didn't know watt he was doing.
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Re: Thief in ill-advised power cable saw adventure
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 02:13:57 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on February 13, 2008, 01:58:14 PM
He didn't know watt he was doing.
I bet he looks pretty revolting now.
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Re: Thief in ill-advised power cable saw adventure
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2008, 02:42:34 PM »
He faces several serious CHARGES.
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Re: Thief in ill-advised power cable saw adventure
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2008, 02:47:17 PM »
He is probably sporting a Don King hair do singing I am all Juiced up. .
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Re: Thief in ill-advised power cable saw adventure
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 03:31:57 PM »
You have to wonder if he fried his family joules.
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