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Men Enter Britain Hiding In FakeTree

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-one-big-squirrel dept.

Four men are being questioned after they allegedly entered England illegally by hiding in a 32-foot-tall fake Christmas tree. "Following their arrest after being found in a lorry, four suspected illegal immigrants were apprehended and transferred to our specialist teams of officers," a Border Agency spokesman said. It sounds like someone mixed up "How not to be seen" with "How to recognize different trees from quite a long way away."

7 comments

  1. Number one by duckInferno · · Score: 1

    The "Larch".

    "Larch".

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  2. Imperialist pig-dogs. by Kayden · · Score: 1

    Were they arrested because the tree wasn't metric?

    1. Re:Imperialist pig-dogs. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Were they arrested because the tree wasn't metric?

      I would think so. UK is a country using metric system (as is every single country except of USA, Myanmar and Liberia Illustration). Obviously this was a case of "10m high tree" but it had to be translated to 32 feet high tree...

  3. It would have been easier... by denzacar · · Score: 1

    ... to just buy a passport.

    Or two... or twenty...

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  4. Radiohead by pagen_hd · · Score: 1

    It sounds like someone mixed up "How not to be seen" with "How to recognize different trees from quite a long way away."
    Sounds to me like someone mixed up "Fake Plastic Tree(s)" with "How To Disappear Completely".
    Four men are being questioned after they allegedly entered England
    They turned out to be the four guys in Radiohead.

  5. There is no subject. by D5145596 · · Score: 1

    Seems that at least one would have been unwillingly subjected to being tied to such tree. There does exist in the realm of possiblity that all four were attached unwillingly and such tree made fake as to allow easy detection and the satisfactory requirements of that period of time to show that 'fake tree found' requirement be satisfied.

    Just attempting to show the discover of new realms of interpretation and satisfaction fullfilment need new shifts in understanding that which is done with appearence of intention.

  6. which police department picked them up? by Canny.org · · Score: 1

    .....Special Branch!.....