Thieves stealing England's Bronze statuary

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:26:16 GMT, baldycotton
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:58:07 +0100, Earl Evleth
wrote:
LONDON, Jan. 25 ‹ The stolen works include the enormous ‹ a hulking two-ton
sculpture by Henry Moore ‹ and the comparatively modest ‹ a three-foot-long
dung beetle by the artist Wendy Taylor. In between, there was a seven-foot
lion, a life-size warthog and one of three abstract human figures that make
up the sculptor Lynn Chadwick's huge "Three Watchers."

As long as there are more supervisors than workers, and everyone wears
hardhats, they could steal Big Ben and no one would raise an eyebrow.

Well they did steal the Scone stone from under the Coronation Throne
in Westminster Abbey, in the 1950s I think, hopped up to Scotland
with it.

While evleth spams continuously the group, we travel.

"Earl Evleth" a écrit dans le message de news:
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From the NT Times, it was in the Herald Tribune this morning.


Thieves Fond of Heavy Lifting Are Making Off With England's Bronze
Sculptures
By SARAH LYALL


LONDON, Jan. 25 The stolen works include the enormous a hulking
two-ton
sculpture by Henry Moore and the comparatively modest a
three-foot-long
dung beetle by the artist Wendy Taylor. In between, there was a seven-foot
lion, a life-size warthog and one of three abstract human figures that
make
up the sculptor Lynn Chadwick's huge "Three Watchers."

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go the following for the rest of the article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/ar...1&pagewanted=p
rint

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Comments; If thieves are able to haul away two tons of statuary without
being caught, this does not speak well for police services. The article
indicates that this is an often committed type of crime.

Maybe they should ask for aid from Bush's terrorists chasers who have
tapped every telephone in the world.

Could anyone put evleth in the same cell for kookies as the dwarfs ?

"Earl Evleth" a écrit dans le message de news:
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On 27/01/06 13:38, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

Visitors to Europe should certainly be advised not to bring large,
valuable bronze statues with them as they may be at risk.

but not so easy to snatch as a mobile phone or an iPod.


Nor should the Brits bring garden dwarfs, they are subject to
liberation. (the DLM).

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:08:17 +0100, Earl Evleth
wrote:

On 27/01/06 13:38, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

Visitors to Europe should certainly be advised not to bring large,
valuable bronze statues with them as they may be at risk.

but not so easy to snatch as a mobile phone or an iPod.


Nor should the Brits bring garden dwarfs, they are subject to
liberation. (the DLM).

I wish someone would liberate the many garden dwarfs (and an
occasional Snow White or Bambi) in my town.

--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

B Vaughan wrote:

I wish someone would liberate the many garden dwarfs (and an
occasional Snow White or Bambi) in my town.

When I lived in Saudi Arabia one front yard was full of pink plastic
flamingoes. They mysteriously vanished one night, and for years
afterwards the residents would get anonymous pictures from all around
the world of their globe-trotting former flamingoes posed in front of
easily recognized places.

George

On 27/01/06 18:03, in article
, "george"
wrote:

When I lived in Saudi Arabia one front yard was full of pink plastic
flamingoes. They mysteriously vanished one night, and for years
afterwards the residents would get anonymous pictures from all around
the world of their globe-trotting former flamingoes posed in front of
easily recognized places.


??? That is one of the gags in the 'Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain'

Her father was a stick in the mud retired old guy who never did anything.
So she arranged for his garden dwarf to be stolen by an pilot and
have pictures of the dwarf visiting various famous tourist sites world
wide. Pictures were sent to the father showing what a good time the
dwarf was having and finnally the old guy traveled himself. Amélie
was successful.

I must say, as victim of dwarf theft (our daughter had one we gave her
in her garden), I would not take this crime lightly. I still have
not had closure over this theft. The dwarf has NOT returned to its
duties of garden guarding.

Earl Evleth wrote:

I must say, as victim of dwarf theft (our daughter had one we gave her
in her garden), I would not take this crime lightly. I still have
not had closure over this theft. The dwarf has NOT returned to its
duties of garden guarding.

I know that my wife would divorce me if I gave her a garden gnome! Is
it possible that your daughter disposed of it herself and claimed theft
not to displease you? By the way, the Saudi flamingoes never returned
either, I'm happy to say.

George

On 27/01/06 19:02, in article
, "george"
wrote:

I know that my wife would divorce me if I gave her a garden gnome! Is
it possible that your daughter disposed of it herself and claimed theft
not to displease you? `

That could be. I remember our adding a little paint here and there
to make it look like a homosexual garden dwarf. That is not politically
correct now but at the time it was a joke.

By the way, the Saudi flamingoes never returned either, I'm happy to say.

Bird flu? Or Bird flew?

On 27 Jan 2006 09:03:09 -0800, "george" wrote:


B Vaughan wrote:

I wish someone would liberate the many garden dwarfs (and an
occasional Snow White or Bambi) in my town.

When I lived in Saudi Arabia one front yard was full of pink plastic
flamingoes. They mysteriously vanished one night, and for years
afterwards the residents would get anonymous pictures from all around
the world of their globe-trotting former flamingoes posed in front of
easily recognized places.

That's a very old prank.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

Oh how interesting !
and you do have a friend in Ghana, don't you ?


"Earl Evleth" a écrit dans le message de news:
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On 27/01/06 18:03, in article
, "george"
wrote:

When I lived in Saudi Arabia one front yard was full of pink plastic
flamingoes. They mysteriously vanished one night, and for years
afterwards the residents would get anonymous pictures from all around
the world of their globe-trotting former flamingoes posed in front of
easily recognized places.


??? That is one of the gags in the 'Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain'

Her father was a stick in the mud retired old guy who never did anything.
So she arranged for his garden dwarf to be stolen by an pilot and
have pictures of the dwarf visiting various famous tourist sites world
wide. Pictures were sent to the father showing what a good time the
dwarf was having and finnally the old guy traveled himself. Amélie
was successful.

I must say, as victim of dwarf theft (our daughter had one we gave her
in her garden), I would not take this crime lightly. I still have
not had closure over this theft. The dwarf has NOT returned to its
duties of garden guarding.