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Lonely Man Brought Donkey To Room, Court Told
galwayfirst ^ | 02/21/07 | Unknown

Posted on 03/01/2007 11:15:25 AM PST by Froufrou

A man who was found dressed in latex and handcuffs brought a donkey to his room in a Galway city centre hotel, because he was advised “to get out and meet people,” the local court heard last week.

Thomas Aloysius McCarney with an address in south Galway was charged with cruelty to animals, lewd and obscene behaviour, and with being a danger to himself when he appeared before the court on Friday. He was also charged with damage to a mini-bar in the room, but this charge was later dropped when the defendant said that it was the donkey who caused that damage.

Solicitor for the accused Ms Sharon Fitzhenry said that her client had been through a difficult time lately and that his wife had left him and that his life had become increasingly lonely.

“Mr McCarney has been attending counselling at which he was told that he would be advised to get out and meet people and do interesting things. It was this advice that saw him book into the city centre hotel with a donkey,” she said. She added that Mr McCarney also suffered from a fixation with the Shrek movies and could constantly be heard at work talking to himself saying things like “Isn’t that right, Donkey?”

Supt. John McBrearty told the court that Mr McCarney who had signed in as “ Mr Shrek” had told hotel staff that the donkey was a family pet and that this was believed by the hotel receptionist who the supt. said was “young and hadn’t great English.”

Receptionist Irina Legova said that Mr McCarney had told her that the donkey was a breed of “super rabbit” which he was bringing to a pet fair in the city. The court was told that the donkey went berserk in the middle of the night and ran amok in the hotel corridor, forcing hotel staff to call the gardai.

McCarney was found in the room wearing a latex suit and handcuffs, the key to which the donkey is believed to have swallowed. He was removed to Mill St station after which it is said he was the subject of much mirth among the lads next door in The Galway Arms.

He was fined €2,000 for bringing the donkey to the room under the Unlawful Accommodation of Donkeys Act 1837. Other charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: donkey; isntthatrightdonkey; luckoftheirish; mandonkeylove; mrshrek; superrabbit; whiskeytangofoxtrot; wtf
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You can't make this stuff up!
1 posted on 03/01/2007 11:15:29 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: MadIvan; RexBeach; Red Badger; pissant; presidio9; JamesP81; Millee; RockinRight; Shimmer128; ...

Kinky ping!


2 posted on 03/01/2007 11:17:01 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou
he just wanted a little a$$?

Boo. hiss.

3 posted on 03/01/2007 11:19:35 AM PST by Sax
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To: Froufrou

OMG!


4 posted on 03/01/2007 11:20:53 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (RINO = Rudy Is Not Ours! Keep scrubbing, Rudy supporters, the blood won't come off.)
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To: Froufrou
Unlawful Accommodation of Donkeys Act 1837 !!
5 posted on 03/01/2007 11:21:28 AM PST by Sax
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To: Sax

...and he was stubborn as a mule about it.

[/cymbols]


6 posted on 03/01/2007 11:21:44 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: Happygal

It's a must ping.


7 posted on 03/01/2007 11:21:49 AM PST by JennysCool ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -Mencken)
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To: Froufrou
could constantly be heard at work talking to himself saying things like “Isn’t that right, Donkey?”

That's exactly how I got fired from my last job too. :O)

8 posted on 03/01/2007 11:21:49 AM PST by jdm
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To: Froufrou

What did the donkey do to the minibar?


9 posted on 03/01/2007 11:22:01 AM PST by najida (On day, a door opens, and you get a chance to start over. But the phone rings......)
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What did the donkey do to the minibar?

I'd guess around $900

10 posted on 03/01/2007 11:22:55 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (RINO = Rudy Is Not Ours! Keep scrubbing, Rudy supporters, the blood won't come off.)
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To: Darksheare

I want to meet the idiot counselor.


11 posted on 03/01/2007 11:23:10 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: Froufrou

Oh my! Under no circumstances do I want to know exactly what he was doing with that donkey while wearing a latex suit...but I have nightmarish visions of the Boy's Town donkey bar.


12 posted on 03/01/2007 11:24:02 AM PST by Kolb
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To: CholeraJoe

you back from ireland yet... ; ) ?


13 posted on 03/01/2007 11:24:03 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Darksheare

Think he was playing Donkey Kong?


14 posted on 03/01/2007 11:24:36 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: jdm

My firing was kind of similar, I called my Italian born boss a whole lot of italian expletives including "a consumer donkey genetalia". That was qite the CLM (Career Limiting Move).


15 posted on 03/01/2007 11:25:18 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (RINO = Rudy Is Not Ours! Keep scrubbing, Rudy supporters, the blood won't come off.)
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To: Froufrou; eyespysomething
Unlawful Accommodation of Donkeys Act 1837

What was going on in 1836 that made this law necessary?

16 posted on 03/01/2007 11:25:19 AM PST by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
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To: jdm
told her that the donkey was a breed of “super rabbit”

Good Evening. I'm Mr. Shrek, and this here is my super rabbit.

This funny stuff stands up all by itself!

17 posted on 03/01/2007 11:25:31 AM PST by Sax
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To: najida; jdm; Sax

I don't think the donkey was charged with anything. There wasn't any proof or witness to what really happened to the minibar.


18 posted on 03/01/2007 11:26:19 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou

In Massachusetts and New Jersey, this is considered a marital honeymoon.


19 posted on 03/01/2007 11:27:59 AM PST by FormerACLUmember
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To: Lazamataz
Rough night in Galway, huh?

Just kidding.

20 posted on 03/01/2007 11:28:16 AM PST by 300magnum (We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
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