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Prisoners Escape as Jailers Chase Rabbit
New Vision (Uganda) via Reuters and Yahoo ^
| 05/24/2002
Posted on 05/25/2002 7:27:15 PM PDT by dighton
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Thirty-one Ugandan prison inmates escaped when their guards ran off to chase a rabbit, a newspaper said on Friday.
The prisoners were digging in a garden near their prison in northeastern Uganda when a rabbit shot out of a nearby bush. All five guards set off in pursuit.
"While they were chasing the rabbit, the inmates also took off in the opposite direction," Lieutenant Colonel John Mulindwa told the state-owned New Vision newspaper.
Mulindwa, currently leading a drive to disarm Karimojong warriors in the area, said 10 of the prisoners had been convicted earlier this year of illegal gun possession. The remainder were awaiting trial on the same charge.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: africa; bugs; elmer; yosemitesam
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posted on
05/25/2002 7:27:16 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: dighton
Tell me this is too weird to be true.
To: dighton
Tell me this is too weird to be true.
To: dighton
Tell me this is too weird to be true.
To: dighton
Tell me this is too weird to be true.
To: dighton
Tell me this is too weird to be true.
To: Pearls Before Swine
It's too weird to be true!
To: dighton
...Stalag 17 ???
To: dighton
Those guards must've been really hungry.
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posted on
05/25/2002 7:42:22 PM PDT
by
skr
To: dighton
Tell me this is too weird to be true.
To: Orual; aculeus; MississippiDeltaDawg
11
posted on
05/25/2002 7:47:52 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: dighton
I'm looking for a pic of the monty python killer rabbit but can't find a postable picture. That is no ordinary rabbit!
To: dighton
"Be vewwy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits..."
Wait, that's TOO quiet...
You wascawy convicts...
13
posted on
05/25/2002 8:35:16 PM PDT
by
ZOOKER
To: ZOOKER
Musta been one big rabbit to draw so much interest. Really, this is a lovely story. These boys can be thankful that Idi is vacationing (permanently) in Saudi Arabia. He'd have had them for lunch! (Literally.)
To: ZOOKER
Musta been one big rabbit to draw so much interest, Really, this is a lovely story. These boys can be thankful that Idi is vacationing (permanently) in Saudi Arabia. He'd have had them for lunch! (Literally.)
To: thegreatbeast
The rabbit in question...
To: newsperson999
To: thegreatbeast
big rabbit
Lepus!
To: TailspinJim
Me: "Tell me this is too weird to be true" (posted multiple times.
You: "Its too weird to be true."
Thanks. I needed that.
Sorry for the multiple posts--it wasn't performance art! There was some weird problem between my browser and the way FR was handling posts last night.
To: dighton;Orual
If Jimmy Carter had been a guard he too would have run.
In the other direction.
20
posted on
05/26/2002 8:33:21 AM PDT
by
aculeus
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