Strange Story

[Svejk]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/police-dive-into-canal-to-rescue-150-islamic-books-only-to-find-they-were-dumped-there-on-purpose-a3118916.html

[Svejk]

I liked the first post underneath it.

[Old_Geezer]

They can put whatever gloss they like in it; it is still fly-tipping. Misunderstanding my elbow.

[shoota]

Most canals have a load of carp in them.

[Gromit]

The last thing we want is our fish being radicalised. The next thing they'll be headed for the Euphrates and Fishlamic Skate.

[ChillDoubt]

Probably did it just for the halibut. .....




I'll get me coat.

[Jackdaw33]

Sounds to me like a load of old pollocks

[Svejk]

No respect. The canal's for good old British shopping trolleys.

[janbee]

Maybe somebody didn't believe in Cod ?

[sandyRoe]

They could do worse than seek for Cod. If they found it it might grant them the piece of cod that passes all understanding.

[douglas9401]

Police were today praised for their ability to tie themselves in knots while bending over backwards over a fly tipping incident. "Flexibility is the key when dealing with these tricky situations" said a bearded local man. "I'd also like to wish all the best to plod for upcoming surgery on that blind eye"


"This shows a completely even handed approach to all sections of society with no special consideration for any one group" said no-one.

[Mosaic]

Interesting that the police were doing the dredging - I reported an abandoned car in our canal some years back to the police, on the grounds that I was not sure whether a person might not be inside it. Reaction was 'so what'.
In this instance, could it be that current circumstances raised curiosity about this being a bit more than a few books?
That stuff about holy doodahs is prime BS - round these parts we have a 'cultural issue' with back street garages depositing all their tyres (wasn't us, can you prove it?), handbag and belt workshops tipping their vinyl waste, and people whose bins are overflowing all deciding the canal is the correct location. With a council so craven about being accused of racism that even when invoices with names n addresses are included in waste, they will do nothing.

[fiction-factory]

Yes, excellent svejk.

//Transcript of the phone conversation between the Police operator and the member of the public who reported it has been released –

Op: Hello, Metropolitan Police Bromley-by-Bow Division please state the nature of your emergency.

Pub: Ahhh…hi, erm, yes, I, I’d like to report...erm...I've found a load of books floating in the canal down by …errm.. Limehouse Cut, someone’s dumped loads of them in there and..

Op: Fly tipping? Madame, are you aware that wasting police time is…

Pub: eermm, yes but..

Op: ..a very serious offence, you should already know this, do NOT under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES contact the police - in cases of fly tipping..

Pub: b…but..

Op: contact Bromley-by-Bow Council or Docklands water authority, the police have no authority in cases of fly tipping in the canal, have you any idea…

Pub: b…but the books, some of …..

Op: …how many murderers and rapists are..

Pub: s..some of the books

Op: ..out there? To divert even a tiny portion of our already seriously depleted and underfunded police Service would be…

Pub: ..some of the books said ‘Holy Qur’an’ on the front!

Op: Madame, please stay exactly where you are and guard these books but do not touch them under any circumstances, a Special Unit will be with you within minutes and we will be sending our most senior officers to the scene who will decide how best to handle this situation after they have liaised with community leaders and the Imam from the East London Mosque, thank you for your vigilance Madame.

[rsvp]

Unless I'm mistaken the picture shows a woman in the water collecting the books - she appears to have no protective gear on whatsoever. Wasn't there a case a while back where the police were unable to rescue a person from drowning because they didn't have the correct safety gear to enter the water?

[Mosaic]

Heck aye RSVP - well observed. Hope she gets checked for Weil's Disease.

[Svejk]

The same force, according to the 'letters' below.

[anotheoldgit]

Scotland Yard seem more concerned that it might be a hate crime, than a “well meaning” believer.

/// Salman Farsi, a spokesman for the nearby East London Mosque, told the Standard the person who dumped the books would be “admonished” for breaking the law – if they could be identified. ///

Damn right he should, but not by yourselves Mr Farsi, but by the full strength of our British Law.

[Gromit]

Perhaps it was biat to catch a Ukipper?

[Svejk]

Dugong too far for a mod now, gromit. You shad go on a rethresher course.