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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 09:57 AM
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Up to 30 SANTAS busted by British cops Brawling in Road Race
:7 Why do I always miss the good stuff?

Festive cheer and goodwill was in short supply in Newtown when people dressed as Santa were involved in a mass street brawl, police have revealed.
Officers used CS spray and drew their batons to break up the trouble involving up to 30 people, following Newtown's annual Santa run.

It happened just hours after 4,000 runners donned their Father Christmas suits to raise thousands for charity.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/4081415.stm
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 09:58 AM
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1. those brits sure know how to celebrate the holidays!
but isn't boxing day next month? :evilgrin:
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 09:59 AM
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2. Boxing Day is December 26
they must be practicing for it.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:00 AM
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4. i stand corrected
thanks Mike :D
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 11:53 AM
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11. No problemo
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:00 AM
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3. It's not just a river in Egypt
Montgomeryshire AM Mick Bates, who took part in the run, denied claims that it was turning into a beer festival.

"There's no way people can link the Santa run to the drunkenness and violence that ensued after the race," he said.


denial.

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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:01 AM
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5. A story to warm the cockles of your hearts!
But no pictures! Awwww. I'd love to see a load of santas beating the shit out of each other!
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:04 AM
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6. really, that would be a good picture! n/t
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:18 AM
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7. I'd buy the poster.
Too bad someone already took the Bumfights idea - the Xmas version would've been a riot :evilgrin:

/doesn't actually support paying homeless people to hurt themselves and each other - does want videos of Santas in a knock-down drag-out fight
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:37 AM
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8. or in front of a judge, holding cell, paddy wagon.
Just the idea of 30 + santas in any of those situatitions would be worth the price of a video. Better than a room full of Elvises!

HO HO HO
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signmike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:43 AM
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9. A friend of mine had a Santa in an electric chair toy
it had a 9 volt battery under the seat with a coil and it would knock your shirt in the dirt if you picked it up. Best part was - DC current - you couldn't let go of it. Santa is a good target. hahaha, thanks for the story!
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 10:44 AM
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10. Aww no video?
:(
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