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rod jane and freddie are behind this I just know it.
rod jane and freddie are behind this I just know it.
There are some things that man was never meant to know.Wastrel said:Bungle was a bear , Gerorge was a hippo. But what the hell was Zippy, anyway?
Dark Detective said:For an excellent scientific analysis of Zippy, check this out.
Bungle walked around nude all day. Then put clothes on to go to bed. Now that's weird.
Stu Neville said:And, remember George used to occasionally vanish, and his cousin Georgina, who looked and behaved identically except for long eyelashes and a floppy hat used to come and stay.
Rainbow costumes returned with 'sorry' note
The original costumes of Rainbow characters Bungle, Zippy and George have been returned to their owners.
The three characters, which were stolen three days ago, were posted back in a large box with a note saying simply: "Sorry."
Former Rainbow presenter Geoffrey Hayes is said to be 'ecstatic' and relieved at their return.
They disappeared from the back of a car parked at a service station in Berkshire as they were being driven back to London following filming in Bristol for a new stage show, Over the Rainbow.
The one-man show, featuring Mr Hayes, is set to premiere at the Edinburgh Festival on August 2. He recently bought Bungle for £3,500 at auction at Christie's.
Show producer Richard Temple, whose company owns the other two costumes, said they arrived in a large box just before at his offices in Kensington High Street, central London, with no explanation other that the "sorry" note.
He said: "I am delighted. We have been rehearsing day and night since Tuesday trying to get the show ready for Edinburgh without Zippy, Bungle and George, but it was never going to be the same.
"Geoffrey is obviously ecstatic and incredibly relieved at their return and has asked me to pass on his thanks to whoever sent them back to us."
Thames Valley Police says the matter was not reported to them.
Tim Leist, a spokesman for Mr Temple, denied the incident had been a publicity stunt. He said: "Not at all. The reason it wasn't reported to police is because they weren't insured, so there was no need for a crime reference number."
Story filed: 12:27 Friday 26th July 2002
Tim Leist, a spokesman for Mr Temple, denied the incident had been a publicity stunt. He said: "Not at all. The reason it wasn't reported to police is because they weren't insured, so there was no need for a crime reference number."
JanglingJack said:Wasn't the idea of women using their nipples to drug men used in an early episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation?
The full story can be read here.WASHINGTON -- NASA cybercrime investigators are looking into the theft of militarily significant design documents pertaining to the next generation of reusable space vehicles.
The documents, which are restricted under current export laws from being shared with foreign nationals or governments and are also strictly controlled under the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), were obtained by Computerworld from a hacker who claims to be based in Latin America.
The documents were authored by contractors from The Boeing Co. and a joint venture between East Hartford, Conn.-based Pratt & Whitney and Sacramento, Calif.-based Aerojet. All of the vendors also labeled the documents "competition sensitive," and while it is not yet clear whether sensitive data on military and commercial technologies may have been compromised, defense and intelligence experts said the incident could have both national security and political ramifications.
Antonio Grasso sits on a pile of empty fruit crates, recalling the great days when they were packed with bananas.
"This warehouse used to be full to bursting," he says sadly. "What we pulled off was a triumph for the little man. On the coast of Sicily, a small family business built one of the biggest banana brands in Europe and frightened the life out of the multinationals like Del Monte and Chiquita."
Unfortunately for Mr Grasso, those heady times are gone. Along with two brothers, he is to go on trial this autumn, charged with illegally importing more than 142,000 tons of bananas into the Sicilian port of Catania.
Italian magistrates say Mr Grasso owes about £38 million in unpaid Customs duties on 10.5 million boxes of produce. After a two-year inquiry, European Union anti-fraud investigators have just concluded that the Grasso family "netted hundreds of millions of euros" through illegal banana trafficking, using false import licences.
You can read the story here.Counsel: Can you explain how this [the theft of 40,000 coat hangers] came about?
Chrysler: Yes. I had 40,000 coats which I needed to hang up.
Counsel: Is that true?
Chrysler: No.