Police hunt farting dissident

[razors edge]

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2019571.html?menu=

Police in Poland have launched a nationwide hunt for a man who farted loudly when asked what he thought of the president.

Hubert Hoffman, 45, was charged with "contempt for the office of the head of state" for his actions after he was stopped by police in a routine check at a Warsaw railway station.

He complained that under President Lech Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw, the country was returning to a Communist style dictatorship.

When told to show more respect for the country's rulers, he farted loudly and was promptly arrested.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I fart in your general direction!

[BattyDem]

2. ROFL!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[originalpckelly]

3. Has President Bush visited Poland?

This might explain any difficulty we are having with that nation, if we are having any.

[calimary]

6. Yeah! Don't forget Poland!

GAWD, I'm crying here!

:rofl:

No wonder bush said that!

Bookmarked, dammit! I gotta be able to find this later...

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. !

:spray:

[Sanity Claws]

4. Haha

All sane people would laugh out loud and not identify him for the police. He'll be on the loose for a while, probably stocking up on canned beans so he can repeat the offense.

[Pirate Smile]

5. Now THAT is what I call a Subject Line!!!!

ROTFLMAO

[L0oniX]

7. pppfffffffffffffffffffff

[peekaloo]

8. LOL! Dude needs a muffler so he can cropdust the countryside!

:rofl:

[Pirate Smile]

10. Interpol is now looking for the Fart Bandit.

more:

"Hoffmann was arrested and released on bail but failed to turn up at a Warsaw court early this week to be tried, and the judge in the case rejected an appeal by defence lawyers to throw the charges out.

A court spokesman said: "Such a case of disrespect is taken very seriously."

Instead the court ordered the police to start a nationwide hunt for the man, and interpol have been alerted."

Now this doesn't seem to prove the farters point at all, does it? "He complained that under President Lech Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw, the country was returning to a Communist style dictatorship."



Recommended - I feel that this story must be shared. :)

I just have a crazy feeling this may make Stephanie Miller's show tomorrow or the next day.

[JVS]

11. LONG LIVE FREEDOM IN ALL ITS FLATULANT GLORY!

[TheDebbieDee]

12. : ^ P Okay, I'll kick and rec! LOL !

[hobbit709]

13. This deserves a K&R

[Warren DeMontague]

14. "Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Gas!" nt

[tocqueville]

15. Farting falls normally under freedom of expression

but sadly it shows that Poland has still some way to go before she can join the club of "Old Europe's" democratic standards... Remember that on other questions (religion, anti-semitsism, xenophobia) Poland has been recently blasted by the EU-commission...

[razors edge]

16. I regret that I have butt one

colon to give for my country.

[cascadiance]

17. Damn, I wish I had that kind of control of my flatulence!

I'd love to let one fly if I had to listen to Bush or one of these other Rethuglican drones speak in a timely fashion!

I wonder if he'd have gotten in more trouble if he tried to light it! :) Perhaps attempted assassination then?

[Phredicles]

18. A Battle Cry of Freedom for the 21st century...

How d'you say "Pull my finger" in Polish?

[filer]

19. I just farted loudly thinking about our president.

It was the least I could do in support.

[lectrobyte]

20. I farted so hard I nearly Cheneyed my pants.

[Canuckistanian]

21. I may disagree with your farting

But I'll defend to the death your right to cut the cheese.

[American liberal]

23. Amen! You guys are cracking me up!

[glitch]

22. Not usually fond of public farters, but for this one I make an exception

Hubert Hoffman: :yourock: