8 June 2010

If you're making death threats don't go digging a hole

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The ABC’s got a story on a 37 year old unemployed Dickson man fronting the Magistrates court after losing his cool:

Police say when the accused’s father warned his son that he may lose custody, he said he would bury his brother and daughter.

They told the court they discovered a hole in the accused’s backyard which could accommodate a small child.

The man’s lawyer says the hole is part of a landscaping project but police say it is located in the centre of the yard and is not consistent with such a project.

So lessons learned. Dig the hole closer to the fence. Ideally where you’re about to concrete over and build a deck one imagines.

(Possibly even better to not be making death threats, or digging holes, at all)

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Holden Caulfield said :

I dug another hole Dad!

Is it filling with water?

“The man’s lawyer says the hole is part of a landscaping project but police say it is located in the centre of the yard and is not consistent with such a project.”

Huh? Are police landscaping experts now?

“No, no Constable Bob, I would never put the water feature there. The slope would accentuate the gentle curves of the feature. It just would not be pleasing to the eye.”

Glad I never had police commenting on the landscaping I’ve done in the centre of my yard.

Holden Caulfield12:23 pm 08 Jun 10

I dug another hole Dad!

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