Attempted abduction of serviceman at Marham

[TTwiggy]

Oakey said:

TTwiggy said:

Yeah, but what matters is that AJS got in first with the lie, and that's what people will remember.

To be fair, at the time the original BBC link was posted, the BBC story made no mention of their descriptions.

Fair enough. But it's a pattern on here that when one of these stories breaks someone will quickly post that 'the BBC don't have it on their front page/don't mention the description/don't mention the religion/etc/etc'. And then someone else points that in fact they have/do/etc. It's all rather predictable and a bit silly as press releases, especially early on when info is scant, will be standadised and reprinted verbatim by every agency.

[jjlynn27]

Cobnapint said:

What's 'very funny' about that ffs.

Why are you even joking about what could have been another Lee Rigby event?

You'll get there, eventually. Unclench.

[Cobnapint]

jjlynn27 said:

Cobnapint said:

What's 'very funny' about that ffs.

Why are you even joking about what could have been another Lee Rigby event?

You'll get there, eventually. Unclench.

You're right. I need to relax. In fact I've just seen the funny side of it. Hell, I even had to go to the window for air it was that funny.

I'm going to copy the image and email it to Marham base, marked FAO British Serviceman who just had two middle eastern looking guys come at him with a 3 inch military style knife. He'll love it.

[anonymous-user]

Cobnapint said:

You're right. I need to relax. In fact I've just seen the funny side of it. Hell, I even had to go to the window for air it was that funny.

I'm going to copy the image and email it to Marham base, marked FAO British Serviceman who just had two middle eastern looking guys come at him with a 3 inch military style knife. He'll love it.

Do you genuinely think that image may mislead the search?

Are you mental?

[Cobnapint]

Completely mental. Apparently.

[Digga]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Diagnosis over the internet is very tricky.

I was thinking either a poo or a blow job - possibly badly in need of one or the other.

[spitfire-ian]

Cobnapint said:

fk me. This is becoming daily.

I would hope the ANPR listings for that area are being filtered as we speak for dark coloured people carriers, and go from there.

Marham is in the middle of rural Norfolk, I really doubt there are many, if any, ANPR cameras for 30 miles around.

[Don1]

3 inch military style knife? Swiss Army?

[TTwiggy]

Cobnapint said:

You're right. I need to relax. In fact I've just seen the funny side of it. Hell, I even had to go to the window for air it was that funny.

I'm going to copy the image and email it to Marham base, marked FAO British Serviceman who just had two middle eastern looking guys come at him with a 3 inch military style knife. He'll love it.

It's probably already been photoshopped and pinned up in the NAAFI.

[Cyder]

Knowing a number of squaddies, the poor bloke who had the knife pulled on him has probably already had the piss ripped good and proper by his mates. The home of gallows humour.

[Crush]

Cobnapint said:

jjlynn27 said:

Cobnapint said:

What's 'very funny' about that ffs.

Why are you even joking about what could have been another Lee Rigby event?

You'll get there, eventually. Unclench.

You're right. I need to relax. In fact I've just seen the funny side of it. Hell, I even had to go to the window for air it was that funny.

I'm going to copy the image and email it to Marham base, marked FAO British Serviceman who just had two middle eastern looking guys come at him with a 3 inch military style knife. He'll love it.

Step away from your NUS card and copy of the Guardian. There is nothing bloody offensive about that picture

The servicemen I know would piss themselves and nickname the victim 'Doc Brown' or 'Great Scott' after seeing it.

[FredClogs]

Rubber dinghy rapids man... Innit...

I really hope Britain's armed forces don't react in such a pansied frightened manner to two blokes asking a bloke out jogging if he wants to be abducted then politely driving off when he declines their offer as some on here have.

Get a grip.

[Topbuzz]

TTwiggy said:

Cobnapint said:

You're right. I need to relax. In fact I've just seen the funny side of it. Hell, I even had to go to the window for air it was that funny.

I'm going to copy the image and email it to Marham base, marked FAO British Serviceman who just had two middle eastern looking guys come at him with a 3 inch military style knife. He'll love it.

It's probably already been photoshopped and pinned up in the NAAFI.

Agreed and worse.

[B'stard Child]

spitfire-ian said:

Cobnapint said:

fk me. This is becoming daily.

I would hope the ANPR listings for that area are being filtered as we speak for dark coloured people carriers, and go from there.

Marham is in the middle of rural Norfolk, I really doubt there are many, if any, ANPR cameras for 30 miles around.

I can go weeks round here without seeing a police car.....

[FredClogs]

TTwiggy said:

Cobnapint said:

You're right. I need to relax. In fact I've just seen the funny side of it. Hell, I even had to go to the window for air it was that funny.

I'm going to copy the image and email it to Marham base, marked FAO British Serviceman who just had two middle eastern looking guys come at him with a 3 inch military style knife. He'll love it.

It's probably already been photoshopped and pinned up in the NAAFI.

In the Navy a middle eastern bloke coming at you waving 3 inches is what most signed up for, surely?

[funkyrobot]

Cobnapint said:

Sheets Tabuer said:

cctv image

Not funny, and could mislead the search if reposted elsewhere. Take it down.

What the fk?

[Sam All]

TTwiggy said:

Oakey said:

TTwiggy said:

Yeah, but what matters is that AJS got in first with the lie, and that's what people will remember.

To be fair, at the time the original BBC link was posted, the BBC story made no mention of their descriptions.

Fair enough. But it's a pattern on here that when one of these stories breaks someone will quickly post that 'the BBC don't have it on their front page/don't mention the description/don't mention the religion/etc/etc'. And then someone else points that in fact they have/do/etc. It's all rather predictable and a bit silly as press releases, especially early on when info is scant, will be standadised and reprinted verbatim by every agency.

You will have read the links posted, but still. The only pattern is your reaction to all such events

[Bigends]

Wonder why they didnt flatten him with the car and then attack him as per the Lee Rigby attack. Doesnt seem to have been a particularly serious or planned attempt to get the serviceman.

[Crush]

Bigends said:

Wonder why they didnt flatten him with the car and then attack him as per the Lee Rigby attack. Doesnt seem to have been a particularly serious or planned attempt to get the serviceman.

Because most terrorists are similar to those in Four Lions rather than in True Lies

[eccles]

spitfire-ian said:

Marham is in the middle of rural Norfolk, I really doubt there are many, if any, ANPR cameras for 30 miles around.

It's close to the A47, a major route in East Anglia. I'd have thought there'd be cameras on that road.