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Post by Daphne on Oct 20, 2011 16:35:58 GMT
Here's an item from today's news you wouldn't want to miss:
A man from Northern Ireland has been jailed after an experiment in which he attempted to turn his own faeces into gold went wrong and started a fire in a block of flats.
Paul Moran will now serve three months in jail and a further 12 months on licence after the failed experiment caused a fire at his Housing Executive home in Derrin Park, Enniskillen. Moran admitted arson and endangering the lives of others in the fire, which reportedly caused over £3,000 worth of damage.
It is thought that as part of the bizarre experiment Moran left his faeces, along with other waste products such as fertiliser, on a heater. In his ruling Judge McFarland told Moran: “Rather bizarrely you were attempting to make gold from human faeces and waste products. It was an interesting experiment to fulfil the alchemist’s dream, but wasn’t going to succeed.”
Moran’s barrister mentioned that his client was a man of ‘considerable intellectual ability’ but that he had problems battling drug abuse.
I love the idea that the accused was of considerable intellectual ability. Only in Ireland would someone who thought he could turn his turds into gold be thus described. I wish we could get him here as a member.
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Post by alex on Oct 20, 2011 17:32:58 GMT
surely this has got to be a joke??
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Post by Daphne on Oct 21, 2011 11:42:53 GMT
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Post by alex on Oct 21, 2011 15:24:18 GMT
Quote ''The judge noted that Moran was now on anti-psychotic medication and agreed with the findings of a pre-sentence report, which said he did not pose “a significant risk of serious harm”. ''QUOTE
Moran is on anti-psychotic medication and the judge thinks he doesn't pose a significant threat of serious harm??? I think the judge himself must be just as crazy as Moran!!
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Post by Daphne on Oct 21, 2011 17:21:24 GMT
You have to remember this is Northern Ireland. The place where someone stops you in the street and asks your religion. You say "Atheist" and they say: "Are you a Catholic or a Protestant atheist?" And they knee-cap you either way.
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Post by Uncle Rolf on Dec 22, 2019 23:31:41 GMT
I have never been to Northern Ireland. Are there lots of nice girls there?
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