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2015-08-21 Europe

Treasure Hunters Claim To Have Found Gold Laden Lost Train

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Posted by Grunter 2015-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 lawyers, the army, the police and the fire brigade are dealing with this.”

Lawyers of course.
Army okay probably.

The Fire Brigade??????????

Sounds like a new Mission Impossible script.

Posted by AlanC 2015-08-21 09:22|| 2015-08-21 09:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Act One, Scene One

[On a train chugging through devastated contryside]

Hans: "Fritz, wir sind driving dis here train full of Reichsgeld!"

Fritz: "Ja, Hans! Das wir sind machen!"

Hans: "Und das Reich ist on her lasten legsen..."

Fritz: "Ja. Der Fuehrer ist kaput!" [Wipes tear]

Hans: [Looks around cautiously] "Hier ist mein Plan..."

Scene Two

[Beside a stopped train in a dark tunnel]

Fritz: Du bist sure das is Okay, Hans?

Hans: After wir blowung das tünnel alles wurdet in ordnung! Wir gonna be Rich!

Fritz: Heh heh! Rich! [BANG!]

Hans: Ach! Ich bin undone! [Staggers in a circle, clutching his heart][THUD!]

Fritz: Now ich will blowen dem tünnel!

[Runs to tunnel opening, plants carefully pre-positioned explosives]

[Runs to other end of tunnel, plants carefully pre-positioned explosives]

[Runs to middle of tunnel, blows explosives at far end]

[Runs to near end of tunnel, blows explosives]

[Avalanche set off by explosives lands, covering Fritz under umpty tons of earth and stone]

The End

Posted by Fred 2015-08-21 13:09|| 2015-08-21 13:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Ich bin undone!

I admit it. I Lol'd

Posted by Frank G 2015-08-21 13:36|| 2015-08-21 13:36|| Front Page Top

#4 *happy sigh* That was marvelous, Fred!

Posted by trailing wife 2015-08-21 22:01|| 2015-08-21 22:01|| Front Page Top

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