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Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12...murf_incident/
Smurf gives Paris Hilton a mouthful
By Lester Haines
Published Wednesday 19th December 2007 13:11 GMT
Paris Hilton allegedly got a bit of a mouthful from a Russian dwarf posing as a Smurf when she attempted to "adopt" a pair of the loveable characters at a Berlin Xmas market.
According to the Daily Star, the talented heiress may have been a bit the worse for wear when she spotted the diminutive actors painted blue to promote Haribo’s Smurf sweets.
An eyewitness took up the story: “I don’t know if Paris had been on the mulled wine but when she saw the chaps on the sweet stall, she squealed. We heard her saying: ‘Oh my, real live smurfs. I always wanted one when I was a kid’ before turning to her pal and asking: ‘Can I take them home?’
Hilton then reportedly added: "I didn’t realise that this is where they came from."
The source continued: “She then started talking about adding them to her collection and bent down to talk to them in a babyish voice. I really don’t think she was trying to cause offence. But the actors were really narked off about it all. One of them just flipped and starting shouting at Paris."
The obstreperous Russkie, who "obviously spoke fluent English" then told Ms Hilton "in no uncertain terms" that he was a grown man and she was being "very patronising".
The eyewitness concluded: “It was a bit chilly and they were frazzled after a long day so not prepared to put up with the kooky American; it was quite a scene.” ®
Smurf gives Paris Hilton a mouthful
By Lester Haines
Published Wednesday 19th December 2007 13:11 GMT
Paris Hilton allegedly got a bit of a mouthful from a Russian dwarf posing as a Smurf when she attempted to "adopt" a pair of the loveable characters at a Berlin Xmas market.
According to the Daily Star, the talented heiress may have been a bit the worse for wear when she spotted the diminutive actors painted blue to promote Haribo’s Smurf sweets.
An eyewitness took up the story: “I don’t know if Paris had been on the mulled wine but when she saw the chaps on the sweet stall, she squealed. We heard her saying: ‘Oh my, real live smurfs. I always wanted one when I was a kid’ before turning to her pal and asking: ‘Can I take them home?’
Hilton then reportedly added: "I didn’t realise that this is where they came from."
The source continued: “She then started talking about adding them to her collection and bent down to talk to them in a babyish voice. I really don’t think she was trying to cause offence. But the actors were really narked off about it all. One of them just flipped and starting shouting at Paris."
The obstreperous Russkie, who "obviously spoke fluent English" then told Ms Hilton "in no uncertain terms" that he was a grown man and she was being "very patronising".
The eyewitness concluded: “It was a bit chilly and they were frazzled after a long day so not prepared to put up with the kooky American; it was quite a scene.” ®
Brazilian drug runners shoot at Santa
By Bonnie Malkin and agencies
Last Updated: 8:37am GMT 19/12/2007
Squeezing down a chimney should be the most dangerous feat faced by Father Christmas, but one Santa has faced a far more deadly task this year: negotiating a hail of bullets.
Drug traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a man dressed as Santa to a children's party. It is understood they mistook the aircraft for a police helicopter.
A favela in Rio
Rio de Janeiro has more than 700 slums
"They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said.
The helicopter had to return to its base after the attack. Two bullet holes were found in its fuselage.
Police said the pilot, contracted to take an actor dressed as Santa to the party in the Nova Mare slum, was flying over the neighbouring Vila Joao shantytown when it was fired upon on Sunday.
Santa later returned to Nova Mare by car to distribute Christmas presents, where more than 1,000 children and parents were waiting for his arrival.
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The president of the local residents' association said the children were very sad as they had expected Santa to arrive by helicopter.
Most of Rio's 700-plus slums are controlled by drug traffickers and are not regularly patrolled by police, who instead go into the slums in military-style raids, often using helicopters and armoured vehicles.
Earlier this year, a police officer was shot and killed as he travelled in a helicopter over one of the city's shanty towns. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wsanta119.xml
By Bonnie Malkin and agencies
Last Updated: 8:37am GMT 19/12/2007
Squeezing down a chimney should be the most dangerous feat faced by Father Christmas, but one Santa has faced a far more deadly task this year: negotiating a hail of bullets.
Drug traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro slum opened fire on a helicopter carrying a man dressed as Santa to a children's party. It is understood they mistook the aircraft for a police helicopter.
A favela in Rio
Rio de Janeiro has more than 700 slums
"They thought it was a police operation and started shooting. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a police official said.
The helicopter had to return to its base after the attack. Two bullet holes were found in its fuselage.
Police said the pilot, contracted to take an actor dressed as Santa to the party in the Nova Mare slum, was flying over the neighbouring Vila Joao shantytown when it was fired upon on Sunday.
Santa later returned to Nova Mare by car to distribute Christmas presents, where more than 1,000 children and parents were waiting for his arrival.
advertisement
The president of the local residents' association said the children were very sad as they had expected Santa to arrive by helicopter.
Most of Rio's 700-plus slums are controlled by drug traffickers and are not regularly patrolled by police, who instead go into the slums in military-style raids, often using helicopters and armoured vehicles.
Earlier this year, a police officer was shot and killed as he travelled in a helicopter over one of the city's shanty towns. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wsanta119.xml
Rules are rules...
Army bomb disposal experts called in to defuse Christmas crackers
Army bomb disposal experts have been called in to defuse Christmas crackers.
Hundreds of packages sent from family and friends to soldiers serving abroad have had to be "disabled" because regulations class the snap strip in crackers as an explosive.
The bizarre rule was uncovered by Major Iain Dalzel-Job, of the Scots Guards Association as he organised to send 650 festive parcels to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
His plan was for the troops to receive a cracker to pull with their turkey dinner on December 25. He arranged for the packages to be flown out of RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire with the British Forces Post Office.
However, when he was looking in to the list of banned goods he discovered crackers up there on the list.
The novelty's snap is classified as an explosive-along with the likes of nitro-glycerine, fireworks and blasting caps and cannot be transported on RAF planes.
This meant Major Job's team packing the presents had to defuse each cracker.
He said: "It's quite tricky to get them out. It took us two hours to go through them all.
"The soldiers will just have to go 'bang' themselves when they pull them." A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, which operates BFPO, said the safety of aircraft and personnel was paramount.
He added: "Large numbers of Christmas crackers are classified as dangerous air cargo and therefore require special handling."
There are no such provisions under Civil Aviation Authority rules. Its guidelines state Christmas crackers, which are in their packaging can be safely transported.
The Scots Guards Association was further frustrated in its plans to send alcohol miniatures to the troops because alcohol is forbidden in Islamic countries.
Find this story at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770
©2007 Associated New Media
Army bomb disposal experts have been called in to defuse Christmas crackers.
Hundreds of packages sent from family and friends to soldiers serving abroad have had to be "disabled" because regulations class the snap strip in crackers as an explosive.
The bizarre rule was uncovered by Major Iain Dalzel-Job, of the Scots Guards Association as he organised to send 650 festive parcels to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
His plan was for the troops to receive a cracker to pull with their turkey dinner on December 25. He arranged for the packages to be flown out of RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire with the British Forces Post Office.
However, when he was looking in to the list of banned goods he discovered crackers up there on the list.
The novelty's snap is classified as an explosive-along with the likes of nitro-glycerine, fireworks and blasting caps and cannot be transported on RAF planes.
This meant Major Job's team packing the presents had to defuse each cracker.
He said: "It's quite tricky to get them out. It took us two hours to go through them all.
"The soldiers will just have to go 'bang' themselves when they pull them." A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, which operates BFPO, said the safety of aircraft and personnel was paramount.
He added: "Large numbers of Christmas crackers are classified as dangerous air cargo and therefore require special handling."
There are no such provisions under Civil Aviation Authority rules. Its guidelines state Christmas crackers, which are in their packaging can be safely transported.
The Scots Guards Association was further frustrated in its plans to send alcohol miniatures to the troops because alcohol is forbidden in Islamic countries.
Find this story at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770
©2007 Associated New Media
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