Sporran news

**Richland** · 21st March 07, 08:07 PM

gents, check your sporrans for foot and mouth.
A sporran which was part of Gareth Moore's wedding outfit was impounded by customs officials in Melbourne. It was handled with rubber gloves and bombarded with gamma rays in case its horse and goat hairs were contaminated with foot and mouth.
Source:
http://www.huddersfield1.co.uk/weird...eirdtales2.htm

Wierd news!

**ccga3359** · 21st March 07, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Richland

gents, check your sporrans for foot and mouth.
A sporran which was part of Gareth Moore's wedding outfit was impounded by customs officials in Melbourne. It was handled with rubber gloves and bombarded with gamma rays in case its horse and goat hairs were contaminated with foot and mouth.
Source:
http://www.huddersfield1.co.uk/weird...eirdtales2.htm

Wierd news!

Hope he got his cigarettes out first!

**cavscout** · 21st March 07, 08:22 PM

BwaaaHaaHaa, that's great! Almost as good as me getting pulled over by a Sheriff on my bicycle.

**thescot** · 21st March 07, 08:26 PM

I just hope he wasn't wearing it and hoping to have children in the future!

There is never an end to bureaucratic idiocy.

Steve, you got pulled over on a bicycle?

**cavscout** · 21st March 07, 08:45 PM

It sounds crazier than it really was but I make the most of it

I was riding on my lunch hour from the office. It's a great route thru the pastures here in the country. I had just about finished and was getting up some speed on a flat to climb the next hill and about that time the siren comes on. I look over my shoulder and he's got the lights on too.

"What the ....?"

I pull over and going from a whopping 10 mph to 0 in a couple of seconds I'm standing there huffing a bit. He come sup and says. "where's your helmet?" We have a helmet law in GA for kids on bicycles.

I say "the law only applies to minors doesn't it?" He says, I don't know let's look it up. So we go to his trunk and pull out the entire library of the GA criminal code as he thumbs through to find the law. "What do you know, 16 and under need helmets.", he says. "So I'm good to go right?" he says "oh, we've had some burglaries in the area and I just used that as a reason to pull you over." It's a good think he had a badge and wasn't a mind reader.

At this point I'm just wanting to finish my ride and go eat lunch so it's, "Have a good one...murmur murmur grumpf". It stunk going up that hill cold but oh well, it makes for a good one liner story opener and I can laugh about it now

**Splash_4** · 22nd March 07, 05:44 AM

That is too funny Steve! What a great story!

**PiobBear** · 22nd March 07, 06:21 AM

Almost as good as me getting pulled over by a Sheriff on my bicycle.

you got pulled over on a bicycle?

I've seen several people arrested for DUI on bicycles (and one on a riding lawnmower).

**Big Dave** · 22nd March 07, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by PiobBear

I've seen several people arrested for DUI on bicycles (and one on a riding lawnmower).

It happened to my Cousin. And I still laugh about it.

**Fearnest** · 22nd March 07, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by PiobBear

I've seen several people arrested for DUI on bicycles (and one on a riding lawnmower).

Ah but when you're mowing the northbound lanes of the highway while headed south... you tend to draw attention to yourself!

**BEEDEE** · 22nd March 07, 09:07 AM

Both Australia and New Zealand are ultra-cautious about insects and diseases getting in and affecting their agricultural interests. Every time I have gone home to NZ and brought fly fishing gear my boots and waders are taken away and sprayed.

Brian