Brussels man surrounded in 'bomb alert'

lafemmefatale · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:11

Didn't our dearest Paul bring fried chicken and chips with him as well as beer?

RaohNS · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:15

lafemmefatale said:
Didn't our dearest Paul bring fried chicken and chips with him as well as beer?

Lol I don't know, but knowing Gazza it would probably be all gone by the time he drove round the corner from the takeaway. Fat jokes are still allowed on GD aren't they?

lafemmefatale · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:19

At one stage, former England footballer Paul Gascoigne arrived at the crime scene, wearing a dressing-gown, claiming to know Moat and promising him "chicken and lager" if he gave himself up, but he was denied access to the fugitive.

Arazi · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:21

squerble said:
I remember being in Japan, it was 27C+ and I was in shorts/tshirt, sat in balls soup, and a load of Japanese school girls went past, all wearing thick coats.

I've never heard that one before

RaohNS · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:23

Arazi said:
I've never heard that one before

It burns I can tell you

Cosimo · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:27

Thekwango said:
goddamit that should have come with a warning about NSFW - just got some weird looks from the general manager!

I had volume turned right up when that came on.

Thekwango · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:44

Cosimo said:
I had volume turned right up when that came on.

yup, same here. casually stoked my chin and went, 'oh, what the **** just happened there' turned it off, got up and walked out the office before any questioning could ensue, waited a good 10 minutes before returning! all seems well!!

puppetworx · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:45

Bombing, eh? Old school.

Marky · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:50

False Alarm, apparently it was a "Student" - Just saw it come up on BBC News, no article to link to with source just yet...

EDIT:

https://twitter.com/x/status/755791119032737796

Schlong&Stable · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:52

Mr Jack said:
He looks pretty white, so it's probably a false alarm. Either that or the poor guy is mentally ill.

Suicide bombing is an almost exclusively Islamic affair in the last decade.

datalol-jack · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:59

Beeb are saying possibly a student and false alarm?

anderp · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:00

squerble said:
Police in Brussels have surrounded a man who was behaving suspiciously and wearing "a long coat with protruding wires", Belgian media report.

Isn't that a description of Inspector Gadget?
[Only a joke darling]

Thekwango · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:03

datalol-jack said:
Beeb are saying possibly a student and false alarm?

false alarm clock maybe?!

Cosimo · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:12

They're trying to wear him out with a stand-off.

UTmaniac · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:14

So man possibly wearing suicide bomb, to kill people, is surrounded by police? Man presses trigger, kills the police, profit for martyr?

robfosters · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:16

He was a student of nuclear radiation. What was he actually up to?

datalol-jack · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:23

Thekwango said:
false alarm clock maybe?!

Well that rang a bell.

robfosters said:
He was a student of nuclear radiation. What was he actually up to?

Measuring background readings in his national garb?

dowie · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:31

Avenged7Fold said:
I think it was a jape at the media but according to some of the threads around here, thats an accepted truth in some circles.

according to which threads?

It sounds more more like a straw man

wordy · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:32

RaohNS said:
Where's Gazza with the 6pack of lagers? Deliberate in reference there just in case.

lafemmefatale said:
Didn't our dearest Paul bring fried chicken and chips with him as well as beer?

Turned up with a couple of fishing rods as well didn't he?

Mr Jack · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:39

Mr Jack said:
He looks pretty white, so it's probably a false alarm. Either that or the poor guy is mentally ill.

Called it