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| Ram Blamed for Mysterious Signals |
| 2003-11-04 |
| A mysterious transmission that baffled British intelligence analysts for days was caused by a ram rubbing up against an aerial mast, a government agency said Tuesday. A member of the Real Baaaaa-th Party. Scientists at Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham, western England, an intelligence-gathering station, were baffled by strange high-frequency noises coming from Scarborough signal station in Yorkshire, northeastern England. GCHQ’s in-house paper, the Daily Observer, said the noises were unlike anything staff had encountered before and an investigating team initially thought they were coming from spies or aliens. Their investigation found the signal only happened in the day time, went across all the high-frequency bands and only Scarborough aerials could pick it up. This is the kind of intermittant problem that drives electronic technicians to drink, heavily. Eventually, investigators discovered that a ram was rubbing its horns against the aerial masts "in between servicing some local ewes," the paper said. God, I’d love to see how they entered this report in their maintenance database. "Ok, what’s the code for horny sheep?" |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 And we thought that man invented phone-sex. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-4 7:22:13 PM |
| #4 " Look, the aliens are mating!" "Watch out for the laser horns! " |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-11-4 3:36:22 PM |
| #3 "Wait a tick - there, in the background, very faint..." "Is that...Barry White?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-11-4 11:22:30 AM |
| #2 "...an investigating team initially thought they were coming from spies or aliens." Because, of course, the spacealiens would try to contact the people of Scarborough first. Yeah. James Bond must've been unavailable for consultation. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-11-4 10:24:37 AM |
| #1 Poor guy was trying to dissipate the static electricity he got from the mating! Ever rubbed two wool sweaters together? Hook this guy up to some wires and give him some Viagra and you could power a small city. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-11-4 9:40:43 AM |