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"Friends, Romans, Countrymen"----Human Ear found in street
2005-02-18
In case you haven't heard:
A severed human ear has been found in a city street, police said today. The discovery has baffled detectives after builders came across the ear on a pavement near Strangeways Prison in Manchester.
Strange ways indeed.
Police have checked with hospitals but no-one has been admitted without an ear and no-one has come forward to claim it. No other body parts were found after a search of the area. A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "Police were informed of what is believed to be a human ear discovered on Great Ducie Street, Strangeways. "The item has been removed and initial visual identification indicates it may be a human ear.
"It looks like a ear, don't it Jock?"
"Can't say, better send it for visual ID."
"It has been sent for forensic tests."
"an' some forensic tests too, I wager."
Experts will now run tests to try to discover the owner of the ear.
Mr. Van Gogh, is that you?
Detectives want to make sure it is human ear after a similar find a number of years ago of what was thought to be a human finger turned out to be a sausage.
Then there was the Bobbitt case, so you never know.
Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy

#16  Frank- a friend of ours was caught and prosecuted.
His defense attorney filed a Motion to Dismiss the case and the motion was granted*** No MOO
about it****

Andrea Jackson
Posted by: State Versus Meadow Muffin case   2005-02-18 8:10:28 PM  

#15  # 14 Frank- sometime the pocketbook thief would drive a bit down the road, then get out of the car and yell"Ah, S--T, oh F--k". Hey, when you are in Highschool it does not take much to make one laugh-he he he.

Andrea Jackson
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-18 7:53:26 PM  

#14  No Way! That's too funny
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-18 7:31:25 PM  

#13  # 9 .com I grew up in a small , rural town in Northeastern Connecticut and on Friday and Saturday night's it was a common prank to fill
and old pocketbook with cow or horse meadow muffins, leave it in the middle of the road,
wait for an unsuspecting driver to stop and
stick their hand in the pocketbook and GET THE SURPRISE OF THEIR LIFE !!!! (Trick or Treat).

Andrea Jackson
Posted by: Hear Ye Hear YE.   2005-02-18 7:23:27 PM  

#12  In todays Springfield, Mass Republican (www.masslive.com) Fetuses found on SHA land
In a bizare twist in a city corruption investigation, federal agents spent 10 hours digging behind a Springfield Housing Authority project yesterday before FINDING FOUR FETUSES preserved in jars. Wearing masks, goggles and hazardous materials suits, a team of F.B.I. agents discovered jars holding fetuses in various stages of development just before dusk. It was unclear last night how the fetuses fit into the corruption investigation, which has focused on bribes, kickbacks and other types of fraud at the State's third largest housing authority.

Andrea Jackson
Posted by: Hear Ye Hear YE.   2005-02-18 7:16:22 PM  

#11  In todays Springfield, Mass Republican (www.masslive.com) Fetuses found on SHA land
In a bizare twist in a city corruption investigation, federal agents spent 10 hours digging behind a Springfield Housing Authority project yesterday before FINDING FOUR FETUSES preserved in jars. Wearing masks, goggles and hazardous materials suits, a team of F.B.I. agents discovered jars holding fetuses in various stages of development just before dusk. It was unclear last night how the fetuses fit into the corruption investigation, which has focused on bribes, kickbacks and other types of fraud at the State's third largest housing authority.

Andrea Jackson
Posted by: Hear Ye Hear YE.   2005-02-18 7:14:22 PM  

#10  This is bad, but it'd be downright tragic if the guy just blew a wad on a new home-theater Surround Sound system.
Posted by: Dar   2005-02-18 3:40:36 PM  

#9  It's all very eerie!
Posted by: 2b   2005-02-18 1:02:55 PM  

#8  if an ear falls in a street - can you hear it?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-18 12:50:59 PM  

#7  "If thy ear offend thee, cut it off". Must be really ear-itating to try to hear with only one ear.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-02-18 12:28:21 PM  

#6  Turns out it was just a mouse.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-02-18 11:54:35 AM  

#5  The victim is likely to be wearing contacts.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-02-18 11:43:50 AM  

#4  

Tests? Are they sure it isn't rubber? Human?
Check the chimps at the London Zoo. Do a count of ears. If it comes up an odd number, that should raise suspicions!
Posted by: BigEd   2005-02-18 11:41:19 AM  

#3  what the hell, that's why God gave us two ears...
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-18 10:46:21 AM  

#2  Detectives want to make sure it is human ear after a similar find a number of years ago of what was thought to be a human finger turned out to be a sausage.

I remember that case and I don't think they thought it was a finger...

Posted by: tu3031   2005-02-18 10:23:31 AM  

#1  You should've linked to the relevant BBC article, AC. They've got a picture there, to help us visualise what a human ear looks like. I'll never gripe about the licence fee, ever again.
Posted by: Bulldog   2005-02-18 10:17:29 AM  

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