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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Smote: Rain of eggplant in Iran
2020-03-17
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Update from The Times of Israel at 7:45 a.m. EDT:
Iran arrests five over prank eggplant-rain video
Police official says culprits claimed clip accidentally released online; Iranian who lives in Canada but was visiting country believed to have created footage

“They claimed they were conducting research in special effects when one of these clips was accidentally posted on social media,” Tehran police official Ali Zolghadr said.

The five had “emphasized that they belong to no specific group or movement,” he added.

IRNA did not specify what offense the arrested men were accused of perpetrating.

Posted by:Fred

#2  
"We seen little aubergine men!"
"Some green and some purple!"
"And then?"
"A helluva whoosh!"
"Smelled like baba ganoush!"
"Cuz a missile done hit it!"
"And then?"
Posted by: Unomotch Thud5295   2020-03-17 12:56  

#1  "emphasized that they belong to no specific group or movement"

Sure, sure ... a likely story. Holy egghead, Batman! Where's Vincent Price?

Rumors of my egg-stinction are greatly egg-zaggerated! EGG-zactly so! Authorities have EGG on their faces!
Posted by: Lex   2020-03-17 08:17  

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