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I love "A spokesman said" quotes in bizarre news stories. Here are two of my favourites from recent weeks.
The second wins the prize for the best comic use of stating the bleedin' obvious.

PENIS PHOTO POSTERS SEIZED BY POLICE IN LEWES

A person who put up enlarged photographs of male private parts around a town in Sussex is being sought by police.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: "However, from what we've seen, if this is a self-portrait, the artist won't be in a hurry to be identified."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-10715115

TRANSVESTITE HAD SEX WITH A DOG AT ENGLISH HERITAGE CASTLE
A transvestite had sex with a dog in the moat of an English Heritage castle.

A spokesman for English Heritage said: "This was a very rare incident".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7902348/Transves...

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Stunning!

Particularly the first one. Picture the scene..

"Ooh.. look.. it's one of them blokes who likes dressing up as women. Pervert. Go get him, Fang.."

And what the people walking the other way thought, I dread to think.

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Lenny Law | 30 July 2010 - 8:16pm

One from 2007...

SUPERNANNY KID BURNS DOWN FAMILY HOME
A family who enlisted the services of TV's Supernanny for two weeks to help them control their unruly children has been left homeless after their three-year-old apparently set fire to the living room.

A spokesman for the Essex Fire Service said: “Someone is certainly going to sit on the naughty step for quite some time.”

http://www.news.com.au/supernanny-kid-burns-down-family-home/story-e6frf...

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Nick White | 30 July 2010 - 8:45pm

I've been quoted in the News of the World

As "a spokesman for the Baroness"...

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spt | 30 July 2010 - 8:55pm

"This was a very rare incident".


Not the first time then. Who knew!

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ChaosandMorphine | 30 July 2010 - 9:03pm

It might just be me...

... but I mentally had the voice of Eddie Izzard adding "Yeah, a f***ing WEIRDO transvestite."

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Dr Yang | 30 July 2010 - 11:26pm
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