A man walked free from court today after he admitted setting alight an RAF pilot who was dressed as a sheep for a fancy dress party.His victim, Martin Geraghty, 26, suffered 13% burns in the incident, which followed a traditional piano-burning ceremony that dates back to the second world war, Teesside crown court heard.
They were watching the piano-burning ceremony and discussed how a member of staff burned his hands jumping over the embers at a previous event, the court heard. Dan Cordey, prosecuting, said: "It led to a discussion about what would happen to Martin Geraghty if he attempted the feat in his fancy dress costume. The consensus was it was a stupid idea."
Man set fire to pilot in sheep costume at traditional piano-burning ceremony
Indeed:
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I believe I have told you before about my collection of never-before-uttered sentences. This one goes right near the top of the list (next to: "I gave the little girl the Mexican bee's fairy-wand.")
The beautiful thing about this sentence is that it makes exactly as much sense when shuffled twenty-four different ways!
Man set fire to pilot in piano costume at traditional sheep-burning ceremony.
Man set fire to sheep in pilot costume at traditional piano-burning ceremony.
Man set fire to sheep in piano costume at traditional pilot-burning ceremony.
Man set fire to piano in pilot costume at traditional sheep-burning ceremony.
Man set fire to piano in sheep costume at traditional pilot-burning ceremony.
Pilot set fire to man in sheep costume at traditional piano-burning ceremony.
Pilot set fire to man in piano costume at traditional sheep-burning ceremony.
Pilot set fire to sheep in man costume at traditional piano-burning ceremony.
Pilot set fire to sheep in piano costume at traditional man-burning ceremony.
Pilot set fire to piano in man costume at traditional sheep-burning ceremony.
Pilot set fire to piano in sheep costume at traditional man-burning ceremony.
Sheep set fire to man in pilot costume at traditional piano-burning ceremony.
Sheep set fire to man in piano costume at traditional pilot-burning ceremony.
Sheep set fire to pilot in man costume at traditional piano-burning ceremony.
Sheep set fire to pilot in piano costume at traditional man-burning ceremony.
Sheep set fire to piano in man costume at traditional pilot-burning ceremony.
Sheep set fire to piano in pilot costume at traditional man-burning ceremony.
Piano set fire to man in pilot costume at traditional sheep-burning ceremony.
Piano set fire to man in sheep costume at traditional pilot-burning ceremony.
Piano set fire to pilot in man costume at traditional sheep-burning ceremony.
Piano set fire to pilot in sheep costume at traditional man-burning ceremony.
Piano set fire to sheep in man costume at traditional pilot-burning ceremony.
Piano set fire to sheep in pilot costume at traditional man-burning ceremony.
Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon.
Personal favorite:
Sheep set fire to piano in pilot costume at traditional man-burning ceremony.
Infinite 'in Soviet Russia..,' potential here, when bar greets foo in just as many ways. - Virtual epilepsia awaits those who try; most definitely.
The last paragraph is pretty good too:
Not the same guy, but this gives you an idea of how quickly that costume would go up...
My first thought upon reading the blurb was that the assailant had a really bad reaction to that episode of The Twilight Zone featuring pre-Trek Shatner. (the "man on the wing" looking very much like he was wearing a sheep costume)
My Mother died the same way
Sounds about standard for the RAF... they're great ones for daft traditions.
So, since the consensus opinion of drunk people was that it would be a stupid idea to jump over it he just went and lit the guy on fire against his will?
I understand the basic concept of how this could be construed as a drunken prank, but at a certain point the fact that you light someone on fire, even if not maliciously, is not excused because you were drunk or because it was a prank. He should have served the year in prison.
I thought the excuse of "I was too drunk to know better" was normally considered to be a poor defense that only makes things worse.
Not in Europe. :)
The defendant was punished, he just wasn't punished as harshly as he would have been if he'd lit the guy on fire out of malice.