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Harry Potter and the cones of death

Posted by Steve Orme on October 31, 2007 12:14 PM | 

IF there are two very real dangers in moden society it is the peril posed by traffic cones and the fictional literary figure, Harry Potter.
Put the two together and what have you got? Charlie Thomas.
Charlie was playing with his sisters while on a family day out and came across a traffic cone.
He thought it looked like Harry Potter's wizard hat and plonked it on his head.
The fire brigade took half an hour to remove the cone with cutting tools and pliers.
Later Charlie was described as ‘road ahead closed-access only’.

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Comments (2)

Who is Harry Potter wrote...

Bit random, lol... ? Is this actually for real?!

Posted by: Who is Harry Potter  | October 31, 2007 1:25 PM

Steve Orme wrote...

As real as sunrise

Posted by: Steve Orme  | November 2, 2007 11:35 AM

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