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You think you have bad luck?

danniemcq · 2012-06-15 10:52:39

try being this guy! direct link to image here Now i know the cops were just doing their job but you can't really blame him either. Wonder who has to pay though

15-06-2012 11:52am

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try being this guy!

Parking illegally on London's streets might normally land you with a fine or clamping, but one unlucky tourist returned to find his car blown up.

Anti-terrorist police became suspicious when a blue Ford Mondeo was abandoned just yards from the House of Commons and Westminster Abbey, leading them to evacuate Parliament Square and perform a controlled explosion on the vehicle.

Little did they know it belonged to one Nima Hosseini Razi who had broken down in Storey's Gate, leaving his car by the side of the road along with a note reading 'This car is broken. I am just waiting for the AA to arrive. Please do not fine! Thank you, yours sincerely'.

Mr Razi left his faulty car behind and took a stroll to Buckingham Palace, but returned to find it in even worse condition following the detonation by police.

An MBA student, Nima had been visiting London for just 24 hours to see the capital's sights.

His bad day was capped off as his mangled car was towed away, when a traffic warden arrived to issue him a ticket for parking illegally.

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/902103-tourist-has-car-blown-up-by-police-outside-parliament-gets-parking-ticket#ixzz1xrG4uPli

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Now i know the cops were just doing their job but you can't really blame him either. Wonder who has to pay though

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#2 15-06-2012 11:55am

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it's only a car, could have been a lot worse - someone could have lost their life :rolleyes:

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#3 15-06-2012 11:59am

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paranoid bunch of nut jobs.

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#4 15-06-2012 12:05pm

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Mr. Nima Hosseini Razi

There's your answer.

Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis

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#5 15-06-2012 12:07pm

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Article is a bit disappointing, needed more pics

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#6 15-06-2012 12:10pm

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The traffic warden was a bit of a jobsworth, huh?

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#7 15-06-2012 12:13pm

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Man I'm in stitches here

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#8 15-06-2012 12:15pm

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mikemac1 wrote: »

Article is a bit disappointing, needed more pics

your wish etc

http://bilder.bild.de/fotos-skaliert/mbqf-auto-london_27009400_mbqf-1339674004-24659050/2,h=343.bild.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/13/article-0-1397AE06000005DC-896_634x510.jpg

http://www.demotix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large_652x488_scaled/photos/1273680.jpg

http://www.demotix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large_652x488_scaled/photos/1273623.jpg

coulda been worse though

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#9 15-06-2012 12:16pm

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it seems like a botched blowing up attempt.

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#10 15-06-2012 12:17pm

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Aaaah I was expecting full blown destruction! Thread does not deliver.

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#11 15-06-2012 12:18pm

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No, I don't think I have bad luck.

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#12 15-06-2012 12:19pm

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dorgasm wrote: »

Aaaah I was expecting full blown destruction! Thread does not deliver.

to be fair i did too! the original pic in the original article only showed a bit but further investiagtion shows not

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#13 15-06-2012 12:20pm

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Cant have been much of an explosion, the back window didn't even shatter. As some other poster said, need more pics.

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#14 15-06-2012 12:22pm

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Pics disapoint. A hammer and some t-cut, it will be grand.

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#15 15-06-2012 12:25pm

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cruiser178 wrote: »

Cant have been much of an explosion, the back window didn't even shatter. As some other poster said, need more pics.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79219951&postcount=8

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#16 15-06-2012 12:26pm

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Deserved it for the hat.

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#17 15-06-2012 12:46pm

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Reminds me of story that happened someone I know. He was working up in the North back in the 70s/80s. They were using a clapped out Transit at the time. The thing had to be pushed or rolled downhill to start.

Anyways, he got stopped for some reason and had to present his details at the local police station. He leaves the van running outside since it won't start and goes in. He goes through a few security checks/gates and comes to the reception window. Alarms started to go off and people were shouting, he looks up at a TV screen and sees his van outside of CCTV. A little robot was making it's way towards the van.
"Excuse me, excuse me", he says trying to get a policeman's attention. Policeman replies, "Will you wait and be quiet, we've got a bomb outside."
Cue yer man trying to explain how it was his van and persuading them to not make a controlled explosion out of it.

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#18 15-06-2012 12:56pm

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Reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_KrSMdxqf0

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#19 15-06-2012 1:17pm

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SunnyDub1 wrote: »

it's only a car, could have been a lot worse - someone could have lost their life :rolleyes:

How could someone have lost their life from him parking illegally? A bit overly dramatic, don't you think?

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#20 15-06-2012 3:38pm

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How could someone have lost their life from him parking illegally? A bit overly dramatic, don't you think?

He was kinda dark to be fair. He runs back towards the car, perhaps shouting. Maybe even in arabic.

Wouldn't have been the first time an innocent person was accidentally killed. De Mendez, wasn't it?

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#21 15-06-2012 3:43pm

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I love the note he left, reminds me of the old 'tax is in the post' trick from Only Fools and Horses

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#22 15-06-2012 3:58pm

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Was expeecting waaaayyyy better from the first post.

I am disappoint.

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#23 15-06-2012 5:00pm

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danniemcq wrote: »

your wish etc

http://bilder.bild.de/fotos-skaliert/mbqf-auto-london_27009400_mbqf-1339674004-24659050/2,h=343.bild.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/13/article-0-1397AE06000005DC-896_634x510.jpg

http://www.demotix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large_652x488_scaled/photos/1273680.jpg

http://www.demotix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large_652x488_scaled/photos/1273623.jpg

coulda been worse though

Thats after it got sploded??:eek: thought itd be more like http://www.google.ie/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1066&bih=516&tbm=isch&tbnid=o9E6QJ5dGg8cwM:&imgrefurl=http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/05/30/&docid=T4TN2-2qYaEPVM&imgurl=http://sabbah.biz/mt/wp-content/Car_bomb_explosion_Lebanon.jpg&w=460&h=344&ei=3lvbT5jwGsTOhAePvrmhCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=358&vpy=86&dur=2632&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=207&ty=129&sig=104501574650114572762&page=1&tbnh=149&tbnw=224&start=0&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:72 disappointing to say the least...

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#24 15-06-2012 5:04pm

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There's being unlucky and there's being a fcuking idiot.

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#25 15-06-2012 6:04pm

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The UK has turned itself into a paranoid police state Orwellian hell hole. The authorities more than likely knew what he had for breakfast before they blew up the car. I hope he sues them for damages.

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