Santa Claus shot down over Rio

Santa Claus shot down over Rio

Tyr

#1Feb 6th, 2009

A chopper carrying Santa Claus was shot down over the Nova Mare slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, according to a Reuters report. It was en route to a children's party when it was fired on from below.

No one was hurt, according to the Reuters report.

Rio's Nova Mare section, one of the city's 700-plus slums, is an area know for rampant drug trafficking. Police do not patrol these areas regularly but rather raid them from time-to-time with armored vehicles or helicopters. Brazilian authorities say the shooting was likely a case of mistaken identity.

The brave Santa later returned to the Nova Mare region — this time by car — to distribute the gifts.

Artryru

Re: Santa Claus shot down over Rio

Feb 6th, 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyr

A chopper carrying Santa Claus was shot down over the Nova Mare slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, according to a Reuters report. It was en route to a children's party when it was fired on from below.

No one was hurt, according to the Reuters report.

Rio's Nova Mare section, one of the city's 700-plus slums, is an area know for rampant drug trafficking. Police do not patrol these areas regularly but rather raid them from time-to-time with armored vehicles or helicopters. Brazilian authorities say the shooting was likely a case of mistaken identity.

The brave Santa later returned to the Nova Mare region — this time by car — to distribute the gifts.

Looks like the shooters will be getting lumps of coal in their stockings for the rest of their lives.

Spade

Re: Santa Claus shot down over Rio

Feb 6th, 2009

Rio is a modern hell. We gringos wash our hands among the innocent, while the people in the favelas...

lone wolf

Re: Santa Claus shot down over Rio

Feb 6th, 2009

Go faster, you bas*ards
(In hollers and whipsers)
Dog-gone it! Get hoofing!
Come on, guys, get with it!
Up! Over the rooftops!
Up! Up, I say,
Or we’ll be statistics
They’ll read Christmas Day.

Tyr

Re: Santa Claus shot down over Rio

Feb 6th, 2009

Jaysus!! They're Reindeer, not whitetails

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Spade

Re: Santa Claus shot down over Rio

Feb 6th, 2009

Hi Tyr,
When we eat them, we call them caribou. When they pull Santa's (RIP) sleigh, they're called reindeer. When they laugh when we fall on the ice and bust a pinky, we call the troops!
One pinky short of a full hand,
Cousin Spade

shadowshiv

Re: Santa Claus shot down over Rio

Feb 6th, 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyr

Jaysus!! They're Reindeer, not whitetails

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Is that Sarah Palin or is it the Joker?

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