London stops for naked man

[Grayfox]

London's Whitehall was brought to a standstill for nearly three hours as a naked man straddled a statue in front of hordes of onlookers.​

He was seen in a variety of poses on the statue of Prince George, the Duke of Cambridge, at times balancing precariously on the duke's head.

The man was coaxed down shortly before 3pm on Friday (0200 AEDT on Saturday) and detained under the Mental Health Act, police said.

Officers were called around midday to reports that someone had clambered on to the statue, and might have a knife.

A 100-metre stretch of Whitehall, near the heart of Westminster in central London, was cordoned off as emergency services tried to persuade him to come down.

The man was seen waving his arms around and was talking to crews on the ground as crowds of onlookers gathered at either end of the cordon.

Whitehall runs from Trafalgar Square and is where the Ministry of Defence is situated.​

----

Moderator Note: Photo removed. Against AUP. And, please cite a source when doing a cut-and-paste. Thank you.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...on-london-statue/story-fn3dxix6-1226523187568

 

[Brando-K]

Officers were called around midday to reports that someone had clambered on to the statue, and might have a knife.​

Also I wonder where he hid the knife.

 

[Northstar]

I don't get the "might have a knife" part, it's not like he has anywhere to hide it that wouldn't cause serious injury.

 

[Grayfox]

The knife in question was most likely a soft knife not unlike a rubber knife but still harmless.

 

[gogatrs]

Could have done without the picture.
He must have had something pretty important to say.

And people say America is bad...

 

[The Bman]

I really want to make a joke about this, but it would likely violate the AUP.

You could do without the picture, thank you very much.

 

[Lock2Lock]

I really want to make a joke about this, but it would likely violate the AUP.

You could do without the picture, thank you very much.

Agreed

 

[Public'sTwin]

This > bath salts

 

[Lock2Lock]

This > bath salts

Hahahaha i haven't made one of those jokes in a long time. I even have a psn id hahaha

 

[BobK]

For once I actually saw a pic before the mods removed it and it's a pic of a naked man.

 

[Dennisch]

People, people. The human body is a beautiful thing.

 

[Schwartz]

Meanwhile in Harry Potter Land...

 

[GranTurismo916]

Lol, I saw this on the news.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Amusing really, almost makes me proud to be British!

... on a more serious note, 2 Fire engines, 8 squad cars and 2 mounted policemen..? And a force spokesman says "You apply the appropriate amount of policing for the situation." !!!?! For ONE NAKED MAN in the name of public safety - what was he dangerously well endowed or something?? I hope the police never look on the interwebz... they'll be mobilizing the Army, Navy and Airforce!

 

[DK]

I hope the police never look on the interwebz... they'll be mobilizing the Army, Navy and Airforce!

If you said "took on" rather than "look on", I would argue they've done that already with the Digital Economy Act.

 

[sumbrownkid]

People, people. The human body is a beautiful thing.

Yeah it's very beautiful when it's a unclothed woman who happens to be in your bed.

But if it's a dude that's on top of a structure while his trouser snake is in full view, I would not be too fussed if people started throwing rocks at him.

I'd probably be the first one to throw one actually.

 

[Grayfox]

I can just hear Hellen Lovejoy in my head: Won't someone please think of the children.

 

[sumbrownkid]

She'll be screaming that while she spreads gossip of that guy's junk.