Penguin on the line

[ewx]

According to popbitch:

German train passengers were left stranded in the town of Neuwied this week after the driver pulled the emergency stop when he saw what he thought was a man lying face down and wearing a black and white tuxedo. It turned out to be a man-size soft toy penguin. A Neuwied police spokesman said: “We are at a loss to explain the presence of this very large penguin.”

Comments

[knell.livejournal.com]

Cue the "wrong sort of penguin" line.

[antinomy.livejournal.com]

A good night out was had by the Neuwied Free Software Group?

[simont]

It's the quotation that makes it, really. You can't help but imagine how anyone with even a rudimentary sense of humour could have given that soundbite without displaying at least some personality.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

It's like "infinitely little humour" and "infinitely much humour" meet round the back somewhere :)

[pjc50.livejournal.com]

Policemen have a special straight face for delivering lines like that :)