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Heee hee, there's one to forward to my old Bank Manager... :D

all we need now if a cheeky grin from Cyril as he states an ANSA report that:

"A Genoese society lady has been arrested for plundering some of the city's swankiest jewellers' shops by hiding the booty in her underwear.

"I vainly tried to enrich my leisured but boring life with trips and other pursuits, but those emotions were no longer enough for me," the 59-year-old told police.

She said she was looking for " new thrills".

The shoplifting spree came to an end when police planted a hidden camera in the woman's favourite jewellers after the owner complained of "mysterious" thefts."

...........I'm sure the thrill comes from the theft, rather than ......no, no, leave it there chum ;)

(ANSA) - Genoa, November 3 - An ½ûÂþÌìÌà woman in her 80s has pulled a knife on bank staff for the second time in a week.

The woman chased a bank manager round the bank at knife-point on Monday and was escorted from the premises. But she promised, Terminator-style, "I'll be back." She made good on her threat on Thursday, brandishing another knife after screaming that the bank hadn't paid her enough pension.

But unlike in the previous incident, which spread panic among staff, the woman quickly put her knife away and walked out. The woman was not charged after the first incident, which police described as "something straight out of a Pirandello story".

I was amazed by a report in the Times today that states that a village called Sedrina (30 miles northeast of Milan) have decided to remove the top of their mountain as it blocks out the sunlight:

[url]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1856968,00.html[/url]