STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 24, 2008
Hi Ho: Dwarf Pops Out Of Bag At Airport
Swedish Police "Shocked And Humiliated" By Comedy Show Stunt
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Section Strange News Weird events, odd people and more peculiar happenings.
Employees at Bromma airport called police when the dwarf hopped out of the suitcase at the check-in counter.
Police soon found that it was a stunt being filmed by a hidden camera for a program on private TV network Kanal 5.
Police spokesman Mats Eriksson says airport staff decided against filing charges even though they were "shocked and humiliated" by Wednesday's stunt.
Kanal 5 spokesman Dan Panas told Swedish news agency TT that the show was meant to be "provocative and entertaining."
He said the stunt was not meant to make fun of little people, but to make entertainment out of "extreme situations."
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isolate, fumigate, conduct an anal search and quarantine the little fu cker..NOW THAT WOULD be "making entertainment out of "extreme situations" a lot more interesting. - Reply to this comment
- Or it could be what Imus said when he greeted that women''s basketball team to personally apologize!
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- by the way, what is the politically correct way to call these shorties?? midget or dwarf ??
Posted by sociald63 at 05:01 PM : Jul 24, 2008
It depends on what they are
Generally, "midget" refers to a person who is very short, but normally proportioned. "Dwarf" refers to a person with one of several varieties of a specific genetic condition called dwarfism - usually they have very short arms and legs and unusually large heads. Socially, I believe that the word "dwarf" is acceptable because it refers to a specific medial condition, but I think the word "midget" is considered offensive by some people who prefer to be called "little people" or
"people of short stature. - Reply to this comment
- Less than 150 lbs, could UPS ;)
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- I think it was a cute story and thank goodness the little guy didn''t get hurt. We all need some lighter news...
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- Are dwarfs charged full airfare or the reduced children''s rate? How idiotic! The dwarf is lucky to be alive.
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- by the way, what is the politically correct way to call these shorties?? midget or dwarf ??
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- was it sleepy or grumpy or happy...oh, never mind
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- Given the stupidity of this stunt, I can''t believe that the guy who played Borat in that execrable movie isn''t somehow involved.
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- What if they had accidently misplaced the suitcase. It would have been unattended, surrounded by security, and blown up.
I''d like to thank the "little people everywhere." - Reply to this comment
- CBS, be careful what you right. Y''all used the phraise "Hi Ho" which Jackson and Sharpton, and the whole NAACP will surely raise he11 about!!! LOL
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- Imagine that suitcase being xrayed
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- Surprise!!!!!!!!
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- The sad thing is this could never happen in this country...everyone involved would have been locked up as a "terrorist". We''''ve become so scared of terrorists, and so full of our own BS that we can''''t live like this anymore...
I wish our governemnt would just permit concealed carrys with Glaser rounds on planes. No more need for the TSA security morons, no more strip searches of innocent grandmas, just instant justice for those who decide to cross the line.
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Posted by diatreme at 11:55 AM : Jul 24, 2008
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sorry wont happen..the liberal masses and the ACLU would not allow anything to happen to a ''terrorist''.
hell you cannot even ''ask them'' let alone manhandle these terrorists. - Reply to this comment
- get the part about the midget in the suitcase, but where does the high ho'''' come in?
Posted by newsjunky5
From the song in Snow White... - Reply to this comment
- They should have pressed charges.
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- They should have pressed charges.
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- "What if the little guy was placed in a jet cargohold....That would be funny....it would be interesting to see what popped out then..... "
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He''d never survive baggage handling. - Reply to this comment
- I get the part about the midget in the suitcase, but where does the high ho'' come in?
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