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Armed robbers take Paris jewellers for £70m

Anonymous Coward

PAris 

Paris Hilton

Nuf said

Matt Denny

Slight grammatical error 

Boffin

Sorry Les, but how can something be "almost exactly"?

It's either one or the other...

I have to blame my dad for this one - being a pedant.

Anonymous Coward

Where's the PH angle? 

Dead Vulture

Title sez it all

Tom Paine

subeds++ 

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A late entry into the prestigious "Subheadlines of the Year" contest.

Anonymous Coward

French Women 

Paris Hilton

What, blaggers disguised as women., and no one notices? Hang on this is France.

Paris, well it had to be

Anonymous Coward

IT angle? 

IT Angle

And is this bling really worth 70 million quid to most people or is it just a case of them putting a silly price tag to keep away the "unworthy".

Anonymous Coward

Drag queens holding up stores in France... 

Somebody call Jean Reno!!

Edward Miles

I got excited... 

IT Angle

...when I misread the title as "armed Robots". I am now disappointed. Bah Humbug.

Matthew Glubb

Credit Crunch 

Pirate

Insurance job

Nathan Hobbs

Well next year... 

Well the police know how to catch them now.

Just stake the place out next December 4th...

ratfox

Sounds fishy... 

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They knew the staff by name, and where the rest was stored?

An inside job, or indeed, an insurance job

Anonymous Coward

@ratfox 

"Knew the staff by name"

Easy...just go into the shop a few times over the weeks and look at the name badges of the staff! Doesn't have to be an inside job.

Moss Icely Spaceport

But did they steal the famed.... 

Paris Hilton

....Pink Panther?

pctechxp

Where is the IT angle? 

IT Angle

I mean they didn't even cut an alarm wire by the sound of it so no electronics were involved whatsoever.

Is it that quiet on the IT front?

C'mon El Reg, you're slipping.

Isn't a Return of The Machines story now long overdue.

Anonymous Coward

At least... 

Pirate

...Someone is still making moeny in this economic climate.

Pirates, as they too beat the markets now days.