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Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson was the target of a US$190,000 (£120,000) credit card fraud that sought to bail out a struggling business. The recently-knighted Hobbit helmsman used his American Express card to buy items from the Michigan Toy Soldier Company, which specialises in the sale of historical miniatures. …

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  1. Saucerhead Tharpe

    The guy has previous and committed the offence in 2007

    This has been analysed on wargaming sites I read

    it has been pointed out that this offence was comitted before the big collapse, and that he has a conviction for a previous, similar, offence.

    One thing that this story has let me analyse, mind you, is how much similar the Reg text is to the press release I read elsewhere.

  2. Ashley 2

    Glorious sub-title

    Ooh how I laughed...

    1. Dan 10
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      Fantastic

      made me laugh

  3. Not Installed Properly
    Coffee/keyboard

    Keyboard...

    ...whoever wrote the subtitle owes me one

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I hope they get the ring leader

    Someone rolls the drums for me.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Joke

      Some might say that gag was Feeble...

      Others might say Bad Taste...

  5. Saucerhead Tharpe
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    Yeah, the subhead was gigglesome

    see subject

  6. Sorry that handle is already taken. Silver badge

    Ugh

    Gollum occupies the same rung as Jar Jar Binks.

  7. DirkGently

    RE: Ugh

    Since the film version came out, maybe. The gollum in the Radio 4 series was much better.

    1. Sorry that handle is already taken. Silver badge

      Hmm

      So how about the Radio 4 version of Jar Jar Binks?

  8. Andy Goss

    Everything looks better on radio

    Radio 4 definitely came up with a better Nazgul scream, but I reckon Andy Serkis did a great job with Gollum. CGI humans don't work too well as yet, but Gollum is not human, and the "creep" factor actually helps.

  9. mhenriday
    Alien

    Not only should the card be kept in one's pocketses,

    it should be kept on a golden chain....

    A need seems to exist for a gollum icon - extraterrestials don't really cut it....

    Henri

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