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Two Argentinian jailbreakers who disguised themselves as sheep have managed to elude a dragnet comprising 300 police officers with helicopter back-up. According to La Nación, Maximiliano Omar Montenegro Pereyra, 25, and Ariel Andrés Aguirre Díaz, 28, escaped from the General Alvear maximum security prison in central Buenos …

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  1. The Indomitable Gall

    What language do they speak in Argentina now?

    "According to the Sun and the Telegraph, one cop insisted the crims "can't pull the wool over our eyes forever","

    Ah, you see I thought they spoke Spanish in Argentina, but clearly they actually speak English, because that's an English expression, that is!

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  2. scottboy
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    Escaping dressed as sheep?

    Were the Argentinian prison guards all large and one-eyed? Please say it's so.

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    1. Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)
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      Re: Escaping dressed as sheep?

      Ooh, classical.

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      1. scottboy
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        Re: Escaping dressed as sheep?

        Crikey - I've attracted the attention of the moderatrix. Do I get a badge or anything?

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        1. Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)
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          Re: Re: Escaping dressed as sheep?

          You get to live another day. That is what you get.

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        2. Anonymous Coward
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          Do I get a badge or anything?

          From a distance, a bruise might look like a badge, especially with one eye closed.

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    2. ElReg!comments!Pierre
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      Large, one eyed and not interested in ovines...

      ... Cyclops: Not From Wales (TM)

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Not From Wales (TM)

        No, from Scotland and currently seeking you vote.

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  3. lansalot
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    heheh

    Baaaaaa'd boys, baaaaa'd boys ! What you gonna do ?

    What you gonna do when they come for ewe ?

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  4. stupiddairyfarmer
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    Bet they wouldn't try that in Scotland

    Good way to get buggered!

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  5. nobby
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    I thought this article was about the iphone

    i was sorely disappointed :(

    or not as the case may be

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Hmmmm...

    If they were raw fleeces and they hung around a group of sheep, I can well believe that they could evade dogs and helicopter observation.

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  7. Tim #3

    Breaking news

    North Wales police have already offered to send a task force to help with the search.

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  8. LuMan
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    Have to say..

    Wool'd ewe believe it!!

    I'll go before I get a bleating..

    <sigh>

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  9. Pete 43
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    All the puns, just RAM it home

    FNARR FNARR

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  10. Anonymous Coward
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    I don't get it

    Do they count as sheeple now?

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  11. Anonymous Coward
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    Wolf whistles.

    I wonder if they would consider themselves fortunate/unfortunate to be in the same field/cell as this man.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/12/stable_address/

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