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Old 08-12-2009, 06:31 PM   #1
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Posted Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:37am AEST
Updated Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:42pm AEST


'Inside information': cucumber thefts baffle police

There have been 12 separate cucumber robberies during the past three months, the most recent involving 150 bags on Tuesday night.

Chief Inspector Kym Zander says detectives are working with the Adelaide Produce Market to try to solve the case.

"We're looking at the possibility that it may be a grower that's had a failed crop and he's substituting through theft, or it may be you know somebody that knows cucumbers are being grown, they're ready for picking, and they're taking the cucumbers and then selling at those weekend markets across the metro area of Adelaide," he said.

Inspector Zander says the thefts are challenging for investigators.

"It's certainly a unique theft and the volume is something that we're having difficulty establishing where they're going," he said.

"It's obvious or evident that it is somebody in the know to establish which glasshouse is growing cucumbers, tomatoes, etcetera.

"We find that the cucumbers are being picked, they're being either packed in bags or in buckets ready for the market the next morning and when the growers turn up with their vehicles the glasshouse is bare."
Truly a confusing cucumber conundrum!

Could it merely be someone with an overgrowth of dill, Vlassic, or is this the latest gambit of the International Jewish Conspiracy?
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Old 08-12-2009, 06:33 PM   #2
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I'm sorry. I tried to get some cucumbers from the Farmer's Market in Thailand, but the trains just kept coming.
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Old 08-12-2009, 06:35 PM   #3
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Surely this belongs in the weird news thread? lol Maybe they're making Tzaziki...a lot of Tzaziki...lol
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Old 08-12-2009, 06:39 PM   #4
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I suspect Cucum-Boy, liberating his green brethren!
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Old 08-12-2009, 06:44 PM   #5
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that looks more like a zucchini boy to me. lol It also looks a lot like my cousins son except for the vegetable (fruit if we want to be precise)
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Old 08-12-2009, 07:40 PM   #6
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Old 08-12-2009, 07:44 PM   #7
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Truly a confusing cucumber conundrum!
hmm... quite a pickle.
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Old 08-12-2009, 07:44 PM   #8
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This is the big news in my town. I was about to post it in the weird news thread.


Don't say we're not a big exciting city.
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Old 08-12-2009, 07:57 PM   #9
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This is the big news in my town. I was about to post it in the weird news thread.


Don't say we're not a big exciting city.
They didn't outlaw sex toys recently in your town like they did in Alabama. It would explain a lot.
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Old 08-12-2009, 08:20 PM   #10
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This is the big news in my town. I was about to post it in the weird news thread.


Don't say we're not a big exciting city.
You're not a big exciting city. I should know. I come from one. That is a not big exciting city.
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Old 08-12-2009, 08:41 PM   #11
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Is Ducks currently dating? If not, I may have a lead for the cops, here.
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Old 08-12-2009, 10:54 PM   #12
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Maybe somebody saw that list of "reasons why a cucumber is better than a man" that's been floating around for decades, and didn't realize it was a joke.
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Old 08-12-2009, 10:56 PM   #13
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This seems like a real dilly of a problem...
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Old 08-13-2009, 12:38 AM   #14
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I suspect Cucum-Boy, liberating his green brethren!
While I appreciate the pun, I'm guessing this is Cucum-Girl - given the escaping hair. And the fact they look like courgettes anyway
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Old 08-13-2009, 09:18 AM   #15
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hmm... quite a pickle.
Snorted out loud.
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