Egyptian Donkey Jailed For Theft

By Wyatt Earp | September 20, 2008

What a jackass.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha! I kill me!

You may want to break out the duct tape before reading this story. It is almost guaranteed to give the reader a brain hemorrhage.

CAIRO – An Egyptian donkey has been jailed for stealing corn on the cob from a field belonging to an agricultural research institute in the Nile Delta, local media reported on Thursday.

The ass and its owner were apprehended at a police checkpoint that had been set up after the institute’s director complained that someone was stealing his crops, the state-owned Al-Ahram daily said.

A police checkpoint was set up for the offending donkey? Are you frakkin’ kidding me? What’s next; an All Points Bulletin sent out for a monkey that steals dates? For 3,000 years, Egypt ruled the world, and now they’re wasting time and money by arresting four-legged animals. It’s sad, really.

The unnamed ungulate was found in possession of the institute’s corn and a local judge sentenced him to 24 hours in prison. The man who had his ass thrown in jail got off with a fine of 50 Egyptian pounds (nine dollars, six euros). (H/T – AFP)

“The man who has his ass thrown in jail . . .” Doesn’t that apply to every man who was ever and will ever be arrested? I’m just sayin’.

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