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Is That 44 Geckos in Your Pants, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Posted on | January 26, 2010 | 10 Comments

You can’t make this up:

A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a 5,000 New Zealand dollar ($3,540) fine for plundering New Zealand’s wild gecko and skink populations, a judge has ruled.
Hans Kurt Kubus, 58, is to be deported to Germany as soon as he is released from prison, Judge Colin Doherty ordered Tuesday.
Kubus was caught by wildlife officials at Christchurch International Airport on South Island in December, about to board an overseas flight with 44 geckos and skinks in a hand-sewn package concealed in his underwear.

Lizards. In his pants. Insert Charles Johnson joke here.

(Hat-tip: Dan Collins on Twitter.)

Category: Charles Johnson, Crime, humor

Comments

10 Responses to “Is That 44 Geckos in Your Pants, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?”

  1. Charles Johnson
    January 27th, 2010 @ 4:22 am

    You just shut up you…you…white supremacist! And you are not fooling anyone, you and Prager are friends, racists and anti semites like Pam Geller.

    I noted on Prager’s site, one of his racist readers called the President a “Kenyan.” That is clearly racist.

    “The Kenyan” is your great example of hate speech? Um…his dad is Kenyan, so he is half Kenyan. My mom is from Spain, I’m not insulted when my friends call me a Spaniard. You are going to have to do better than that to prove your point.

    Barack Obama is not a Kenyan. He was born in the United States. And this label is very obviously a race-baiting insult, not even remotely similar to an affectionate nickname given to you by your friends.

  2. Charles Johnson
    January 26th, 2010 @ 11:22 pm

    You just shut up you…you…white supremacist! And you are not fooling anyone, you and Prager are friends, racists and anti semites like Pam Geller.

    I noted on Prager’s site, one of his racist readers called the President a “Kenyan.” That is clearly racist.

    “The Kenyan” is your great example of hate speech? Um…his dad is Kenyan, so he is half Kenyan. My mom is from Spain, I’m not insulted when my friends call me a Spaniard. You are going to have to do better than that to prove your point.

    Barack Obama is not a Kenyan. He was born in the United States. And this label is very obviously a race-baiting insult, not even remotely similar to an affectionate nickname given to you by your friends.

  3. Steve Burri
    January 27th, 2010 @ 4:48 am

    It seems as though Fruit of the Loom and BVD are becoming deeply woven into the seemly underbelly of criminal and terroristic activity.

  4. Steve Burri
    January 26th, 2010 @ 11:48 pm

    It seems as though Fruit of the Loom and BVD are becoming deeply woven into the seemly underbelly of criminal and terroristic activity.

  5. Scratcher
    January 27th, 2010 @ 12:47 pm

    You missed what I thought was the best part of the article… The statement from the judge:

    I don’t think you necessarily came here to steal to sell, but I am sure the fact that you might have had excess was figured into your thinking,” Doherty told Kubus.

    Using the term “excess” would suggest that the judge thinks there is an appropriate number of lizards to have in one’s pants…

  6. Scratcher
    January 27th, 2010 @ 7:47 am

    You missed what I thought was the best part of the article… The statement from the judge:

    I don’t think you necessarily came here to steal to sell, but I am sure the fact that you might have had excess was figured into your thinking,” Doherty told Kubus.

    Using the term “excess” would suggest that the judge thinks there is an appropriate number of lizards to have in one’s pants…

  7. Charles Johnson
    January 27th, 2010 @ 3:00 pm

    Do you want to touch my lizard?

  8. Charles Johnson
    January 27th, 2010 @ 10:00 am

    Do you want to touch my lizard?

  9. Mikey NTH
    January 27th, 2010 @ 9:28 pm

    Gussie Fink-Nottle would be in utter awe.

  10. Mikey NTH
    January 27th, 2010 @ 4:28 pm

    Gussie Fink-Nottle would be in utter awe.