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marmar

(77,072 posts)
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 11:31 AM Jan 2015

British Man Convicted After Having Sex With A Mailbox



A man in Wigan, England, has been stamped as a sex offender after being found guilty of having sex with a mailbox.

Paul Bennett, 45, pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of indecent exposure and using threatening and abusive words with abusive behavior, the Mirror reports.

The plea stemmed from a Sept. 9 incident where he attempted to have sex with a mailbox in a public area.

Witnesses told the court they saw Bennett pull down his pants in a shopping arcade and start to publicly perform a sexual act on himself in public. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/paul-bennett-sex-postbox_n_6487290.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news



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British Man Convicted After Having Sex With A Mailbox (Original Post) marmar Jan 2015 OP
He was just making sure his package got off pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #1
Nah, sex for pay. His check was in the mail. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #2
He thought he was First Class but the mailbox said he only qualified as Third Rate pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #4
Packages that small should be delivered for FREE! NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #6
Hahahahah! DryHump Jan 2015 #15
Oh yes! Wait a minute, Mr. Postman! PassingFair Jan 2015 #3
Obviously pipi_k Jan 2015 #5
What? Did his sheep run away? abakan Jan 2015 #7
Translation errors Ron Obvious Jan 2015 #8
Gives special delivery a whole new meaning Major Nikon Jan 2015 #12
" Junk " mail ? olddots Jan 2015 #9
... sakabatou Jan 2015 #10
duzy! marmar Jan 2015 #11
I couldn't help but recall a Kliban cartoon from the 70s Special Prosciuto Jan 2015 #13
Dickens could have written about this. kairos12 Jan 2015 #14
 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
8. Translation errors
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 03:09 PM
Jan 2015

I suspect this wasn't a mailbox so much as a letterbox, i.e. a slot in the door.

In that case that would make this all perfectly understandable and forgiveable. After all, who hasn't, eh?

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