to report this to the police, even though I am technically implicating myself?

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My local park is locked overnight and isn’t opened until 6am. It’s a huge park but in one area part of the fence is missing so I squeeze through and go into the park to walk my dog at 4am (he is an XL bully so I like to go the park when nobody is about)

The last few mornings when I have been walking round by the pond there have been a couple of men sitting on the benches next to the pond “feeding the ducks”. I noticed they have black bin liners next to them too. I’m pretty sure I recognise these men from working in a takeaway restaurant.

I am concerned they are trying to catch ducks. I hope i’m wrong, but I just can’t see why two adult men would sit feeding the ducks at 4am?! Especially as the park is officially closed and they have bin liners next to them.

AIBU to report this to the police, even though I’ll be implicating myself too?

user1493379562 ·
"Many years ago I heard of an Indian restaurant in Luton that was closed down when it was discovered they were serving up Alsatian! Not being racist either, the ex was a copper and he told me"

But it's not just Alsatians. A customer recently complained to the council about the taste of a Bratwurst they'd eaten and when the council's EHO went to inspect the German restaurant, they found Dachshund in the freezer.

As crazy as it seems there was a Chinese restaurant in a market town near me that got done for stealing ducks from the river so it does happen unfortunately.

Bobbinette ·
As crazy as it seems there was a Chinese restaurant in a market town near me that got done for stealing ducks from the river so it does happen unfortunately.

Was that the same same river in which just 4 days earlier, a man with a necklace of garlic and wearing a beret and stripey jumper was caught pulling the legs off frogs?

Oh come on, it's an age old racist trope, you must have heard of it?!.
Doesn't mean you must be hanging around with racist company to have heard of it!.
I mean, I bloody love Only Fools and Horses but there's a joke in there about it.
Del opens the door of the Chinese takeaway and a cat shoots out..
Rodney - "aw no, was it a pet?"
Del - "no, but number 39's off the menu!
That was in the 80s, you must have been living under a privileged rock to not ever have heard of shit like that.

First heard it 40 years ago in Liverpool - stolen alsatian in the chicken chow mein

Racist then. Racist now

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@Bobbinette "As crazy as it seems there was a Chinese restaurant in a market town near me that got done for stealing ducks from the river so it does happen unfortunately."

I'd love to see the court report. Presumably you can link to it?

🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, I think that one would have made the news so should be easy enough......

I must say this thread wasn’t what I was expecting from the title!

Do you really have a right to call anyone else out on odd things to say after this weirdness?

Glad the ducks are OK though!

They're not OK. The ducks are in therapy - apparently they are in shell shock after their pond was invaded by two naked men flashing their bits to the world whilst being stalked by a nutter lurking in the bushes with the Hound of the Baskervilles.

Noooooo!! Poor things. 🐧

😂

Hilarious OP , and although I don’t have an XL bully ,just a naughty cockapoo, it’s exactly the sort of thing I would do . I hear a lot about people working in take always being not legally allowed to work in this country and sleep rough or even on restaurant floors (yes actually in my local news) maybe these guys don’t have access to a shower and go there for a wash after their shift

Probably another Daily Fail made up story.

Out of all stories that never happened, this one didnt happen the most.

Why would your ex being a copper have to do with anything?

He was a racist idiot. The fact that he was a copper just makes his (and your) racism even worse.

LOL!!! "I know I am breaking the law and all, but how DARE they break the law too!!!"

Thank you OP for the honest and rather amusing update (please ignore the unhelpful posters ... the rest of us were quietly engaged with the drama !)

If it ever really happened…

Because he and his colleagues used to go there for an FBI every month! He told me and his mates confirmed it.
He is / was racist. I can assure you I am not!
He is also an ex copper.

Being a customer there doesn’t mean his story is true or that he would know more than anyone else. Did the owners meet all the customers and tell them they were serving dog?

Still doesn’t make his job relevant.

Think about it. He is a racist, spouting a well known racist fake story. And you are retelling it as fact. You are perpetuating this, disgusting, story that is racist.

What do you call someone who spreads fake stories, that are racist in nature?

I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve read an anonymous poster on a forum claiming to have a mate who’s a copper who confirms the veracity of some ludicrous conspiracy or other.

I think you’re missing the point because the post wasn’t about her dog.It’s not helping that you’re presuming, that her dog was unmuzzled and getting personal, saying op is irresponsible.
If you’re not going to give helpful advice, staying on the subject, what’s the point in commenting, just to have a go at someone, you don’t actually know.

Im not missing the point at all, I am well aware that the point is the spurious claim these men were stealing ducks or otherwise up to no good.

I am addressing someone elses point (that is a thing people do on threads, they evolve, other points arise and are discussed), that the OP appears responsible as a dog owner.

She is not, she's breaking the conditions of the exemption certificate.
I have presumed the dog is unmuzzled, you are correct, but it actually doesn't matter either way.

LOL

This thread is funny as fuck.

Btw I love bullies can we see a photo please? 🥰 I know you've got a lot of shit for having an XL, but you're clearly following the rules and people need to get off your back about that.

I'm a large dog owner but he's not an XL.