Nuns chase down thief

I was in Amsterdam on the weekend, and the following news item just just too bizarre to pass up.

On Saturday the 23rd of July, two nuns in habits on bikes chased a thief through the southern part of Amsterdam. One of the two had recognized the man from pictures of a theft of church offerings some weeks before. The thief guy figured that he'd had an easy time of it, and went back for second pickings.

Inquiring at the church when the next service was, the first nun recognized him and invited him in, while alerting the second nun to call the cops. The thief got itchy feet, and took off.... so the nuns hopped on their bikes and went after him.

The GSM function of one of the mobiles of the nuns was on, so the police followed the signal, not sure what was going on. The thief managed to get into the centre of town, with the nuns still in pursuit, before the police caught up with the three, and the thief managed to get away. The fuzz do have fotos, though, and are reportedly on the lookout....

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I'm still here, just been trying to work out all of the bugs in my website. You know, it's surpising just how much their is to setting up and running even a website.

In the meantime, here's a small language tip- the middle of summer is called "cucumber season" in most of Northern Europe. That's because it's the time of year when everyone goes on vacation and nothing much happens except stuff growing in the garden. (Think of it as a slow news day that lasts from about mid-June to mid-August.) The phrase is literally translated and used in languages like German, Czech, Hungarian, Flemish, Polish and others. So when you hear it, well, you know it's the lazy part of summer.