I'd say the cucumber made him do it.
Posted on 10/19/2011 1:14:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man who had stolen a cucumber jumped from the second floor of a shopping mall in a bid to escape his pursuers and unfortunately plunged to his death.
Shocked shoppers at the Southgate Mall watched in horror as the man lay dead on the ground floor.
Police said the man was detained by security guards at the mall after he was caught stealing a “farm-fresh green cucumber from Woolies”.
“He was then detained by security, in the control room and later the police came to pick him up. On the way out, the suspect then threw himself off the top floor, and died on the scene,” said police spokesperson Bert Otto, who couldn’t believe the situation himself.
Otto said the identity of the “cucumber thief” was yet to be determined.
Tshepo Nkwana, 21, who was out shopping with friends, said the sight of the dead man lying on the ground was traumatising.
“I had never seen anything like that, we were just strolling around the mall when we heard the sound of something falling on to the floor.”
“When I took a second glance and the floor was covered in blood, we saw there was a man on the floor. That’s when everyone noticed and ran to see what was going on,” he said.
Molatelo Shai an employee at the mall, who witnessed the fall, said the man died a sad death.
“How can someone sacrifice their life for a vegetable?” asked Shai, who works for Nedbank.
Minutes after the fall, the photo of the dead man was circulating on social networks across the country.
not another cucumber death, what’s the count up to?
Someone, somewhere will take this on as a mantra....
Maybe the boy was a fruit?
“Life’s pretty cheap to that sort.”
Got himself in a real pickle..........
Nope, they are European/English Cucumbers.........
At least he didn’t impale himself on it. It would have added insult to injury.. I mean death.
In one day he went from cucumbers to squash....
My cucumbers never looked like that.They looked more like a zuchini.
According to his diary, which was scrutinized by police investigators, the dead guy was told to do this *by* the cucumber.
Thanks nickcarraway.
He died with dignity. And a cucumber.
Could have been worse. Could have been squashed or gourd to death.
A Darwin award winner? I’d vote for him.
“Who’s in charge of the cucumber PING list here?”
I believe that would be Barney Frank.
In a choice between death and “cucumba bunga”, he chose death...
His Gerbil had died.
A Kooky crook copping a cuke then croaks and now is getting cooked and thats the crux of consequential kaput.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.