# Got them!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-them/314818>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 29, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-them/314818 "2005-07-29T22:25:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-them/314818/1 "2005-07-29T22:25:45Z")

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All four suspects [captured alive](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4727975.stm). Yay! And well done to the police.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-them/314818/2 "2005-07-29T22:28:05Z")

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I’m talking about the suspected bombers, of course. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-them/314818/3 "2005-07-30T00:20:02Z")

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Huh. I thought this would be a thread about slogans for selling giant ants.

But “yay!” for snagging those bastards.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-them/314818/4 "2005-07-30T00:40:36Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> But “yay!” for snagging those bastards.

I could have sworn you said “snogging”.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-them/314818/5 "2005-07-30T01:42:36Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> All four suspects [captured alive](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4727975.stm). Yay! And well done to the police.

Except, you know, for the completely innocent person they summarily executed…

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-them/314818/6 "2005-07-30T08:11:03Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> Except, you know, for the completely innocent person they summarily executed…

Turns out he wasn’t so innocent after all - overstayed his visa. But this time the police were evidently trying hard to avoid a repeat.