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Banged up Abroad

Time for a prayer....

Dear God,

If ever i have the misfortune to fall into the wrong company and stupidly agree to smuggle a large package into the country. Please, please dont let me get caught.

Even bigger please, DON'T ever ever ever ever ever let me get thrown into a Venezuelan prison.

I promise to be good from now on.

Amen

This comes after I watched the TV program " Banged up abroad" last nite http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/tv/article/1157149255089?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController

Scary!

I woke up last nite in a hot sweat thinking i was in a Venezualen Prison. Nightmare. All I saw were lots and lots of scary people around me with flickknives and guns.

I tossed and turned. Count sheep, count sheep. 1, 2, 3, But why do the sheep all have bullet proof vests?

Disturbing.



Comments

londonphotos said…
I wanted to see that programme :o) After reading the article i have to say that these people must be pretty stupid to do that for a lousy 4000 quid.... i dont think i could cope on the inside !

How bad was the documentry? Is it that bad on the inside of a south american prison... ...
October 22, 2007 10:59 am
rubi red said…
oh well imagine your worst nightmare and then times it by 100 and then imagine that the nightmare goes on for 10 years.....
Theres no law and order in south american prisons, no correction or rehabilitation there. yep the guys musta been real stupid for getting themselves mixed up with the wrong sort. The series is really well put togther. im annoyed i managed to miss it again on monday though
October 23, 2007 8:20 pm
londonphotos said…
I taped mondays episode I hope, i will tell you about it when i see it this weekend :o) Its halloween so thats fitting :o)
October 24, 2007 9:36 am
londonphotos said…
Saw an episode. not mondays. i saw one where they ended up in nepal smuggling gold - 4 years. I have to say apart from being in jail for 4 years it didnt seem that bad. they did not fear for there lives.... i have to say these must be the dumbest people on earth!!

They wernt even doing it for the money,. they were doing it for an adventure....
October 26, 2007 7:34 am
rubi red said…
madness, sheer madness! why risk it all? I taped this mondays episode as i decided to watch crimewatch instead last night. bad move as I then had to sleep with the light on. "Dont have nightmares" they always say at the end. Yeah right!
October 30, 2007 7:42 pm
londonphotos said…
I saw Mondays episode.... Talk about unlucky !!
October 31, 2007 7:27 am
rubi red said…
yep, poor man! very unlucky. He shoulda turned back when his sixth sense told him to.
November 05, 2007 9:57 pm
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