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"Am I going down?"

Some may remember a tale I told about a barn.

This barn, after a bit of idiocy from my close friend neal. Got burnt to the ground. In brief, my friend was working in a barn. Stacking a selection of broken chip and pin machines. It was a cold day in January and so he decided to start a fire to keep warm. Using my lighter my friend recklessly started a fire on a stack of boxes and then later, upon request, in a bin, away from danger. As the situation wore on my friend moved the bin nearer to him, which I questioned, the fire flicked from the metal bin and hit a stack of boxes. To cut a long story short, the barn burnt to the ground.

1 month later he is arrested, he tells his arresting officer that it was I that started the fire. So I was arrested. I told the truth, as stated above. 4 months down the line we are both charged with Arson.

I appear in court next week.

I am, as some will known, a Cambridge university student, with a small desire to be a teacher. This offense could see my dreams dashed and my prospects ruined. I have no idea what the minimum sentence is (be it imprisonment or community service), nor do I know EXACTLY what I did wrong.

At the moment my "close friend" still insists it was I that was responsible for the fire.

Help???

I'd love it if barnaby bellend was the judge.

Love it.

barnaby bellend wrote:
> Also - why should we believe you, Dringo?
>
> How do we know it wasn't you that started it and that you're the one
> blaming him?
> Eh?
>
> EH?


Well, since you're not the judge in the case it really doesn't make any difference whether you believe him or not does it...

He sold it to try and pay his £100,000 fine.

JFH wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> Am I going down?
>
> [URL]http://img231.echo.cx/my.php?image=dringo0op.jpg[/URL]

Wheres the Gamecube?

Dringo wrote:
> Am I going down?

[URL]http://img231.echo.cx/my.php?image=dringo0op.jpg[/URL]

I agree with Cookie.

Atleast if you goto prison you can come out being able to take a s**t without clenching.

Prisoners - dilemma, you should have both agreed to either lie or both tell the truth as that yields the most optimal result for the accused :-)

Seriously though, that is shocking behaviour from a so called friend. All the best dude, and seriously I wouldn't worry about future prospects being dashed over such an incident...

I think everything will work out OK!

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> I would have thought the worst thing that could happen was whoever's
> stuff it was would want compensation for the loss of it all.

Like 100 grand?

And I thought normal student debts were big..

"My friend is currently working for an agency, I shall call my friend Mike for the sake of saving him any trouble (just in case it somehow gets back to him)"


hohoho