Man lost false teeth in poker game
A German gambler called the police for help after he lost his false teeth playing poker.
The man's poker partner had taken his dentures as "security" against non-payment of a gambling debt.
The 45-year-old from Dortmund, who owed the other man £100, said he asked the police for help because he didn't want to have to live off fluids until he'd raised the money.
His 51-year-old rival admitted taking the teeth from his friend's bathroom as insurance against the owed money but handed them back under police pressure.
The man said the repayment date was overdue and in order to ensure his friend paid the debt as soon as possible he decided to take something it would be hard to live without.
Officers forced the man to hand back the dentures by saying he faced theft charges if he held on to them.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_873339.html
A German gambler called the police for help after he lost his false teeth playing poker.
The man's poker partner had taken his dentures as "security" against non-payment of a gambling debt.
The 45-year-old from Dortmund, who owed the other man £100, said he asked the police for help because he didn't want to have to live off fluids until he'd raised the money.
His 51-year-old rival admitted taking the teeth from his friend's bathroom as insurance against the owed money but handed them back under police pressure.
The man said the repayment date was overdue and in order to ensure his friend paid the debt as soon as possible he decided to take something it would be hard to live without.
Officers forced the man to hand back the dentures by saying he faced theft charges if he held on to them.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_873339.html
