A 57 - twelvemonth - honest-to-goodness man was sentenced to a class ’s probation for threatening to blow up Brisbane , Australia with his television remote control . Geoffrey Fryatt ’s drunken stunt prompted Australia to adjudge a state of emergency in the city , send in paramilitary police to pelt Fryatt with safe smoke and arrest him . Fryatt expressed concerns that probation would interfere with his trip overseas to do humanitarian aid work . Hmmm , a bit ironic ? [ Reuters ]
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