A hilarious story which, surprisingly enough, made me laugh

A quote of the funniest lines in the article, which is a news item about, appropriately enough, the "thickest pirate in the world":

Martin also made a prediction that "this incident will become part of Trading Standards folklore". Yup, we reckon that's pretty well a certainty.

[Ooh, a blockquote!] Can you just smell the sarcasm? If not, make sure you put away all that cheese on your desk, some of which I know has been on there for pretty much years... Now can you smell the sarcasm? Nice, isn't it? The Register should receive some sort of prize. Preferably from the Daily Mail.