No the above is not a mathmetical equation for how I typically get laid, though perhaps it should be. Some guy put a Facebook event for his birthday and cops responded logically: By hopping out from a helicopter to break it up.

Riot police stormed a 30th birthday party for just 15 people and shut it down, thinking it was a rave because it was advertised on Facebook.

Four police cars, a riot van and a helicopter were involved in the swoop on Andrew Poole’s gathering for his family and friends.

He was just about to light the barbecue and had not even turned on the music when the gazebo suddenly started flapping wildly and the sound of chopper blades filled the air.

Eight officers wearing camouflage trousers and body armour jumped out and demanded that the ‘rave’ to be shut down.

Mr Poole said: ‘We were nowhere near anyone. We weren’t even playing any music. What effectively the police did was come in and stop 15 people eating burgers.

Yesterday, police insisted they were right to end the party. ‘We were extremely concerned how the event had been advertised on the internet as an all-night party,’ a spokesman said.

That’s true. Whenever I see someone offering to party all night, I end up with cocaine on my upper lip, a throbbing incessant erection, and a sore bottom for days with no clue how I got there or where exactly my gerbil ended up. So see, the police are just looking out for us. Or the gerbil. But someone, for sure.

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