In the wake of the latest 'lost laptop' scandal, the British National History Museum in London has admitted that a skeleton of a long-dead dinosaur cannot be accounted for, and could have fallen into the hands of a criminal gang.
The dinosaur, an Incompetanton, had been sitting in the main gallery until Tuesday, but when curator Robert Interesting opened up at 6am, he noticed a glaring space where the beast had been.
"I just stood and gawped", he said, adding dozily "I'm baffled."
The incident comes close on the heels of several other 'accidental losses' of personal information including records of Unemployment and Child Benefit claims, driving licence applications, military records and a detailed report about government ministers who visit male prostitutes, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called an emergency meeting at the Commons to discuss the situation.
In Prime Minister's Question Time earlier, Mr Brown admitted that the ridiculous state of affairs now resembled a Disney comedy, although things could be worse, saying:
"At least the bank account details of millions of people aren't at risk this time."
