Maybe they just couldn’t believe what they were seeing

I know it would take me a while to get over the sheer incredulity:

LONDON, England (CNN) — London’s police chief has demanded an urgent inquiry after a fathers rights campaigner dressed as Batman evaded supposedly tight security to stage a protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony.

Officers, facing their second security breach in four months after the group pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair with flour-filled condoms, took five hours to finally bring the protester down from Queen Elizabeth’s London residence.

A police spokeswoman told CNN that a man was arrested on Monday night in connection with the incident on suspicion of causing criminal damage.

Police said no members of the royal family were in the palace but admitted the protester should not have been able to scale the perimeter fence with a ladder and climb onto the high-profile balcony.

DC Comics, Adam Ward* and Tim Burton were unavailable for comment at this time.

Yes, we really meant Adam West and Burt Ward. But the mistake’s too funny to change.