posted on July 17, 2000 07:18:33 AM new
I'm missing the "criminal" connection, unless he's "criminally stupid". Personally, I would call this prima facie evidence that there are indeed guardian angels, since it's truly amazing that with so little sense, this person managed to survive to adulthood.
If you lived near AL you would not be surprised in the least at this wacky attempt at auto repair. AL cars held together with duct tape, baling wire and string, spewing huge clouds of black smoke, are no surprise across the border here in FL. I have seen people drive unbelievable distances to save the cost of a tow. In AL, NO auto inspection or insurance is ever required, mostly because public transportation is virtually nonexistent and most of the state is rural, so the only way to get around is by car, and since a massive percentage of the population lives at subsistence level and would literally be stranded if they had to pay insurance or own a car that would actually pass inspection. Poverty in a city is miserable, but at least you're not 25 miles from Social Services, the nearest hospital, or the supermarket. I ran into a very frail, octogenarian woman whose (AL) car just died at an intersection here the other day when the heat index was 110. Fortunately everybody in the neighborhood came out to help so she didn't end up with heat exhaustion.
[ edited by HartCottageQuilts on Jul 17, 2000 07:22 AM ]
posted on July 17, 2000 01:12:12 PM new
Robber gets drunk decides to rob bank; robs bank, passes out on way out the door. Police arrive, ask if anyone can give description, teller says she doesn't have to and points to robber laying on the floor with money.
Case closed.
posted on July 17, 2000 03:22:40 PM new
A man walked into a Circle-K (a convenience store similar to a 7-11), put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled-- leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars.
posted on July 17, 2000 03:31:40 PM new
Bank robbers decide to make device they can throw out the window (when, if they are being chased) that will cause tires to be punctured. They get board (not bored), pound nails in and put in car. They rob bank, run out to car, and jump in. As they are pulling out of the parking lot, one of the robbers (WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE CHASE PART) throws board out the window and they immediately run over, puncturing tires. Police arrive, arrest dumb criminals.
[ edited by vogeldanl on Jul 17, 2000 06:12 PM ]
posted on July 17, 2000 08:54:33 PM new
Here are some doosies...Thanks to JB&B (if you don't know who I mean, you won't understand...LOL) Just click the link and laugh!!!!
http://www.thebigshow.com/BITPAGES/dcrk060700.html
The Darwin Awards celebrate Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by commemorating the remains of those who contributed to the improvement of our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
very funny site
[ edited by firecracker on Jul 21, 2000 08:01 PM ]
posted on July 23, 2000 05:13:35 AM new
Bank robbed, police arrive before robber has time to leave. He runs to back bathroom, breaks out window, and jumps through. As he does, he catches his thumb on the glass and slices off portion of thumb containing fingerprint. Police arrive, find actual thumb print at scene. Robber goes to local hospital for treatment and is caught. Thumb print is used to place him at the scene.
[ edited by vogeldanl on Jul 24, 2000 02:57 PM ]
posted on July 24, 2000 06:05:02 AM new
Two gang members decide to do a drive-by shooting. Passenger has gun so puts his hand out the window and over the top of the car. As they get to the target he fires one shot which goes through the roof, back into the car, and kills the driver.
(Not fiction)
posted on July 24, 2000 08:07:36 AM new
A fairly recent news story from a nearby city reported that a guy purchased a new Ferrari from a local dealership and attempted to pay with a 100K bill, wanting change. Of course, not only the amount but the fact that the Treasury does not issue such a bill immediately gave the guy away. The fantasy bill was said to have been very well detailed and resemble U.S. currency. Hard to imagine anyone's going to the trouble to create such a bill and assuming that someone would take it.
posted on July 25, 2000 09:57:19 PM new
Not sure where this happened but it was on our local news this week.
A man walked into a Nationsbank and wrote the following note on one of their standard deposit slips. " this is a robery, giv me all your mony"
He then chickened out and thought someone may have seen him write the note so he left.
He walked across the road and went into another bank. He handed the teller the note. When she saw the note she realized she was not dealing with a very intelligent person. She told him that she was sorry but the note was written on Nationsbank paper and she could not accept it and he would have to go there to get his money.
So he did....while she called the cops.
BTW ubiedaman... I have been listening to JB and B since I was in Junior High
