Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I heard of one a few years ago: Guy robs a bank and runs out to get into his car parked out front but can't get in because he locked his keys in the getaway car! Cops caught him, of course. - --- George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca> wrote: > At 08:28 PM 19/11/2000 -0500, Marc James Small > wrote: > >Folks, one of the finest of urban myths, and one > propagated most mightily > >by the Silver Screen and the Idiot Eye, is that of > the "discerning thief". > > There was a show on PBS yesterday that I watched. > It had video > surveillance clips of some of the world's most > stupid criminals. Here are > some of the ones that doubled me over laughing. > > A guy wrote a ransom note on a copy of his subpoena. > > Someone pointed his thumb and index finger at a > store clerk during a robbery. > > Another guy used one of his cheques to hand the > teller a note in a robbery. > > A guy covered his head with a sack to keep from > being identified by the > surveillance cameras. The problem is, he forgot to > put holes in the sack > so he could see! He stumbled into things and fell > down. > > One guy tried to rob a convenience store with a > brown paper bag over his > head. No one in the store took him seriously. He > put the bag on his head > AFTER entering the store, and by then he had already > been videotaped on > camera. > > Most crooks are stupid. The "Fric Fracs" are few > and far between. > > True story -- witnessed by my mother-in-law. She > was in a bank during a > robbery. Two guys walk in. One gives the teller > one of his cheques from > his cheque book, and asks the teller to make it out > for a million dollars. > This is a true story! Hold on - it gets better. > These guys were stoned > out of their minds, and had no idea that the teller > had pressed the silent > alarm. The cops were on their way. A plainclothes > officer came into the > bank, and grabbed one of the robbers. The other one > yelled out, "Leave my > brother alone!" How dumb can you get! > > I could go on ... but I have to go > > TTFN > > > NO ASPARAGUS > > > > > > > > > > > > > NO ARCHIVE __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/