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Angel · 12-29-2003, 03:00 AM

This may belong in Nonesense, but I'll start here. You mods know if it needs to be moved.

So I'm watching the local news the other night and they do a report on a bank robbery. The couple, a man and a woman, do nothing to disguise themselves and the cameras have a crystal clear image of them. Anybody who knew either of these two would easily identify them.

But, just in case nobody recognized them, they made it even easier by writing the note that they handed to the teller on the back of a PERSONAL CHECK! Yeah, their own account! I'd say this goes in the dumb vault!

Silvy · 12-29-2003, 03:13 AM

Indeed, that has to be one of the most idiotic bank robberies ever...

The bank heist they kicked from first place was:
A guy robs a bank (disquise and all), demands money and gets it from the teller.
The teller said she would get in trouble with upper management if he didn't sign a release for the money. So the guy writes out his name on a withdrawal note

in short: guy arrested, the teller a local hero

bermuDa · 12-29-2003, 03:15 AM

desperation is a breeding ground for stupidity. these two must've been REALLY desparate

ARTelevision · 12-29-2003, 04:30 AM

I've always thought the phrase "dumb criminal" was redundant.

mrbuck12000 · 12-29-2003, 04:40 AM

Nobody ever said you had to be smart to be a criminal. that happened around the area i lived. Except a couple robbed some amish couple, the amish couple had no money on them, so the robbers told them to write them a personal check. the next day they tried to cash it and a local bank about 10 miles from the crime scene. real smart.

mr b

Finchie · 12-29-2003, 09:55 AM

We have some real Darwin Award winners here.

BentNotTwisted · 12-29-2003, 01:36 PM

I remember a Darwin Award a few years back where some idiot tried to rob a gun shop with a knife. Tried being the operative word.

I can't decide which story is worse.

Ashton · 12-29-2003, 05:44 PM

What about the guy that robs the restaurant? He gets someone to buzz him into the back room and locks everyone in the walk in...... he snags all the money, pulls a pair of wire cutters out of his pocket and cuts the phone lines, then tries to buzz himself out but finds that he cut the wires to the button that opens the door

Angel · 12-29-2003, 11:39 PM

While we are on the stupid criminal slams...here's another.
A guy that worked at my place of employment a few years back, robbed the gas station down the street from our facility.
Now a mask and gloves MIGHT have helped....IF he had taken off his company badge with his picture, full name and the name of the company on it. And the kicker....He drives away in, you got it, the company vehicle!
5 minutes later the police are there to take him away. Bye bye career!

absorbentishe · 12-30-2003, 07:01 AM

Pretty dumb, all of those stories. I have to disagree with these being in the Darwin catagory, since they did not die. If these people had died while doing something stupid, then it would be a Darwin winner(loser).

present_future · 12-30-2003, 09:06 PM

I once heard about a robbery in which the criminal was on the run from the authorities, and had seemingly lost them, until a cop spotted him in a tree. How? The idiot was wearing light-up sneakers, that gave him away in the dark.

12-29-2003, 03:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Angel Naughty Just Right Location: Euphoria	Duh! Hullooo! This may belong in Nonesense, but I'll start here. You mods know if it needs to be moved. So I'm watching the local news the other night and they do a report on a bank robbery. The couple, a man and a woman, do nothing to disguise themselves and the cameras have a crystal clear image of them. Anybody who knew either of these two would easily identify them. But, just in case nobody recognized them, they made it even easier by writing the note that they handed to the teller on the back of a PERSONAL CHECK! Yeah, their own account! I'd say this goes in the dumb vault! __________________ In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus

12-29-2003, 03:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Location: The Netherlands	Indeed, that has to be one of the most idiotic bank robberies ever... The bank heist they kicked from first place was: A guy robs a bank (disquise and all), demands money and gets it from the teller. The teller said she would get in trouble with upper management if he didn't sign a release for the money. So the guy writes out his name on a withdrawal note in short: guy arrested, the teller a local hero __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)

12-29-2003, 03:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	desperation is a breeding ground for stupidity. these two must've been REALLY desparate __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

12-29-2003, 04:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	I've always thought the phrase "dumb criminal" was redundant. __________________ create evolution

12-29-2003, 04:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
mrbuck12000 Psycho Location: wisCONsin	Nobody ever said you had to be smart to be a criminal. that happened around the area i lived. Except a couple robbed some amish couple, the amish couple had no money on them, so the robbers told them to write them a personal check. the next day they tried to cash it and a local bank about 10 miles from the crime scene. real smart. mr b __________________ "There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, it's probably in Tennessee --that says, fool me once, shame on ... shame on you. Fool me ... You can't get fooled again." - G.W. Bush quoted by the Baltimore Sun - Oct 6, 2002

12-29-2003, 09:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
Finchie Tilted	We have some real Darwin Award winners here.

12-29-2003, 01:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
BentNotTwisted Optimistic Skeptic Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial	I remember a Darwin Award a few years back where some idiot tried to rob a gun shop with a knife. Tried being the operative word. I can't decide which story is worse. __________________ IS THAT IT ???!!! Do you even know what 'it' is? When the last man dies for just words that he said... We Shall Be Free

12-29-2003, 05:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ashton PORNHOUND Location: California	What about the guy that robs the restaurant? He gets someone to buzz him into the back room and locks everyone in the walk in...... he snags all the money, pulls a pair of wire cutters out of his pocket and cuts the phone lines, then tries to buzz himself out but finds that he cut the wires to the button that opens the door

12-29-2003, 11:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
Angel Naughty Just Right Location: Euphoria	While we are on the stupid criminal slams...here's another. A guy that worked at my place of employment a few years back, robbed the gas station down the street from our facility. Now a mask and gloves MIGHT have helped....IF he had taken off his company badge with his picture, full name and the name of the company on it. And the kicker....He drives away in, you got it, the company vehicle! 5 minutes later the police are there to take him away. Bye bye career! __________________ In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus

12-30-2003, 07:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	Pretty dumb, all of those stories. I have to disagree with these being in the Darwin catagory, since they did not die. If these people had died while doing something stupid, then it would be a Darwin winner(loser).

12-30-2003, 09:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
present_future Take my hand Location: Everywhere, but nowhere	I once heard about a robbery in which the criminal was on the run from the authorities, and had seemingly lost them, until a cop spotted him in a tree. How? The idiot was wearing light-up sneakers, that gave him away in the dark. __________________ The only thing I'll ever ask of you... you gotta promise not to stop when I say when.