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General Discussion
#1

There have been two bank robberies, Wednesday and Thursday, in suburban Md and downtown DC. They were carried out by a single guy dressed as a Brinks security guard going into a bank and making a regular pick up. Wednesday’s heist was not reported until Thursday. Thursday’s heist was not reported until the end of business (10 hours later). This was due to the mistake not being discovered until then. Thursday’s heist at the bank in DC was across the street from the J.Edgar Hoover building, FBI headquarters. Total take $850,000 . I can’t help but applaud such a masterfully executed job.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/11/AR2008011103785.html

-Brian

#2

If he is smart, he is out of the country and the money is safely deposited in a numbered Swiss account.

But, such people are rarely smart.

#3

Just think how big a layout you could build!

#4

Doug,

Running from society does not give much chance for building a layout. You knew this. Go in to politics, so you can steal legally. It’s the American way.

#5

AMEN!

#6

Canadian politicos, are not far behind !!!

#7

I like the two goofballs in NYC who’s buddy died before cashing his social security check, so they tried to cash it themselves. Told the clerk their friend was sick and asked them to cash his check for him. Clerk didn’t buy it, said the guy had to come in. So they pulled a “Weekend At Bernies”. They dressed the corpse as best they could considering rigor mortis had set in, then put him in an office chair and wheeled him down the street to the check cashing place!

An off-duty cop spotted them with the obviously deceased gentleman just as they were about to take him into the check cashing place. They then feigned surprise and said they didn’t know he had died.

Further proof that the phrase “criminal mastermind” is an oxymoron.

#8
Ray Dunakin said:
..."criminal mastermind" is an oxymoron.
Reichenbach Falls :P
#9

Now “cojones” I understand, after all most of it is…

#10

What about the two guys who decided to knock over a restuarant, at the same time a retirement party was being held with about 200 off-duty policemen in attendance.

#11

If we didn’t have entertainment provided by stories like those listed above, wouldn’t it be a dull world?

We had a local story a number of years ago about a guy and his two nephews that decided to blow up firecrackers by throwing them into an abandoned oil tank. Had to have a memorial service, there weren’t enough pieces left to bother with caskets.

#12

Not an urban myth but a case of a possible recipient of the Darwin awards was a service station attendant, several years ago, who doubting the amount of fuel delivered to his service station, one dark night, proceeded to ‘inspect’ the interior of the now empty fuel tanker to ensure all fuel had actually been delivered. Not having a torch, the attendant used his cigarette lighter to illuminate the tank interior. The resulting blast also illuminated the surrounding neighborhood.

#13

I love reading the Darwin Awards, did you read the one about the stupid crook running from the police while attempting shooting over his shoulder wild west style at the cops chasing him, and managed to shoot himself in the head?

#14
Victor Smith said:
I love reading the Darwin Awards, did you read the one about the stupid crook running from the police while attempting shooting over his shoulder wild west style at the cops chasing him, and managed to shoot himself in the head?
Did it make any difference?
#15
Chris Vernell said:
Victor Smith said:
I love reading the Darwin Awards, did you read the one about the stupid crook running from the police while attempting shooting over his shoulder wild west style at the cops chasing him, and managed to shoot himself in the head?
Did it make any difference?
Saved the municipality the costs of the trail and jail time, only had to pay for the funeral...and won a Darwin Award to boot!
#16

The two guys playing Russian Roulette with an automatic, better odds than a revolver.

Just put one round in the clip. You go first mate…

#17

Hahaha Rod, I read that one also, did you know chainsaws and vodka are a very bad mix?

#18
Victor Smith said:
Hahaha Rod, I read that one also, did you know chainsaws and vodka are a very bad mix?
I trust you do not speak from personal experience ...
#19

Only from the written experience, even then it sounded pretty painfull.

From Darwin: confirmed TRUE: This took place somewhere in Eastern Europe. Several logging employees who were drinking heavily, decided to find out which on of them was the toughest, each performed an act of self mutilation on themselves without showing any pain (lots of Vodka helps there) when it cam time for our hero, who fired up his trusty treefelling chainsaw, said “watch this” and swung the roaring chainsaw in a circle… decapitaing himself.

#20

Chainsaws are no fun sober sometimes either. Years ago my grandad had one kick once while cutting firewood. He was real lucky, not a scratch on him, but he complained for MONTHS because it cut the pantleg clear off his brand new Carhartts