-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Fwd: Stupidity awards Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:30:46 -0400 From: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Fwd: Stupidity awards > Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:44:56 -0400 > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ?The glorious Winners?for 2008?are?: NOTE - not snope verified for those so > inclined to be concerned. > > 1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended?ictim during a > hold-up in Long Beach , California , would-be?robber James Elliot did > something that can only inspire wonder.? He peered down the barrel and tried > the trigger again. This time it?worked. > > 2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine > and submitted a claim to his insurance company.?The company expecting > negligence sent out one of its men to have?a look for himself. He tried the > machine and he also lost a?finger. The chef's claim was approved. > > 3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a > blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the > space. Understandably, he shot her. > > 4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found > that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to > Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went > to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then > delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the > patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies.??The deception > wasn't discovered for 3 days. > > 5. A Texas teenager was in the hospital recovering from seriou s head wounds > received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the > lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his > head to a moving train before he was hit. > > 6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, 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 was $15. > > 7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd > just throw a cinderblock through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and > run. So he lifted the cinderblock and heaved it over his head at the window. > The c inderblock bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, > knocking him unconscious . The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The > whole event was caught on videotape. > > 8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her > purse and ran.? The clerk called 911 immediately,?and the woman was able to > give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police > apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the > store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a > positive ID. To which he replied, 'Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady > I stole?the purse from.' > > 9. The Ann Arbor Michigan News crime column reported that a man walked into a > Burger King in Ypsilanti , Michigan , at 5 a.m., flashed a gun, and demanded > cash. The cle rk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash > register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk > said they weren't available for breakfast.??The man, frustrated, walked away. > > ******THE 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER***** > > 10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a > Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the > scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled > sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal > gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by > mistake. The owner of the vehicl e declined to press charges, saying that it > was the best laugh he'd had in a very long time. > > In the interest of bettering human kind please share these with your friends > and family. > > > > > > > > > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
