Lol ----- Original Message ----- From: "delma bliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:33 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] weird news....
> > > weird news.... > > > Bizarre Criminals > In September 1992, > robbers in Las Vegas held up a van thought to contain gambling chips, > only to find that > it was carrying potato chips instead. > > In 1998, > a guard was caught smuggling a wad of money > in his underpants out of a bank in Atlanta > when a tiny security-dye capsule > exploded, blowing a hole in his trousers. > > In 1998, > a would-be Texas grocery store robber > went to the trouble of disguising his face with a balaclava > but forgot to remove from his breast pocket > a laminated badge which bore his name, place of employment and > position within the company > an oversight spotted by at least a dozen witnesses. > > A 1975 raid on the Royal Bank of Scotland > in Rothesay degen- > erated into farce when, > on the way in, the three would-be raiders got > stuck in the bank's revolving doors > and had to be helped free by the staff. > Undeterred, they returned a few minutes later and announced that it > was a robbery. The staff thought it was a practical joke and refused to > pay up. > While one of the men vaulted the counter and twisted his ankle on > landing, > the other two made their escape, only to get trapped in the > revolving doors again. > > Norwegian palace put up on eBay > OSLO, Norway - The Norwegian Royal Palace in Oslo went on > the auction block this week for a brief time > until it was pulled off eBay early Thursday as a hoax. > The last bid received for the stately pile in > the center of the capital city was $99,999.99, > the newspaper Aftenposten reported. > The posting on the auction site > said that the palace could be moved to another country > and that it was royals not included -- although it suggested > that King Harald V and his family would want to stay with their house. > Sven Gjeruldsen, a spokesman for the royal family, told the > newspaper VG that he was unaware of the auction and had no comment. > King Harald, > whose grandfather, > King Haakon VII, was a Danish prince chosen > king of Norway in 1905 in a national referendum, > celebrated his 70th birthday last month. > The palace was built in the early 19th century as the > Oslo residence of the king of Sweden, which then ruled Norway. ------ > > Day at ballgame clears murder suspect > LOS ANGELES - > A Los Angeles man with a good-as-gold TV alibi has been > awarded $320,000 > in a wrong-man murder charge. > Juan Catalan, 28, who spent five months in jail > in the 2003 slaying of a 16-year-old Sun Valley girl, > sued the L.A. City Council > for police misconduct after his attorney produced irrefutable > evidence he couldn't have done it. > Catalan had insisted he was innocent > and that he was at a L.A. Dodgers game > with his 6-year-old daughter at the time. > Unable to find any trace of him in the game tape, > attorney Todd Melnik > learned the HBO comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm" > had been shooting at the ball park that day. > There, among the discarded, unused tape was > Castalan eating a hot dog in the background. > Catalan was not a fan of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" before > his time in jail, > attorney Gary Casselman said. > "He is now." > > Delma > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release Date: 3/22/2007 > 07:44 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
