I got a big bang out of it, too! ----- Original Message ----- From: steve doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:20 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: weird news....
> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
