>
> >> >
> >> > Number One Idiot of 2004
> >> >
> >> > A woman called the Emergency Poison Center very upset
because
> >> > she caught her little daughter eating ants. She was quickly
reassured
> >> > that ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring
her
> >> > daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of
the
> >> > conversation and happened to mention that she gave her daughter
some
> >> > ant
> >> > poison to eat in order to kill the ants. She was told that she
better
> >> > bring her daughter into the Emergency room right away.
> >> >
> >> > Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.
> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> > Number Two Idiot of 2004
> >> >
> >> > Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield
decided
> >> > to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful
in
> >> > getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it
for
a
> >> > float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming
> >> > towards
> >> > them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the
emergency
> >> > locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They
are no
> >> > longer employed at Boeing.
> >> >
> >> > Here's your sign, guys. Don't get it wet;
> >> > the paint might run.
> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >
> >> > Number Three Idiot of 2004
> >> >
> >> > A true story out of San Francisco: A man, wanting to rob a
> >> > downtown Bank of America, walked into the branch and wrote "this
iz a
> >> > stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag" While standing in line,
waiting
> >> > to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone
had
seen
> >> > him write the note and might call the police before he reached
the
> >> > teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the
street
> >> > to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed
his
note
> >> > to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his
> >> > spelling
> >> > errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told
him
that
> >> > she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on
a
Bank
> >> > of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill
out a
> >> > Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking
> >> > somewhat
> >> > defeated, the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few
minutes
> >> > later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.
> >> >
> >> > Don't bother with this guy's sign.
> >> > He probably couldn't read it anyway.
> >> >
> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> > Number Five Idiot of 2004
> >> >
> >> > A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and
> >> > demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier
put
> >> > the
> >> > cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted
behind
> >> > the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the
bag as
> >> > well, but the cashier refused and said, because I don't believe
you
are
> >> > over 21. " The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused
to
give
> >> > it to him because he didn't believe him. At this point, the
robber
took
> >> > his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk.
The
> >> > clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21
and
he
> >> > put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store
with
his
> >> > loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name
and
> >> > address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested
the
> >> > robber two hours later.
> >> >
> >> > This guy definitely needs a sign!
> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >
> >> > Idiot Number Six of 2004
> >> >
> >> > A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously
waving
> >> > revolvers. The first one houted, "Nobody move!" When his partner
moved,
> >> > the startled first bandit shot him.
> >> >
> >> > This guy doesn't need a sign,
> >> > he probably figured it out himself.
> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >
> Idiot Number Seven of 2004
Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He
decided
that
he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some
booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over
his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the
would
be
thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor
store
window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on
videotape.
Oh, that smarts.
Give him his sign.
Idiot Number Eight of 2004
Ann Arbor: The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a
man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 12:50 A.M.,
> >> > a gun and demanded cash. The clerk 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.