Stupid People Stories (formerly Stupid Criminals)

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-08-19 04:40am

Found on the TrekBBS.

11. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company, suspecting negligence, sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine out and promptly lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.

10. 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.

9. 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 Beltway 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.

8. An American teenager was in the hospital yesterday recovering from serious 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.

7. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, puts 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? $15. If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, was a crime committed?

6. A thief burst into a Florida bank one day wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun. Aiming his gun at the guard, the thief yelled, FREEZE, MOTHER-STICKERS, THIS IS A FUCK-UP!" For a moment, everyone was silent. Then the snickers started. The guard completely lost it and doubled over laughing. It probably saved his life, because he'd been about to draw his gun. He couldn't have drawn and fired before the thief got him.The thief ran away and is still at large. In memory of the event, the bank later put a plaque on the wall engraved with the words, Freeze, mother-stickers, this is a Fuck-up!"

5. Seems this 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 cinderblock bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the
liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.

4. 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."

3. The Ann Arbor 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 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.

2. Kentucky: Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home. With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper. They were quickly arrested.

And now...

First Place

1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his iIntended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, the 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......

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-08-19 05:47am

Geez!!

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-08-19 06:42am

How is number eleven a description of a criminal act?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-08-19 06:59am

I love #7.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-08-19 10:14am

I can understand number 10,he shoveled for an hour and someone take the place,anyone would be pissed he could have just punched her in the nose or scratch the car with his keys.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-08-19 10:24am

While those are all funny, some of them are urban legends.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-08-19 04:44pm

I particularily liked the one where the alco bounced a brick off a window. Reminds me of an episode of Knightrider i saw.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-08-19 04:56pm

Humanity is just sad...

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-08-19 06:18pm

#11 is more like stupid insurance representatives.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-08-19 06:31pm

Alyeska wrote:While those are all funny, some of them are urban legends.

If not all of them......

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-08-19 06:32pm

ROLFMAO!!!

Though numbers 11 and 8 don't in my oppinion involve a crime.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-08-19 07:17pm

These were originally posted as Darwin Awards, but since only number one really qualifies, I changed the name to stupid criminals because most of them are about criminals.

Still...stupid people stories are always good for a laugh.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-08-19 08:39pm

Title fixed

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-08-19 09:22pm

9 is the best.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-08-19 09:23pm

9 is the best.