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Though some might enjoy this --------------------- Forwarded message: From: [log in to unmask] (Kerry L. Kahl) To: [log in to unmask] (David Rohrbaugh) CC: [log in to unmask] (Colleen Rohrbaugh), [log in to unmask] (Barry Witham), [log in to unmask] (Fendall Yerxa) Date: 96-01-04 12:04:47 EST Happy b'day, Mr. R ! ! ! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- For your morning enjoyment: > >> Caught in the Act or Lack of Common Sense >> ***************************************** >> >> Originally from the San Jose Mercury news, "News of the Weird". >> >> (a) Portsmouth, R.I. Police charged Gregory Rosa, 25, with >> a string of vending machine robberies in January when >> he (1) fled from police inexplicably when they spotted >> him loitering around a vending machine and (2) later >> tried to post his $400 bail in coins. >> >> (b) Karen Lee Joachimmi, 20, was arrested in Lake City, >> Florida for robbery of a Howard Johnson's motel. She >> was armed with only an electric chain saw, which was >> not plugged in. >> >> (c) The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked >> into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 7:50am, >> 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. >> >> And it gets better: >> >> (d) David Posman, 33, was arrested recently in Providence, >> R.I, after allegedly knocking out an armored car driver >> and stealing the closest four bags of money. It turned >> out they contained $800 in PENNIES, weighed 30 pounds >> each, and slowed him to a stagger during his getaway so >> that police officers easily jumped him from behind. >> >> (e) The Belgium news agency Belga reported in November that >> a man suspected of robbing a jewelry store in Liege said >> he couldn't have done it *because he was busy breaking >> into a school at the same time.* Police then arrested >> him for breaking into the school. >> >> (f) Drug-possession defendant Christopher so-and-so, on trial >> in March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched >> without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer didn't >> need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's jacket >> could have been a gun. Nonsense, said Christopher, who >> happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in court. >> He handed it over so the judge could see it. The >> judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket and >> laughed so hard he required a five-minute recess to compose >> himself. >> >> (g) Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz gave himself >> five-inch-long welts in March when he tried to iron his >> polo shirt while wearing it. "I've ironed that way five >> or six times," he said, "and never had it happen." >> >> (h) Dave so-and-so of Anniston, Alabama, was injured recently >> after he attempted to replace a tubelike fuse in his Chevy >> pickup with a 22-caliber rifle bullet (used because it was >> a perfect fit). However, when electricity heated the >> bullet, it went off and shot him in the knee.