stratoman Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 No. 1 Idiot of 2002 > > I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at a > poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because > she found her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured he that > the 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, happened to mention that she > gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I > told her she had better bring her daughter into the emergency room > right away. > > > No. 2 Idiots of 2002 > > 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. > > > No. 3 Idiot of 2002 > > 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 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. > > > No. 4 Idiot of 2002 > > > A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that > measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later > received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of > payment, he sent the > police department a photograph of $40. > Several days later, he received a letter from the police that > contained a photo of a pair of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in > his $40. > > No. 5 Idiot of 2002 > > 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 she 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 > into 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 she got from the license They arrested the robber! > two hours later > > No. 6 Idiot of 2002 > A pair of Michiganrobbers entered a record shop nervously waving > revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner > moved, he startled first bandit shot him. > > No. 7 Idiot of 2002 > > Arkansas: 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 cinderblock 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. > > > No. 8 Idiot of 2002 > > 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., 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 > onionrings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, > frustrated, walked away. > > Please note that all of the above people are allowed to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalagon the Black Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Unfortunately, most of them haven't eliminated themselves from the gene pool by dying, so they're not eligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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