Idiot # 1
I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison
control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her
little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her 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
that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away.
Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.
Idiot # 2
Seems that a year ago, 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. When they took it for a float on the river, a Coast Guard
helicopter coming towards them surprised 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.
Idiot # 3
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.
Idiot # 4
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 another picture, this time of handcuffs. He
immediately mailed in his $40.
Another sign (though this guy might be onto something worth thinking about)!
Idiot # 5
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.
Remind me to have more signs printed up. Give this guy his!
Idiot # 6
A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers.
The first one shouted, "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 # 7
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 cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking
him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The
whole event was caught on videotape.
Oh, that smarts. Give him his sign!
Idiot # 8
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 onion rings, the clerk said they
weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
(Please note that these people are allowed to vote!) (Not only that but they
are allowed to reproduce!)
John and Mary were having dinner in a very fine restaurant. Their waitress,
taking another order at a table a few paces away noticed that John was ever so
slowly, silently sliding down his chair and under the table, while Mary acted
quite unconcerned. Their waitress watched as John slid all the way down his
chair and out of sight under the table. Still, Mary appeared calm and
unruffled, apparently unaware that John had disappeared under the table. After
the waitress finished taking the order, she came over to the table and said to
the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the
table. "The woman calmly looked up at her and replied firmly, "Oh,
no. He did not. In fact, he just walked in the front door."
A female snake
charmer was wooed by an undertaker and accepted his offer of marriage. They
received many gifts at the wedding but their favorite was a set of towels
embroidered with the words ... "hiss and hearse".