talk about stupid

[wish4fish]

Costumed marchers cheer on Market Street in San Francisco during the 30th annual St. Stupid's Day parade Tuesday. The parade, which wanders irreverently through the Financial District every April 1, is intended to mock greed. It was started 30 years ago by actor Ed Holmes, also known as Bishop Joey of the First Church of the Last Laugh - SF Cronicle

[dogfish]

The yuppies said greed is good. Uh, whatever happened to the yuppies and the yuppie lifestyle?

[fishlipper]

I think I saw the underdog chick from the Stern show in there..

[BassBuddah]

They were really stupid!

Not Ready for Prime Time: Two boys, 12 and 14, were quickly arrested in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in March when they tried to rob a woman who was working at a counter behind protective glass in an office, by picking up the convenience phone and threatening her, implying that they had a gun. The woman was in no danger because of the protective glass, but besides that, the place they had chosen for the hit was a regional office of the Port St. Lucie police department.

[bababooey]

CLEVELAND - A carjacking suspect stopped during the crime to ask a television news crew for directions, police said.

WOIO-TV newswoman Shannon O'Brien and photographer Eric Walls were doing a sidewalk report Monday on bank problems when the passenger in a car asked for directions to a bank. The driver signaled that he was being held at gunpoint, O'Brien told police.
The news crew called police and followed the car until officers caught up. Police Lt. Thomas Stacho said the suspect was carrying a loaded handgun.

[cracklepopper]

This is my all time favorite for stupid award, liquor store break-in.

[katiefishes]

Least Competent Criminals: In March, Christopher Koch, 28, became the latest to wait outside a bank, building up his nerve to rob it, and then finally put on the ski mask and walk up to the front door (of the Citizens & Northern Bank, Liberty, Pa.), only to realize that it was by then 12:01 p.m., and the bank had closed at noon. (Employees got Koch's license plate number.) [Star-Gazette (Elmira, N.Y.), 3-13-08]

[ledhead36]

CLEVELAND, Tenn. - A man was arrested after pulling marijuana from his pocket at a security check at a court. The man was visiting the courts section of the Bradley County Justice Center on Monday when he was asked to empty his pockets into a plastic bowl, a standard procedure.

Sheriff Tim Gobble said the items he placed in the bowl included marijuana and rolling papers. When questioned, the man ran from the building, but officers captured him within minutes.
The man faces charges of having contraband in a penal institution and evading arrest.

[voyager35]

Man marries dog to lift curse

We have all heard the 'man bites dog' stories, but how about a real-life 'man marries dog' tale!

This one takes the biscuit, and it could only happen in India, the land of the Kama Sutra.

But you won't find this kind of love story between man and beast in the ancient Indian sex manual.

It took place for real during a traditional hindu ceremony at a temple in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

The groom in question was a 33-year-old Indian farmer named Selvakumar, and he was wed to a female dog named Selvi.

He married his four legged ***** to atone for stoning two other dogs to death and stringing them up in a tree 15 years ago.

He believed the act cursed him and he had been suffering ever since, he told the Hindustan Times.

After he stoned the dogs he said his legs and hands got paralysed, he lost hearing in one ear, and his speech was impaired.

With doctors unable to help him, Selvakumar turned to an astrologer who told him he was cursed by the spirits of the dogs he had killed.

He could undo the curse only if he married a dog and live with it, the soothsayer warned.

Family members chose a stray female dog who was then bathed and clothed for the wedding occasion.

Selvi the bride was brought to the temple by village women and a Hindu priest conducted the ceremony.

The paper showed a picture of Selvakumar sitting next to his canine bride, which was adorned in an orange sari and flower garland.

The paper said the groom and his family then had a feast, while the dog got a bun.

It was reported that Selvi attempted to make a bolt for it -- apparently due to the big crowds -- but she was tracked down and returned to her new 'husband'.

"The dog is only for lifting the curse and after that, he plans to get a real bride," a friend of the groom said.

Deeply superstitious people in rural India sometimes organize weddings to dogs and other animals, believing it can beat certain curses.

[cracklepopper]

[seamonkey]

Watch out for the first one!

[CharlieTuna]

carrots

[stormchaser]

Who ever thought of this?

[nitestrikes]

No Way?

[fishinmission78]

LA dude went to an army surplus store and bought 45 weather balloons and some helium tanks. He then attached them to his lawn chair. He expected to level out at 30 feet, but instead floated to 11,000 feet. He had to be rescued by helicopter and later was arrested for violating LAX airspace.

[hookedonbass]

A man in Rhode Island was charged with stealing money out of vending machines and pay phones. He payed his $400 bail in quarters. He pled not guilty.

[plugcrazy]

A man in Los Angeles went to an army surplus store and bought 45 weather balloons and some helium tanks. He then attached them to his lawn chair. He expected to level out at 30 feet, but instead floated to 11,000 feet. He had to be rescued by helicopter and later was arrested for violating LAX airspace.

[CharlieTuna]

Escaped thief asks police to open handcuffs (Reuters)

Reuters - A man caught breaking into a German supermarket late at night escaped despite being handcuffed to railings -- only to be arrested after he ran to a nearby police station to get the cuffs removed.

[clamchucker]

One day a highway crew was painting a solid yellow line and had signs and pylons warning not to pass. Of course they were moving slow and a line of traffic was massing when a guy in a new BMW starts weaving in and out passing cars and flies by the paint truck.

Later he calls the highway department complaining he has yellow paint all over his car and wants the highway dept.to pay for the cleanup of the car. Highways says "yes sir, we will get right on it, may I have your name and address."

Later a policeman arrives at the guys house and issues a fine for every time he crossed the line passing just by counting the yellow streaks on the road left when passing.

[strikezone31]

FBI agents in Jacksonville, Florida, arrested brothers Robert, 54, and Kenneth, 49, Alberton, accusing them of talking dentist John Rende into letting them chop off his finger with an ax so they could claim it was an accident and collect a fortune in insurance money. Rende at first agreed to the scheme, then changed his mind. The Albertons forcibly cut off his right index finger anyway. Unable to continue practicing dentistry, Rende collected $1.3 million. He paid the brothers $45,000. Later, they tried to extort $500,000, so he notified the FBI.