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Car Phone
A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned
that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking
the report called the phone and told the guy that answered
that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy
the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested.
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Oil Change
45 year-old Amy Brasher was arrested in San Antonio, Texas,
after a mechanic reported to police that 18 packages of
marijuana were packed in the engine compartment of the car
which she had brought to the mechanic for an oil change.
According to police, Brasher later said that she didn't
realize that the mechanic would have to raise the hood to
change the oil.
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Thanks For Nothing
An ambulance was called to the aid of James Ritchie, thirty,
who was lying injured on a road outside Odell, Illinois. As it
arrived on the scene, the ambulance skidded on the snow-covered
roadway, then struck and killed Ritchie. UPI
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Spelling Errors and Wrong Notes - San Francisco
A man walked into the downtown Bank of America and on the back of
a deposit slip wrote, "this iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag."
While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, the man
began to worry that someone may have seen him write the note and
might call the police before he could reach the teller.
So, the criminal left the Bank of America and walked across to the
street to Wells Fargo. After waiting in line for several minutes there,
he handed his note to a teller. After reading it, the teller determined
that this robber was perhaps a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
She told him that because his note was written on a Bank of America
deposit slip, she could not honor his demand. He would either have to
fill out a Wells Fargo withdrawal slip or go back to the Bank of America.
Feeling defeated, the man said he understood and left. The Wells Fargo
teller promptly called the police, who arrested the man a few minutes
later--still waiting in line at the Bank of America.
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May I Take Your Order? - Ypsilanti, Michigan
The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a
Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 8:50am flashed a gun and demanded cash.
The clerk tuned 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.
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Note To Mechanic
An auto mechanic received a repair order that read: "Check for
clunking sound when going around corners."
Taking the car out for a test drive, he made a right turn, and a
moment later he heard a 'clunk'.
He then made a left turn and again heard a 'clunk'.
Back at the shop he opened the car's trunk, and soon
discovered the problem.
Promptly he returned the repair order to the service manager
with the notation, "Removed bowling ball from trunk".
A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned
that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking
the report called the phone and told the guy that answered
that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy
the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested.
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Oil Change
45 year-old Amy Brasher was arrested in San Antonio, Texas,
after a mechanic reported to police that 18 packages of
marijuana were packed in the engine compartment of the car
which she had brought to the mechanic for an oil change.
According to police, Brasher later said that she didn't
realize that the mechanic would have to raise the hood to
change the oil.
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Thanks For Nothing
An ambulance was called to the aid of James Ritchie, thirty,
who was lying injured on a road outside Odell, Illinois. As it
arrived on the scene, the ambulance skidded on the snow-covered
roadway, then struck and killed Ritchie. UPI
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Spelling Errors and Wrong Notes - San Francisco
A man walked into the downtown Bank of America and on the back of
a deposit slip wrote, "this iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag."
While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, the man
began to worry that someone may have seen him write the note and
might call the police before he could reach the teller.
So, the criminal left the Bank of America and walked across to the
street to Wells Fargo. After waiting in line for several minutes there,
he handed his note to a teller. After reading it, the teller determined
that this robber was perhaps a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
She told him that because his note was written on a Bank of America
deposit slip, she could not honor his demand. He would either have to
fill out a Wells Fargo withdrawal slip or go back to the Bank of America.
Feeling defeated, the man said he understood and left. The Wells Fargo
teller promptly called the police, who arrested the man a few minutes
later--still waiting in line at the Bank of America.
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May I Take Your Order? - Ypsilanti, Michigan
The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a
Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 8:50am flashed a gun and demanded cash.
The clerk tuned 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.
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Note To Mechanic
An auto mechanic received a repair order that read: "Check for
clunking sound when going around corners."
Taking the car out for a test drive, he made a right turn, and a
moment later he heard a 'clunk'.
He then made a left turn and again heard a 'clunk'.
Back at the shop he opened the car's trunk, and soon
discovered the problem.
Promptly he returned the repair order to the service manager
with the notation, "Removed bowling ball from trunk".