Friday, January 16, 2009

"Fried Fridays: Mistaken Identity"

For the uninitiated, I created these "Fried Friday" blogs for a very good reason. For those that work a 'normal' job and hours Monday through Friday, we are all rather 'fried' when Friday rolls around. I gravitate toward the strange, funny, stupid, zany, and just plain, well, 'fried' news stories come across my desk. Hence my tribute every Friday of sharing with you a story that is unique, to say the least. It goes without saying that the choices are often many...
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These are desperate times. Mind you, there have been even more desperate times, and on an individual basis there are always desperate times, regardless. Not 'irregardless'...that's a classic pet peeve of many...


Desperate times drive people to do things they would not normally do...or give even bolder license to the miscreants who will take desperate measures no matter what the times.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."

Apologies to Dickens. There always have been, and there will always be, those that steal from others, for myriad reasons and rationalizations. Some don't intend to hurt people, others do. There have been 'gentlemen' thieves, as well as outright thugs.


And then there was a fellow who did not do all of his homework....

DATELINE: NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY

We don't know his name, simply that it was a heavy-set male in his mid 30s...I've left ethnicity out because A) I've grown sick and tired of political correctness, and B) it doesn't matter anyway.

He went to rob a small bank branch office in early January 2009 around 1pm.
Yet another case of the ol' showing-a-revolver-and-demanding-money routine, passed down through the ages.

"Give me your money!" was most likely the line of spoken words. There was just one wee little problem, though.

It wasn't a bank.

Or at least it hadn't been a bank branch location for the past 4 months.


Yep, ol' get-rich-quick schemer had not realized that the former Farmer's Bank branch had since become a collection center for water bills. Ooooooh, now there's a money maker.

"We really don't have any money", was quoted the employee held at gunpoint.

"I KNOW you have money. You're a bank!", was quoted the robber.

Guess again, Sherlock.

"I'll take 'Unobservant Idiots' for $600, Alex..."


The news story went on to say the robber then looked around, realized it was NOT a bank anymore, and left without anything. At least he didn't do something really stupid like fire his gun out of frustration...

And so he wins this week's "Fried Fridays" award...while still 'on the loose', something tells me that even with his mental faculties fully engaged, he'll be caught soon enough...

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