Truth is Stranger than Fiction

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Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Postby Achilles » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:22 am

Seems that a year ago, some Boeing employees on the field 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, they were quite surprised by a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator that is activated when the raft is inflated. They are no longer employed there.

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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 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. The Wells Fargo teller then called the police who arrested the man a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.

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Drug Possession Defendant, Christopher Jansen, on trial in March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer didn't need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's jacket could have been a gun. "Nonsense," said Christopher, who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in court. He handed it over so the judge could see it. The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket and laughed so hard he required a five minute recess to compose himself.
 
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R.C. Gaitlan, 21, walked up to two patrol officers who were showing their squad car computer equipment to children in a Detroit neighborhood. When he asked how the system worked, the officer asked him for identification. Gaitlan gave them his drivers license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they arrested Gaitlan because information on the screen showed Gaitlan was wanted for a two-year-old armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri.

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A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all 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 he 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 drivers 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.

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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.

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A True Story. If she had killed herself, God forbid, she'd be a shoo-in for the Darwin Award. Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, California, a woman, new to boating was having a problem. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't get her brand new 22-ft Bayliner to perform. It wouldn't get on a plane at all, and it was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power she applied.

After about an hour of trying to make it go, she putted over to a nearby marina. Maybe they could tell her what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything was in perfect working order. The engine ran fine, the outdrive went up and down, the prop was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard.
(wait for it........)

(remember, this is supposed to be true.......)

Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer! ("GO FIGURE!!!!")
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Re: Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Postby Jakemaster » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:57 am

For the last one, they tested it on mythbusters.  It turns out that a company that makes somethings for boats has had to deliver a trailer and a boat, and just strapped the trailer onto the boat and took it to the delivery across the lake, becaise ot was easier than taking an hour's drive around the lake
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Re: Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Postby the_autopilot » Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:25 pm

For the last one, they tested it on mythbusters.  It turns out that a company that makes somethings for boats has had to deliver a trailer and a boat, and just strapped the trailer onto the boat and took it to the delivery across the lake, becaise ot was easier than taking an hour's drive around the lake



Yeah, I saw that too. Except that was pretty smart as it saved them time and money.

BTW, all of them have been posted before.
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Re: Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Postby Achilles » Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:44 am


BTW, all of them have been posted before.


Sorry, I didn't have the time to go back through 143 pages of postings and at an average of 20 posts per page- 2860 individual posts.  ::)

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Re: Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Postby cableguy » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:11 am


Sorry, I didn't have the time to go back through 143 pages of postings and at an average of 20 posts per page- 2860 individual posts.  ::)

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I suggest you start ASAP!!!  lol
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Re: Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Postby Achilles » Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:18 am

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I suggest you start ASAP!!!
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