Today We Bestow Four Bonehead Awards

Doglips · 06-20-2003, 08:39 AM

TODAY WE BESTOW FOUR BONEHEAD AWARDS
They are going to jail for a spell

Bonehead award one, a “too dumb to be a criminal” bonehead award, goes to some Newark New Jersey men who thought nobody would think twice when they tried obtaining a line of credit from a brokerage house by using $25 billion in Federal Reserve notes consisting of notes marked “one hundred million dollar,” police said.

Besides the spelling error and the huge amount of money involved that gave themselves away, they tried using bills in denominations that do not exist. There are no $100 million dollar Federal Reserve notes. The highest denomination is $100,000.

Canadian News 16-Jun-03
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The Scorpion King Of Stupidity

Bonehead award two goes to a man in China who, wanting to start a scorpion farm, brought 600 scorpions onto a train in nothing more than a cardboard box, according to the train passengers who were left screaming in terror as all the scorpions climbed out from the box during the train ride.

The Age (Melbourne, Australia) 19-Jun-03
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New York City Admits That Their Citizens Don’t Count For Anything

Bonehead award three, a “stupidest excuse in the world” bonehead award, goes to the New York City Board of Elections which has said they will not repair the city’s 7,000 voting machines that were responsible for some estimated 60,000 lost votes in the 2000 presidential election, most of which would have gone to Democratic candidates, because, according to the Republican commissioner, most of those people whose votes were not counted never intended to have their votes count anyway but only came down to the polling places to make it look like they were doing their civic duty. And, says Republican commissioner Stephen Weiner, fixing the machines would therefore be tantamount to forcing people to vote against their will.

Newsday (Long Island, New York) 16-Apr-03

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Sometimes People Are Happy To Have A Burglar In Their Home
Bonehead award four, a “too dumb to be a criminal” bonehead award, goes to a Philippines burglar who returned to a house to get an electric cable for a kettle he had earlier stolen, police said.

Ananova (UK) 18-Jun-03
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06-20-2003, 08:39 AM	#1
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,082	Today We Bestow Four Bonehead Awards TODAY WE BESTOW FOUR BONEHEAD AWARDS They are going to jail for a spell Bonehead award one, a “too dumb to be a criminal” bonehead award, goes to some Newark New Jersey men who thought nobody would think twice when they tried obtaining a line of credit from a brokerage house by using $25 billion in Federal Reserve notes consisting of notes marked “one hundred million dollar,” police said. Besides the spelling error and the huge amount of money involved that gave themselves away, they tried using bills in denominations that do not exist. There are no $100 million dollar Federal Reserve notes. The highest denomination is $100,000. Canadian News 16-Jun-03 Click here for original story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Scorpion King Of Stupidity Bonehead award two goes to a man in China who, wanting to start a scorpion farm, brought 600 scorpions onto a train in nothing more than a cardboard box, according to the train passengers who were left screaming in terror as all the scorpions climbed out from the box during the train ride. The Age (Melbourne, Australia) 19-Jun-03 Click here for original story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York City Admits That Their Citizens Don’t Count For Anything Bonehead award three, a “stupidest excuse in the world” bonehead award, goes to the New York City Board of Elections which has said they will not repair the city’s 7,000 voting machines that were responsible for some estimated 60,000 lost votes in the 2000 presidential election, most of which would have gone to Democratic candidates, because, according to the Republican commissioner, most of those people whose votes were not counted never intended to have their votes count anyway but only came down to the polling places to make it look like they were doing their civic duty. And, says Republican commissioner Stephen Weiner, fixing the machines would therefore be tantamount to forcing people to vote against their will. Newsday (Long Island, New York) 16-Apr-03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes People Are Happy To Have A Burglar In Their Home Bonehead award four, a “too dumb to be a criminal” bonehead award, goes to a Philippines burglar who returned to a house to get an electric cable for a kettle he had earlier stolen, police said. Ananova (UK) 18-Jun-03 Click here for original story