[Doglips]

TODAY WE BESTOW FOUR BONEHEAD AWARDS
A Police Department That Laments Not Being Allowed To Arrest People For Stupidity

Bonehead award one, an “unclear on the concept” bonehead award, goes to a UK traffic warden who ticketed a POLICE van for illegally parking in a parking space reserved for POLICE vehicles! The van was marked, in big letters, “POLICE,” and it carried a large Met Police crest.

Said a police spokesman; “Quite frankly you’d have to be from another planet to mistake it for anything other than a police van. It makes you wonder where the hell they get some of these traffic wardens from.”

Probably from the same place as the traffic warden we gave a bonehead award to on March 5th for ticketing a bus for stopping to pick up passengers at a bus stop! (Click here to see that issue)

UK Sun 12-May-03
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Power Fluctuation Causes Panic At Police Precinct

Bonehead award two goes to a Manhattan, New York, detective, Frank Sola, who scared the Dickens out of fellow police officers at the crowded W. 10th Street stationhouse when he handed a prisoner his 9-mm handgun in response to the prisoner’s remark that “Without your gun, you’re sh**.” The stunned prisoner, after being asked by Sola, “Okay, now what are you going to do,” fortunately handed back the loaded gun containing 16 rounds.

Sola has been suspended for “the good of the department,” said a spokesperson for the police.

New York Daily News 13-May-03
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U.S. Senate Introduces A Counterfeit Bill

Bonehead award three, a “government as good as it gets” bonehead award, goes to the U.S. Senate which began intense deliberations over President Bush’s tax bill only to discover they were debating the wrong bill.

Yahoo News 13-May-03
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Hong Kong Officials Discover Where All Your Socks That Are Lost In The Dryer End Up
Bonehead award four goes to a Hong Kong woman whose 30 tones of junk were hauled off by Hong Kong city workers. She had enough junk to cover three football fields. Included in the trash were 300 umbrellas, construction material, thousands of plastic bags, broken refrigerators, dead cats, dead rats and, obviously, a lot more.

Reuters via Yahoo News 8-May-03

[Klaus]

Reminds me of the people who broke into a warehouse in Brazil and stole an old RADIATION therapy machine that was used for treating cancer. They tore apart the machine, which had wanings all over it in 3 languages, removing the lead shielding. Inside, they found small glass vials holding a GLOWING powder. They thought it was cool, so they invited friends over, rubbed the powder on their bodies and had a party. At least 5 died, about 100 people had to be hospitalized, and hundreds had to be decontaminated. IIRC, it was a very nasty Cesium isotope.