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TODAY WE BESTOW FIVE BONEHEAD AWARDS
If You Have Nothing Nice To Say …

Bonehead award one, a “too dumb to be a criminal” bonehead award, goes to a Grangetown, Middlesbrough UK crack cocaine dealer who, believing that a police-run drug awareness campaign being held in front of his house would interfere with his business, angrily walked over to admonish police for their “inconsiderate” behavior and to tell them that because of them he’d now have to move his cocaine business elsewhere.

Say the police, “We knew he wasn't the brightest of blokes but even we were surprised when Roth came out to complain. His cheek was unbelievable. He made no attempt to disguise the fact he was manufacturing and selling crack cocaine and was furious that we were trying to put him out of business."

He’s been given a seven-year prison sentence.

Thank you, Caroline in the UK, for sending this story.

UK Telegraph 4-Jan-03
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In Certain Jobs You Wish You Were The One Left Holding the Bag
Bonehead award two goes to a Fresno, California, armored truck crew that left a bag containing $100,000 behind in a parking lot after driving off. There’s a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the recovery of the money.

Fresno Bee (Fresno, California) 6-Jan-03
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Whatever
The Barstow, California police log contains an entry concerning a woman's complaint about "her boyfriend of two weeks, whose name she doesn't know."

From Steve Harvey's column in the Los Angeles Times


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Afterwards They Fooly Understood
Bonehead award four goes to the BBC which broadcast an interview of someone pretending to be England cricketer Alec Stewart. BBC staff, meaning to call the real Stewart, dialed the wrong number, getting instead some Australian guy who decided to have some fun. BBC staff caught drift that something was amiss when “Alec Stewart” said “Australia are a bloody good team” during the interview.

Ananova (UK) 7-Jan-03
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And in the same vein, bonehead award five goes to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez who was fooled into thinking that a phone call from two Miami radio-show hosts was actually from Fidel Castro.
The DJ use snippets of a controversial conversation between Castro and Mexican President Vincente Fox. Chávez caught on eventually when the conversation wasn’t making any sense.

Miami Herald 7-Jan-03
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WEIRD EXTRAS
In the November 16, 2001 issue we gave a bonehead award to a German judge for suing a subsidiary of Mars candy claiming that it’s entirely their fault that he’s fat since he ate two Mars and Snickers bars a day for years.

A Dussldorf court has rejected his lawsuit.

Michael Kesterton column in the Globe and Mail (Toronto)