Bonehead award one, a “too dumb to be a criminal” bonehead award, goes to a Vladimir, Russia, man who stole a television set from a store and returned later to angrily ask for the warranty, instruction manual, antenna and remote control, police said.
ITAR-Tass via the Associated Press via Yahoo News 15-Jan-03
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Obvious What Sparked Their Interest
Taken verbatim from the November, 2002 City Talk, a publication published by Paramount, California:
Deputies arrested a man for driving under the influence. The man demanded to know why the deputies stopped him. One deputy pointed out that the car was completely missing a tire and the shower of sparks left in its wake attracted his attention.
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Not Any Brighter Than The Eclipsed Sun
Bonehead award three, an “unclear on the concept” bonehead award, goes to the woman who called into 5DN radio in South Australia during the December solar eclipse to express her unhappiness with tourism authorities for organizing a solar eclipse on a weekday when most people work. She requested that next time the eclipse should be held on a weekend.
New Scientist
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If You’re Going To Live In A Cell, You Need a Cell Phone!
Bonehead award four, another “too dumb to be a criminal” bonehead award, goes to a man who entered a Radio Shack in Paramount, California to buy a cell phone. While the clerk went into the back office with the man's accurate and complete credit application to run a credit check, the man left the store with the phone and accessories, according to police who found him and the phone at, surprise!, the address on the credit application.
Today We Bestow Four Bonehead Awards 
