[Healeys] Friday Funny, People can be stupid

[Bob Johnson]

You gotta wonder if this could really be true:


      1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP?

       AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked
intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps
it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence.

      2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS: Police in Oakland, CA spent two
hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his
home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man
was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, 'Please come out and
give yourself up.'

      3. WHAT WAS PLAN B??? An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun,
kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller
machines, wherein the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank
accounts.

      4. THE GETAWAY! A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Stop and asked
for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so
he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours
until police showed up and grabbed him.

      5. DID I SAY THAT??? Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery
suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives
asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words: 'Give me all your money or
I'll shoot', the man shouted, 'that's not what I said!'.

      6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING??? A man spoke frantically into the phone: 'My
wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart'. 'Is this
her first child?' the doctor asked. 'No!' the man shouted, 'This is her
husband!'

      7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED! In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard
King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a
weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he
failed to keep his hand in his pocket. (hellooooooo)!

      8. THE GRAND FINALE!!! Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in
the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating,
were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their
brand new 22 foot boat, going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver,
no matter how much power they applied. After about an hour of trying to make
it go, they putted into a nearby marina, thinking someone there may be able to
tell them what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in
perfect working condition The engine ran fine, the out-drive went up and down,
and the propeller 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.
      NOW REMEMBER...THIS IS TRUE.
      Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer!