FnB Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 This is totally true. A friend of mine works for a small startup company who make flat panel touch screen computers. There are about 20 employees who work there and they've only really had a few major customers so far. She's is head of manufacturing and she just sent me the following mail : So you guys are all aware of who I work for and what we do! Big roll out on going to a big high street photography chain. One lucky shop to receive one of our units was in Cardiff. Sadly this unit got stolen a week ago! 2 days after the unit was stolen our very astute staff here received a phone call from a Mr. Joe Bloggs from Cardiff stating that their father owns one of our units and they have had to reinstall Windows but they had lost their driver disc and could they please have another one? They left a name, a number and an address. Well me being the one who deals with the technical things got passed this message. I was told by the person who took the call that they were concerned about how valid this call actually was. This spurred me on to call our customer (high street photography chain), who in turn called the police in Cardiff! Well after several conversations with the police in Cardiff they were concerned enough to get a search warrant Turns out the address in question is a couple of streets behind the store it was stolen from!!! Arrests have been made and the unit is being held by the police!! Chris Griffin: Yo, did y'all check me when that hottie was all up in my Kool-Aid? Yeah, I was looking to break off a little somethin' somethin' but my crew gave me the 411 on that skank and she's all about the bling-bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Not really a Darwin Award...a Darwin requires the winner to have died or become infertile as a result of his/her stupidity. I think they give honorable mention to those who only injure themselves (but fail to remove their genes from the pool). But, you're right. I get a kick out of "dumb criminal" stories...and they need to have their own category of awards. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Base Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Also, the Darwin awards are purely urban myth, real dumbasses are much funnier Fa Fa FA Fa fa fa fa fa FA fa FA FA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 http://w1.161.telia.com/~u16118940/031231/idiot.jpg http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 At the very least they should get the MORON of the Week award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Two great stories. I knew a guy who lived in a big ol' rambling house and was always misplacing his stash when he came up with the idea of adopting a retired pot-sniffing police dog to have on hand to help him find it. He was really excited by the idea the night he came up with it... but he'd already found the stash, smoked himself to sleep, and, as far as anyone can tell, forgot all about his stroke of genius. So far, no one has reminded him... bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennyf Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Originally posted by Tedster: Not really a Darwin Award...a Darwin requires the winner to have died or become infertile as a result of his/her stupidity. I think they give honorable mention to those who only injure themselves (but fail to remove their genes from the pool). But, you're right. I get a kick out of "dumb criminal" stories...and they need to have their own category of awards. How about "Shallow end of the gene pool" award? (Props to the Austin Lounge Lizards) band link: bluepearlband.com music, lessons, gig schedules at dennyf.com STURGEON'S LAW --98% of everything is bullshit. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Jackhammer of Love and Mercy. Get yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaeton Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 2 days after the unit was stolen our very astute staff here received a phone call from a Mr. Joe Bloggs from Cardiff stating that their father owns one of our units and they have had to reinstall Windows Two days from the factory and the OS is already wrecked? Dr. Seuss: The Original White Rapper . WWND? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FnB Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 Hey it was Windows Yeah I know doesn't say a lot about the quality does it - but maybe "Smash and grab" isn't covered under Microsoft's waranty Chris Griffin: Yo, did y'all check me when that hottie was all up in my Kool-Aid? Yeah, I was looking to break off a little somethin' somethin' but my crew gave me the 411 on that skank and she's all about the bling-bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 This Swedish "TV star" deserves a memorable mention: http://www.aftonbladet.se/noje/0406/17/NOJE-17s32-linda-12_368.jpg Only seconds after this photo, Linda Isacsson ate the spider, a 12 inch Goliath spider that was prepared by the Piaroha tribe in Venezuela. She became very ill and has still not recovered. "-It felt like I ate broken glass that was cutting me from within. It was also psycologically challenging to barf and just wait for a furry leg to show up", she said. Her comming assignments on the TV-show Dangerous Encounter includes swimming with sharks and meeting wild lions. http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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