Vacuum Tube Heist

So the only thing I find fascinating about the bank robber story from Chicago, besides the fact that some people aren't sure who is dumber in this whole tale: the robber, the tellers or the reporters who covered the story, is that the Bangkok post decided it was worthy of a headline on July 14th.

Sadly the link has seen disappeared - but google still has a bit of it cached...same words you'll see in the homegrown reporting of it... Although apparenty there was a headline of "Brazilian bandits make a clean breast of things"...hmm i dunno if i should go there. LOL

No no links in this post - you can find it yourself, if you are really that curious.

Bottom line: dude + car + driveup + vacuum tube = $ transfer + tellers out a job + stupid net freaks n bloggers gabbin about the story + my desire to see fight club (thrown in for stoichiometric purposes, of course). Ahh - a link worth adding. :D Enjoy.

Ah I didn't look at the "omitted search results"...The Hindustan Times of India also carried the story, along with Reuters UK, and two in Australia. Still - it is the opinion of this writer that it is one thing if our own people are ignorantly following like...sheep...ahem (see a recent prev post for the inside joke)...but for the international community to give it weight as well is mildly troubling...though then again, one _could_ look at it as cathartic for overseas folk...a bit of humor at the expense of americans. Hmm - i think that might be healthy though, we could all use a good dose of reflection from time to time, self or otherwise.