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Would-be robber asks bank how to do it (D'Oh!)
Reuters ^
| Thu Jun 1, 2006 9:03am ET
Posted on 06/03/2006 10:55:22 PM PDT by sully777
TOKYO (Reuters) - A would-be Japanese bank robber asked staff how he should carry out the crime before meekly obeying a request to leave and then accidentally stabbing himself in the leg with a knife he was carrying.
The 58-year-old unemployed man went into a branch of the Saitama Resona Bank in the town of Kumagaya, north of Tokyo, on Wednesday, intending to rob it, a police spokesman said.
According to local media reports the man first asked a bank teller, "Any idea how you rob a bank?" The teller alerted another member of staff, who asked the man to leave.
"He left quietly when asked to," the police spokesman said.
However, the staff member escorting the man out of the bank noticed the knife sticking out of his pocket and a bloodstain on his trousers.
Police arrested the man for illegal possession of a weapon.
"He didn't brandish the knife at anyone ... but he injured himself in the leg," the police spokesman said.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Japan; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bamboo; booboo; daywuzbad; dumb; japan; knifedself; milquetoast; ouch; robbery
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Police photograph robber's knife as evidence during botched bank robbery.
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posted on
06/03/2006 10:55:24 PM PDT
by
sully777
To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro; King Prout; TheBigB; MeekOneGOP; mhking
![](http://www.greenriver.edu/coursepromos/win2006/popculture/images/homer_doh.jpg)
PING
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posted on
06/03/2006 10:57:29 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: sully777
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posted on
06/03/2006 10:57:37 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: sully777; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Police arrested the man for illegal possession of a weapon.He's already been punished: A life sentence of Stupid.
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:03:14 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
To: sully777
no one ever got poor by betting that criminals tend to be stupid.
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:03:16 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
To: sully777
Sounds like something that should have happened in Mayberry with Barney the arresting officer.
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:04:07 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
To: sully777
58 years old, unemployed... stabbed himself with his own knife... not in a struggle either.
I wonder if Darwin's survival of the fittest was too late, and this guy has offspring running around.
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:04:51 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: jazusamo
![](http://pbskids.org/barney/images/dinoscolorshape.jpg)
This Barney?
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:05:33 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: King Prout
You never hear about the smart ones.
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:06:36 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: sully777
That's close enough...LOL
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:07:05 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
To: sully777
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:07:20 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
To: sully777
I dunno, maybe I'm reading between the lines too much here.
This is a "58-year-old unemployed man."
Sounds like someone who just got laid off from his "guaranteed for a lifetime" job and has no idea what to do now.
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:08:47 PM PDT
by
decal
(Different Tagline Tomorrow!)
To: rzeznikj at stout
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:15:28 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: sully777
A would-be Japanese bank robber asked staff how he should carry out the crime before meekly obeying a request to leave and then accidentally stabbing himself in the leg with a knife he was carrying.Looks like Sean Penn's fallen on hard times.
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:16:23 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(All Hail Buah The Wasp Killer!!!!!)
To: Darkwolf377
Looks like Sean Penn's fallen on hard times.
Remembering New Orleans fondly hehehehe...
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:23:49 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: sully777
Thanks for the ping...8^)
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:24:34 PM PDT
by
rzeznikj at stout
(ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
To: Darkwolf377
Sean Penn is a 58-year-old Japanese man?
I thought he was a he was a former US citizen who decided to become a Saddamite.
To: sully777
Hey! Something Americans are definitely better than the Japanese at!
To: MrCruncher
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:33:08 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(All Hail Buah The Wasp Killer!!!!!)
To: sully777
Yeah, he seems to have trouble with weapons.
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posted on
06/03/2006 11:33:37 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(All Hail Buah The Wasp Killer!!!!!)
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