'Invisible' man robs bank ~ gets caught

[Iamme]

I was listening to the Bob & Tom radio show driving into town this morning and this story they told beat all. It's a hoot.

Some guy went to a 'Wizard' and claimed he could make the guy invisible. After this dude shelled out the fee, he decided to try out his new powers by robbing a bank. He went in there thinking he was invisible and even started taking money out of peoples hands. But it turns out he wasn't invisble. He got caught. Now he wants to sue the Wizard. He paid the Wizared $550 for his services.

Well, all the comedian (enne) talk show hosts (many) were having a heyday with this story. They asked things like, 'If this were you...wouldn't you first try it out in a mirror and see if it worked?' Another host said that he would come up to a stranger on the sidewalk and ask the stranger if the stranger could see him (could you imagine? LOL) Another one said that he would first try it out in a girl's locker room.'

Just thought you'd enjoy this story. It goes to show how truly nutty some people are.

 

[KingMerv00]

At least that guy is a non-voting felon now. Moron.

 

[Mojo]

Remember this?

Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments

In 1995, McArthur Wheeler walked into two Pittsburgh banks and robbed them in broad daylight, with no visible attempt at disguise. He was arrested later that night, less than an hour after videotapes of him taken from surveillance cameras were broadcast on the 11 o'clock news. When police later showed him the surveillance tapes, Mr. Wheeler stared in incredulity. "But I wore the juice," he mumbled. Apparently, Mr. Wheeler was under the impression that rubbing one's face with lemon juice rendered it invisible to videotape cameras (Fuocco, 1996).

 

[Beerina]

At least that guy is a non-voting felon now. Moron.

What is the first thing you'd do with your invisibility.

Based on my priorities, you all'd prolly be reading a story about some idiot getting arrested because he thought he was invisible -- in the women's locker at a health club.

 

[Cello Man]

That's it. I want off the planet.

 

[Meadmaker]

But I think the guy ought to win his fraud suit.

Last week, I read about a suit from Germany in which a woman successfully got her money back from a witch, who charged a great deal of money to cast a spell to get the woman's boyfriend back. The boyfriend didn't come back, but the German judge said the witch took money for a service she couldn't possibly perform.

 

[Orangutan]

There's a quote in that pdf I liked.

"ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
Darwin, of all people, would find his own words useful today!