2006 Idiot Awards

[Herbstang]

Number One Idiot of 2006

a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the
poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because
she
caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the
ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter
into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation
happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in
order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter
into the emergency room right away.

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Number Two Idiot of 2006 - Early this year, some Boeing employees on the
airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were
successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they
took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter
coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the
emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They
are no longer employed at Boeing.


Number Three Idiot of 2006 - A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of

America, walked into the Branch and wrote "this iz a stikkup. Put all
your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note
to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note
and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he
left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank.
After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells
Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that
he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not
accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America
deposit Slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo
deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated,
the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he
was waiting in line back at Bank of America.


Number Four Idiot of 2006 - A motorist was unknowingly caught in an
automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar andphotographed
his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of
his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph
of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that
contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed
in his $40.
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Number Five Idiot of 2006 - A guy walked into a little corner store with
a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the
cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he
wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in
the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, "Because I don't
believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still
refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point,
the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to
the clerk.
The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and
she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with
his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and
address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later.

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Idiot Number Six of 2006 - A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop
nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his
partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.
This guy doesn't even deserve a sign
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Idiot Number Seven of 2006 - Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer
pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a
liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder
block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block
was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape. Yep,

(The scary part is that all of the above people are allowed to vote)





Number One Idiot of 2006

a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the
poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because
she
caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the
ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter
into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation
happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in
order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter
into the emergency room right away.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Number Two Idiot of 2006 - Early this year, some Boeing employees on the
airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were
successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they
took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter
coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the
emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They
are no longer employed at Boeing.


Number Three Idiot of 2006 - A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of

America, walked into the Branch and wrote "this iz a stikkup. Put all
your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note
to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note
and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he
left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank.
After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells
Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that
he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not
accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America
deposit Slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo
deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated,
the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he
was waiting in line back at Bank of America.


Number Four Idiot of 2006 - A motorist was unknowingly caught in an
automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar andphotographed
his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of
his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph
of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that
contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed
in his $40.
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Number Five Idiot of 2006 - A guy walked into a little corner store with
a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the
cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he
wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in
the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, "Because I don't
believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still
refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point,
the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to
the clerk.
The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and
she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with
his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and
address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later.

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Idiot Number Six of 2006 - A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop
nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his
partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.
This guy doesn't even deserve a sign
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Idiot Number Seven of 2006 - Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer
pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a
liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder
block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block
was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape. Yep,

(The scary part is that all of the above people are allowed to vote)

[meteorachick]

Quote: Number Four Idiot of 2006 - A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar andphotographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his $40.

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awesome hahaha

[n8r]

Quote: Originally Posted by meteorachick \ awesome hahaha

haha all those are good, I have read that ticket one before in a magazine a few years ago. I don't think some of those are true 2006 idiots, but those are still funny anyway, I think I have seen the cinder block video before. It is quite humorous.

[Aidan_04]

that is great.

what gets me though is the ant poison one.. she could end up killing that kid sometime.

[Stumpy]

Idiot Number Six of 2006 - A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop
nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his
partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.
This guy doesn't even deserve a sign

Priceless. But he did say NOBODY move. Stupid partner.

[bluemustang]

haha def read of those but def funny

[wiarumas]

i think the speed trap one was the best.

[MonteCitan]

herbstang gets an award for repeating himself too