How goofy is this?

Thomas Veil · 06:17 PM

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Frustrated Robber Leaves After Cashier Laughs At His Mask

CRANBERRY, Pa. -- What would you think if Pluto tried to rob you? A clerk at a Pennsylvania convenience store thought it was hilarious.

Police in Cranberry say a would-be bandit walked into Gordon's Mini Market wearing a mask of the Disney cartoon dog. According to officers, the clerk was laughing so hard, he didn't comply with the robber's demand to empty the cash register.

The frustrated robber walked out.

But police don't recommend trying to laugh your way out of a stick-up. Sgt. Dave Kovach said the clerk's response was dangerous. The sarge said the bad guy could have been a strung-out addict capable of just about anything.

I don't know if a Pluto mask would make me laugh that hard. But a Pluto mask and working in a town called Cranberry....

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apple2991 · Mar 11, 2005, 03:17 PM

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The sarge said the bad guy could have been a strung-out addict capable of just about anything

They make it sound so positive. If only he sets his mind to it...

Eevee · Mar 11, 2005, 04:32 PM

That was great Thomas Veil!

There's a true story about a bank robbery in Davis, California. One guy came up to the teller at Wells Fargo Bank with a note stating "I am carrying a weapon, give me all your money." The teller looked at the note and told the guy that he couldn't because the note was written on a Bank of America paper and suggested he go across the street to Bank of America. So, the guy did!

After he left, the teller called B of A and the authority and that guy was arrested.

rainman::|:| · Mar 11, 2005, 04:34 PM

i've heard of a case where a robber took in a note, and it was too messy to read... he panicked, rather than re-write it he fled. I should imagine robbing a bank is much like giving a speech: you never know what's going to go wrong until you're in front of a horrified crowd. Goofy tho... i would have found that creepy, what with the raving psychotic inside it...

virividox · Mar 11, 2005, 04:52 PM

its a good thing he didnt use the elmer fudd mask cuz then the clerk might have died of laughter

wdlove · Mar 11, 2005, 05:09 PM

With all the other negative things, its nice to have something that brings a smile to the face. That is one lucky clerk. When you have to laugh, what else can you do. Chances are after the fact the clerk wasn't laughing when he realized the seriousness of the situation.

Lacero · Mar 11, 2005, 05:09 PM

Here locally, some guy was trying to rob a coffee shop. The barista told him he had to buy something because she couldn't ring up the cash register without a purchase. So while she was making him an espresso, the robber gave up in frustration and just left.

edesignuk · Mar 11, 2005, 05:14 PM

I love hearing stuff like this. As wdlove said, with all the crap going on, it is nice to hear something that was potentially not good at all...turn out to be very funny!

Eevee · Mar 11, 2005, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lacero

Here locally, some guy was trying to rob a coffee shop. The barista told him he had to buy something because she couldn't ring up the cash register without a purchase. So while she was making him an espresso, the robber gave up in frustration and just left.

That's so cool!

ejb190 · Mar 11, 2005, 06:47 PM

My mom is the branch manager of a bank that was robbed last year. While no weapon was seen, they did it by the book anyway. He was armed. The guy went over to a drug store and pulled a sawed off shotgun out of his pants when the pharmacist didn't move fast enough. The bank's training payed off big league and no one got hurt. They found the guy a week later in another state dead of a drug overdose... Very scary.

killuminati · Mar 12, 2005, 01:44 AM

That is exactly something I would do. That basically sums me up. I laugh at the complete wrong times. I don't mean during a funeral or during something serious. I mean like if I was getting robbed!

I laugh a lot

ziwi · Mar 12, 2005, 11:19 AM

It is good nobody was hurt - but to laugh at a robber during a hold up may result in a different outcome - it is like flipping the bird at somebody on the road for the way they are driving and then they go and get all road rage on you...

wdlove · Mar 12, 2005, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by killuminati

That is exactly something I would do. That basically sums me up. I laugh at the complete wrong times. I don't mean during a funeral or during something serious. I mean like if I was getting robbed!

I laugh a lot

I used to have that problem also. Although it occurred at some serious times. I used to try biting my lip to stop my potential laughter.

~loserman~ · Mar 12, 2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomas Veil

I don't know if a Pluto mask would make me laugh that hard. But a Pluto mask and working in a town called Cranberry....

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Very funny

My favorite anecdote about a robbery was about a guy who tied an ATM to the bumper of his truck. It ripped off his bumper and he fled. Police later picked him up because his license plate was on the bumper.

dsharits · Mar 12, 2005, 12:27 PM

There was a guy in Tampa last year that tried to hold up a bank using the old trick of making your hand look like a gun in our pocket. However, he made one mistake- he didn't have his hand in his pocket.

Daniel

Mechcozmo · Mar 12, 2005, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by virividox

its a good thing he didnt use the elmer fudd mask cuz then the clerk might have died of laughter

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Mar 11, 2005, 04:52 PM	#5
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Mar 11, 2005, 05:09 PM	#6
wdlove macrumors 604 Join Date: Oct 2002	With all the other negative things, its nice to have something that brings a smile to the face. That is one lucky clerk. When you have to laugh, what else can you do. Chances are after the fact the clerk wasn't laughing when he realized the seriousness of the situation. __________________ First MacRumors "Contributor"

Mar 11, 2005, 05:14 PM	#8
edesignuk Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Great(?) Britain	I love hearing stuff like this. As wdlove said, with all the crap going on, it is nice to hear something that was potentially not good at all...turn out to be very funny! __________________ Search before you post: MRoogle **Better BBC Search**

Mar 12, 2005, 01:44 AM	#11
killuminati macrumors 68020 Join Date: Dec 2004	That is exactly something I would do. That basically sums me up. I laugh at the complete wrong times. I don't mean during a funeral or during something serious. I mean like if I was getting robbed! I laugh a lot __________________ Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

Mar 12, 2005, 12:27 PM	#15
dsharits macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The People's Republic of America	There was a guy in Tampa last year that tried to hold up a bank using the old trick of making your hand look like a gun in our pocket. However, he made one mistake- he didn't have his hand in his pocket. Daniel __________________ The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan

Mar 11, 2005, 04:32 PM	#3
Eevee macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Haven, CT	That was great Thomas Veil! There's a true story about a bank robbery in Davis, California. One guy came up to the teller at Wells Fargo Bank with a note stating "I am carrying a weapon, give me all your money." The teller looked at the note and told the guy that he couldn't because the note was written on a Bank of America paper and suggested he go across the street to Bank of America. So, the guy did! After he left, the teller called B of A and the authority and that guy was arrested.

Mar 11, 2005, 04:34 PM	#4
rainman::\|:\| macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: iowa	i've heard of a case where a robber took in a note, and it was too messy to read... he panicked, rather than re-write it he fled. I should imagine robbing a bank is much like giving a speech: you never know what's going to go wrong until you're in front of a horrified crowd. Goofy tho... i would have found that creepy, what with the raving psychotic inside it...

Mar 11, 2005, 05:09 PM	#7
Lacero macrumors 601 Join Date: Jan 2005	Here locally, some guy was trying to rob a coffee shop. The barista told him he had to buy something because she couldn't ring up the cash register without a purchase. So while she was making him an espresso, the robber gave up in frustration and just left.

Mar 11, 2005, 06:47 PM	#10
ejb190 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: I know I'm in Indiana somewhere...	My mom is the branch manager of a bank that was robbed last year. While no weapon was seen, they did it by the book anyway. He was armed. The guy went over to a drug store and pulled a sawed off shotgun out of his pants when the pharmacist didn't move fast enough. The bank's training payed off big league and no one got hurt. They found the guy a week later in another state dead of a drug overdose... Very scary.

Mar 12, 2005, 11:19 AM	#12
ziwi macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Right back where I started...	It is good nobody was hurt - but to laugh at a robber during a hold up may result in a different outcome - it is like flipping the bird at somebody on the road for the way they are driving and then they go and get all road rage on you...

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