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Any stories about miserable attempted getways that somone's tried on you, or you've witnessed. Or something you've seen in the paper. Or anything that could have been classed as foolish but looking back is rather funny.

Friday July 6, 2007

Anita Rachel Thomas, 20, tried to escape from jail guards in Las Cruces, New Mexico, using baby powder, cocoa butter and six pairs of socks. Removing the socks, she was able to wriggle out of leg irons and handcuffs lubricated with butter. She threw powder in the face of a guard but he recovered to catch her as she ran away.

Source: http://www.theage.com.au/oddspot/

True Story...

A rather down on his luck Irishman decided to end it all so he turned up all the gas jets on the stove. He waited for a while but nothing happened realising that the North Sea Gas is not as poisoness as he had thought... (a fact) ...

...Believing that his luck had changed he lit up a cigar and blew himself up!

Whoops, I just realised I posted this in the Police section...can an Admin/Mod shift it to either the General or Off Topic, please.

Another true story.

Back in the 90s a prisoner fled the prisoner guards on a hospital escort only to run into the path of a tram killing him.

Tyranus wrote:Whoops, I just realised I posted this in the Police section...can an Admin/Mod shift it to either the General or Off Topic, please.

Done!

Tyranus wrote:Or anything that could have been classed as foolish but looking back is rather funny.

Tyranus wrote: Whoops, I just realised I posted this in the Police section...can an Admin/Mod shift it to either the General or Off Topic, please.

Gold right there

Walks.