Best Of The Worst

[fahad k]

THE BEST OF THE WORST


THE WORST HIJACKING

We shall never know the identity of the man who in 1976 made the most
unsuccessful hijack attempt ever. On a flight across America, he rose from
his seat, drew gun and took the stewardess hostage.

"Take me to Detroit," he demanded.

"We're already going to Detroit," she replied.

"Oh ... good," he said, and sat down again.


THE WORST BANK ROBBERY

In August 1975 three men were on their way in to rob the Royal Bank of
Scotland at Rothesay, when they got stuck in the revolving doors. They had
to be helped free by the staff and, after thanking everyone, sheepishly
left the building. A few minutes later they returned and announced their
intention of robbing the bank, but none of the staff believed them.

When they demanded 5,000 pounds in cash, the head cashier laughed at them,
convinced that it was a practical joke. Then one of the men jumped over
the counter, but fell to the floor clutching his ankle. The other two
tried to make their getaway, but got trapped in the revolving doors again.


THE WORST ANIMAL RESCUE

During the firemen's strike of1978, the British Army had taken over
emergency fire fighting and on 14 January they were called out by an
elderly lady in South London to retrieve her cat which had become trapped
up a tree. They arrived with impressive haste and soon discharged their
duty. So grateful was the lady that she invited them all in for tea.
Driving off later, with fond farewells completed, they ran over the cat
and killed it!!


LAWYERS Vs INSURANCE

This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade, and probably the
century.

A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars,
then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month having
smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having
made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a
claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the
cigars were lost "in a series of small fires."

The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the
man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sue .. and
won!

In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that
the claim was frivolous. The Judge stated, nevertheless, that the lawyer
held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars
were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire,
without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire, and was
obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal
process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the
lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."

NOW FOR THE BEST PART...

After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested
on 24 counts of ARSON!!!!

With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being
used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his
insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000
fine.

[sevenhalo]

That was pretty good.

[Hack]

I LOVE THE LAWYER ONE!!!!!!!!

[demotivater]

I call shenanigans

[thegreatone]

Nice, got me laughing for a few minutes there

[sevenhalo]

I actually tried to find the lawyer one on FindLaw.com in district court 4, but they only make appeals public. So either the person who made it up really did their homework as to what can be researched and adjusted the story... Or it is real.

[capsulecorpjx]

I call shenanigans

Did I start the "I callshenanigans" trend on this forum? I remember saying that in some thread.

Of course I copied it from someone else (my WoW guild).

Its pretty funny, i don't know why.

[demotivater]

I actually tried to find the lawyer one on FindLaw.com in district court 4, but they only make appeals public. So either the person who made it up really did their homework as to what can be researched and adjusted the story... Or it is real.

Snopes

Did I start the "I callshenanigans" trend on this forum? I remember saying that in some thread.
Of course I copied it from someone else (my WoW guild).
Its pretty funny, i don't know why.

It's quite old.

[sevenhalo]

It dates all the way back to the days of carnies and gypsies.

[wossname]

What was up with people in the 70's?

[damasterjo]

i was thinking the same thing. I liked the cat one myself, how about you wossname? ...you like that one?

[space_monkey]

What was up with people in the 70's?

Nothing interesting has happened since then.

[baja_yu]

THE WORST ANIMAL RESCUE

During the firemen's strike of1978, the British Army had taken over
emergency fire fighting and on 14 January they were called out by an
elderly lady in South London to retrieve her cat which had become trapped
up a tree. They arrived with impressive haste and soon discharged their
duty. So grateful was the lady that she invited them all in for tea.
Driving off later, with fond farewells completed, they ran over the cat
and killed it!

Only an idiot can think that a cat can get stuck in a tree. They can jump from a 4 meter height and land without injuring themselves. Maybe the cat impaled itself on a branch through its eye.

[capsulecorpjx]

Only an idiot can think that a cat can get stuck in a tree. They can jump from a 4 meter height and land without injuring themselves. Maybe the cat impaled itself on a branch through its eye.

There was an episode of Reno 911, where the sheriff was rescuing a cat from the rooftop, and accidently dropped the cat into the air conditioner unit.

[baja_yu]

I would also like to add that only idiots call the fire department because their cat got "stuck" in a tree, and only idiotic personel in the fire department actually answer a call from someone that had their cat "stuck" in a tree.

Like the FD has nothing better to do.

[space_monkey]

Maybe some cats are scared of heights? or maybe scared of their owners and that's why they don't want to come down.

[Al42]

What was up with people in the 70's?

We just sat around for the entire decade, trying to recover from the 60s ... which no one can remember, anyway.

As far as the cat story, how many cat skeletons have you seen in trees? Every single one that ever got "stuck" got rescued?

[damasterjo]

As far as the cat story, how many cat skeletons have you seen in trees? Every single one that ever got "stuck" got rescued?

No its a vicious cylce of cats getting stuck in trees and having nothing to eat, so they eat the other stuck cats, then another one comes along and then eats the other one, so there are no remains.

Wossname could tell you about it, he has alway come out victorious!

[MartinLiss]

Urban Legend

[fahad k]

Urban Legend

I think we should start a chain for this also.