It's always good news when the crooks aren't as smart as they think they are. This next item is one of those true stories that sounds like the beginning of a silly joke:
So, did you hear the one about the Belgian bank robber who got arrested for going to the bathroom? It seems that a bank heist was foiled by the thief himself. The guy broke into a building right next to a bank in Marseilles. Only when he drilled his way through the wall, he tripped off the alarms (oops, must have forgotten about those pesky things) and was arrested by the French police as he broke through into the adjoining room. To make matters worse, the room he landed in wasn't even the one with the safe deposit boxes, as he had thought. It was the bathroom, for gosh sakes, so unless he was after fancy plumbing fixtures, his plans were already flushed down the toilet (sorry, this story is just ripe with silly puns waiting to be plucked).
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5114OE20090202
Don't say I didn't warn you if this case turns into side plot for Inspector Clouseau to stumble over (literally) in a future Pink Panther movie. Alas, it came too late to be inserted in Pink Panther 2, starring Steve Martin, which is coming soon to a theater near you or at least somebody who lives near a theater--or should I say theatre?
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/3/movies/3138425&sec=movies
Au revoir!
Editor of AGNADL
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