
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Pennsylvania bank robber, furious when told the tellers’ tills were empty, threatened to file a complaint with management before fleeing.
When the man walked in, the tellers were on a shift change and waiting for their cash drawers to be filled.
The indignant but hapless robber was caught 10 blocks away.
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Haven’t they heard of “rest in peace”?
Some cemeteries in England have decided to deal with a space shortage by creating double-decker graves.
Coffins will be dug up and reburied deeper underground and then a second one will be lowered.
Officials say dozens of cemeteries in England and Wales will be at capacity within 30 years.
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A foul Englishman has been charged with animal cruelty for forcing a chicken to drink whisky and then blowing pot smoke in its face.
The hen’s owner called cops and a very foul Gary Maxwell, 21, was arrested.
A judge called the episode “a horrible crime.”
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Note to illegal immigrants: Don’t start celebrating till you reach your destination.
A dozen men were discovered in the back of a truck in England after they began singing songs celebrating their arrival in the United Kingdom.
Apparently, the driver did not know he had stowaways, and he called cops when he heard the very off-key warbling.
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An inmate escaped from a German prison by mailing himself in a giant FedEx box filled with dirty laundry.
When the delivery truck made its next stop, convicted drug dealer Hans Laing got out, picked the lock and ran off.
“It’s the kind of thing people think only happens in films,” said a chagrined police spokesman.


