Comments on: The Top Ten Stupid Criminals of 2007 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/ The Neat Side of the Web Fri, 16 May 2008 19:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Fandango http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-493580 Fandango Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:16:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-493580 No! Don't teach your sons any more spelling skills than is absolutely necessary! A literate person on the internet has only two choices: correct other people's mistakes and be branded a Grammar Nazi, thereby attracting more vitriolic responses than actual Nazis, or let it go and quietly wonder why you learned to spell in the first place. Ignorance is bliss. By the way, when I type "theif", a little red dotted line appears under it. Am I the only one who gets this? No! Don’t teach your sons any more spelling skills than is absolutely necessary! A literate person on the internet has only two choices: correct other people’s mistakes and be branded a Grammar Nazi, thereby attracting more vitriolic responses than actual Nazis, or let it go and quietly wonder why you learned to spell in the first place. Ignorance is bliss.

By the way, when I type “theif”, a little red dotted line appears under it. Am I the only one who gets this?

]]> By: dale cooper http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-472649 dale cooper Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:56:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-472649 I've been reading this with my sons. I've been trying to convince them the importance of good spelling skills. Thanks for driving my point home. I’ve been reading this with my sons. I’ve been trying to convince them the importance of good spelling skills. Thanks for driving my point home.

]]> By: Who cares! http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-458442 Who cares! Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:52:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-458442 Why is everyone making fun of Dr. Jones? Leave the guy alone haha. You're making fun of him for spotting grammar errors and then at the same time.. finding HIS grammar errors. Which makes you just as guilty of being, "that guy," as he is! Why is everyone making fun of Dr. Jones? Leave the guy alone haha. You’re making fun of him for spotting grammar errors and then at the same time.. finding HIS grammar errors. Which makes you just as guilty of being, “that guy,” as he is!

]]> By: THIEF, T - H - E - I - F, THIEF http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-432491 THIEF, T - H - E - I - F, THIEF Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:30:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-432491 To Dr. Jones: na na na na na, you cant spell either, na na na na na, keep your corrections to yourself, you look stupid too! To Dr. Jones:
na na na na na, you cant spell either, na na na na na, keep your corrections to yourself, you look stupid too!

]]> By: Spelling Teacher http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-428511 Spelling Teacher Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:26:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-428511 This is to grammar Nazi Dr.Jones Thief not theif Who's the idiot now? You This is to grammar Nazi Dr.Jones

Thief not theif

Who’s the idiot now?

You

]]> By: kak http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-376568 kak Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:09:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-376568 So very funny. How can people be so stupid? So very funny. How can people be so stupid?

]]> By: whit http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-366765 whit Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:59:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-366765 Something else that made national publicity from little old Rome this year. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_-LP8EWt_l8 Something else that made national publicity from little old Rome this year.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_-LP8EWt_l8

]]> By: whit http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-366758 whit Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:52:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-366758 YES! My hometown made the top of the list! Not sure that's something I should be proud of. I didn't know that's how the convenience store burned, but then again, I don't watch the news. You'd be surprised at what comes out of a town of 100,000! YES! My hometown made the top of the list! Not sure that’s something I should be proud of. I didn’t know that’s how the convenience store burned, but then again, I don’t watch the news. You’d be surprised at what comes out of a town of 100,000!

]]> By: jack.wh http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-364061 jack.wh Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:02:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-364061 Some people are REALLY stupid. I like this article, good work! If that guy "denied any memory of the incident", then it's not surprising his face was covered in tape... :D Some people are REALLY stupid. I like this article, good work!

If that guy “denied any memory of the incident”, then it’s not surprising his face was covered in tape… :D

]]> By: MoonCake http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-353441 MoonCake Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:58:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-353441 You're doing great, Miss Cellania. Keep up the good work. yunno, not only am i baffled that people commit these stupid crimes, but i'm more baffled at how easily some of them are carried out. ever since one guy gave a teller a note saying he was robbing the place, every other thief has been doing the exact same thing! if someone handed me a note like that, i would probably make a big fuss to scare him away. if he doesn't have the guts to say something to me while carrying out his crime, i won't give him the satisfaction of handing him any money. people are so f*ckin stupid. You’re doing great, Miss Cellania. Keep up the good work.

yunno, not only am i baffled that people commit these stupid crimes, but i’m more baffled at how easily some of them are carried out. ever since one guy gave a teller a note saying he was robbing the place, every other thief has been doing the exact same thing! if someone handed me a note like that, i would probably make a big fuss to scare him away. if he doesn’t have the guts to say something to me while carrying out his crime, i won’t give him the satisfaction of handing him any money. people are so f*ckin stupid.

]]> By: lynne http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-352667 lynne Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:21:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-352667 How about the guy who was breaking into cars at a casino near the Everglades. Security started chasing him so he ran into a near-by swamp only to meet the grumpy and large gator who lives there. His body was found the next day. Darwin award nominee for sure! How about the guy who was breaking into cars at a casino near the Everglades. Security started chasing him so he ran into a near-by swamp only to meet the grumpy and large gator who lives there. His body was found the next day. Darwin award nominee for sure!

]]> By: heather http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-352545 heather Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:35:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-352545 And scientists say humans are evolving faster. I guess brains do't count, eh? And scientists say humans are evolving faster. I guess brains do’t count, eh?

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-352088 Miss Cellania Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:16:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-352088 Nate, David, and others: I know. There are several stories I thought of and couldn't find the original source. A lot of news sites purge old stories to save bandwidth or memory or whatever. And some of the ones I recall may have happened in 2006 or earlier, but I couldn't find a source to check. There are many many places that list such stories without sources or dates. So I limited this to those I could link to. Nate, David, and others: I know. There are several stories I thought of and couldn’t find the original source. A lot of news sites purge old stories to save bandwidth or memory or whatever. And some of the ones I recall may have happened in 2006 or earlier, but I couldn’t find a source to check. There are many many places that list such stories without sources or dates. So I limited this to those I could link to.

]]> By: ziggy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351958 ziggy Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:18:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351958 the best is the darwin award winner...gun jams/doesn't fire during robbery...robber looks down the barrel of the gun to check the jam and pulls the trigger...this time it worked.... the best is the darwin award winner…gun jams/doesn’t fire during robbery…robber looks down the barrel of the gun to check the jam and pulls the trigger…this time it worked….

]]> By: Stan http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351898 Stan Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:12:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351898 RE: DRJones - I hate to be "that guy"... Then don't be! Simple RE: DRJones - I hate to be “that guy”…
Then don’t be! Simple

]]> By: Dale http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351628 Dale Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:54:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351628 Hahhahahahha, So damn funny I love the duck tape guy Dale http://dzrbenson.com/blog Hahhahahahha, So damn funny

I love the duck tape guy

Dale
http://dzrbenson.com/blog

]]> By: marieissah http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351181 marieissah Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:33:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351181 Super stupid. Super stupid.

]]> By: jujueyeballs http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351125 jujueyeballs Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:48:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351125 @DrJones: Which guy-- an "oxy-moron"? It's thIEf, not thEIF You spelled it wrong TWICE!!! For shame... @DrJones:

Which guy– an “oxy-moron”? It’s thIEf, not thEIF
You spelled it wrong TWICE!!! For shame…

]]> By: David Barkes http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351098 David Barkes Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:13:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-351098 I wish I could find a source. We had a local thief stealing copper wire (Langley, BC Canada)and in the process of cutting the wires, accidentally lopped off a couple of his own fingers with the wire cutters and then fled the scene. The police were able to print the severed fingers and the repeat criminal was identified. I wish I could find a source. We had a local thief stealing copper wire (Langley, BC Canada)and in the process of cutting the wires, accidentally lopped off a couple of his own fingers with the wire cutters and then fled the scene. The police were able to print the severed fingers and the repeat criminal was identified.

]]> By: Nate http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350915 Nate Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:03:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350915 what about the guy who used a potted plant to conceal his identity... seems theres no shortage of stupid criminals... what about the guy who used a potted plant to conceal his identity… seems theres no shortage of stupid criminals…

]]> By: Yushi Samagura http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350887 Yushi Samagura Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:19:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350887 What about gang of stupid criminal with high power weapons that try to rob Los Angeles high rise during Christmas party and all get killed by bald man with bare feet? What about gang of stupid criminal with high power weapons that try to rob Los Angeles high rise during Christmas party and all get killed by bald man with bare feet?

]]> By: Chris Jones http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350788 Chris Jones Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:23:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350788 Thanks for the list! that duck tape guy picture unforgetable! Chris Jones Thanks for the list!
that duck tape guy picture unforgetable!

Chris Jones

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350591 Miss Cellania Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:32:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350591 I won't hate you; I should hire you as a proofreader! I go over and over these things, but its always at 3AM and I don't see too well anyway. I'll correct those now... I won’t hate you; I should hire you as a proofreader! I go over and over these things, but its always at 3AM and I don’t see too well anyway. I’ll correct those now…

]]> By: DrJones http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350575 DrJones Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:13:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350575 I don't mean to be "that guy," but I'm a visual guy and spelling errors just pop out for me. Under 'Lottery Theif...' "he funes had permeated the store" Under 'He Stole a Car...' "the car he was driving hasd been stolen" Don't hate me! ;) Keep up the good work on a great site! I don’t mean to be “that guy,” but I’m a visual guy and spelling errors just pop out for me.

Under ‘Lottery Theif…’
“he funes had permeated the store”

Under ‘He Stole a Car…’
“the car he was driving hasd been stolen”

Don’t hate me! ;) Keep up the good work on a great site!

]]> By: DrJones http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350570 DrJones Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:06:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350570 I don't mean to be "that guy," but spelling mistakes just pop out for me and I hate to see such a good site look bad. Under Lottery Theif, you have written: "the funes had permeated the store." Keep up the good work on a great site! I don’t mean to be “that guy,” but spelling mistakes just pop out for me and I hate to see such a good site look bad.

Under Lottery Theif, you have written: “the funes had permeated the store.”

Keep up the good work on a great site!

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350338 Miss Cellania Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:48:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350338 uur, I considered that, but I couldn't find an update to cite. I seem to remember that the guy was found, but denied having anything to do with the theft. However, I can't find that article now so I don't know for sure what happened, or how the case has progressed. uur, I considered that, but I couldn’t find an update to cite. I seem to remember that the guy was found, but denied having anything to do with the theft. However, I can’t find that article now so I don’t know for sure what happened, or how the case has progressed.

]]> By: uur http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350333 uur Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:42:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/18/the-top-ten-stupid-criminals-of-2007/#comment-350333 how about the guy posted his face to flickr with the computer which stolen by himself? how about the guy posted his face to flickr with the computer which stolen by himself?

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