a lot get made up for Readers Digest because they pay 100$ for one good enough to go in. Not saying there arent idiots around, just read the Perth Boys thread!
I liked that one a while ago about the GSX-R rider who poured 2 bottles of NOS energy drink in half a bike tank and sugared up his whole fuel system, then noone believed he could be that stupid.

For me the prize idiot of 2009 is the politician, police minister i think who made a speech after the first "hoon" to get his car crushed got caught driving again had his 2nd car impounded then got caught riding a 25cc stand up scooter on the footpath for his 3rd big life endangering strike. The minister said "hes really stupid, i would even go so far as to say dumb", She wasthe stupid one since "dumb" means mute, unable to speak, nothing to do with intelligence.

I think you've caught someone out there Dodgeman - funny all the same

apparently i was a bit of a mistake, depends if im in trouble or not.

Tribe, not village Mik! & if I said something smart it must have been a typo. ( a bit like you!) :)

What I find to be absolutely amazing is that ALL of these exact same events occurred about a year or two ago in the USA.

The brick into the liquor store was a cinder block [besser brick] & the window was "Plexiglass" which does exist, & not 'Flexiglass', which doesn't.

I was also interested to read how the Aussie liquor store clerk[?] needed to know if the robber was 21 [the minimum legal age in the US] instead of 18, the minimum legal age in Australia.

Funny stories none the less with just a few facts changed to give it a local flavour.

there is no way your smart enough to say all those things levey. has your village missed you yet?

Indeed there are!

Proof that there are indeed a lot of idiots out there.

Haha! classic stuff!

Number One Idiot, so far in 2009

I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the
poison control centre.
Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little
daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not
harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the
hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to
mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to
kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the
emergency room right away..


Number Two Idiot so far in 2009

Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal
a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out
of the plane and home.
Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a
Westpac Rescue Helicopter coming towards them.
It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator
beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer
employed at Boeing.


Number Three Idiot so far in 2009

A man, wanting to rob a Bank of Queensland , walked into the Branch and
wrote 'Put all your muny in this bag.'
While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began
to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the
police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank and
crossed the street to the NAB Bank. After waiting a few minutes in
line, he handed his note to the teller. She read it and, surmising from
his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbour,
told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was
written on a Bank of Queensland deposit slip and that he would either
have to fill out a NAB deposit slip or go back to Bank of Queensland ..
Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, 'OK' and left.
He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at
the Bank of Queensland. Happened in Noosa!


Number Four Idiot so far in 2009

A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all
of the cash from the cash drawer.
After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of
Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the
cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said,
'Because I don't believe you are over 21.' The robber said he was, but
the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe
him. At this point, the robber took his driver's licence out of his
wallet and gave it to the clerk.
The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and
she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with
his loot.
The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of
the robber that she got off the licence. They arrested the robber two
hours later.


Number Five Idiot so far in 2009

A pair of robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The
first one shouted, 'Nobody move!' When his partner moved, the startled
first bandit shot him..


Number Six Idiot so far in 2009

Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly.. He decided that he'd just
throw a brick through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run.
So he lifted the brick and heaved it over his head at the window. The
brick bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store
window was made of Flexi-Glass... The whole event was caught on
videotape.. Perth WA .


IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE:

My daughter went to a local McDonalds and ordered a burger..
She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.' He said
he was sorry, but they only had iceberg..
Happened in Surfers Paradise !!!


IDIOT SIGHTING:

I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee
asked, ''Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your
knowledge? To which I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how
would I know?' He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's why we ask.'
Happened in Melbourne .