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Armless thief steals TV

  • 10-11-2008 6:00pm
    #1
    BaconZombie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,813 ✭✭✭


    All I can say is WTF...,


    Police in Germany are hunting a thief with no arms who managed to walk out of a shop with a 24-inch TV.

    Two accomplices used clamps to fix the TV to his body before helping him out of the store in Munich, Germany.

    Staff did not realise what had happened until they noticed a TV was missing from its stand and looked back at CCTV recordings.

    A police spokesman said: "Staff only knew about the theft after they saw one of the display TVs had been taken off its stand.

    "It's hard to believe that the sight of an armless man walking along with a giant TV clamped to his body did not get anyone's attention."

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3080761.html


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  • #2
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    He probably told suspected onlookers he was going as a Teletubby to a fancy dress party...


  • #3
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    How can he change the channels?


  • #4
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    I heard he legged it from the long arm of the law :pac:


  • #5
    SoupyNorman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,257 ✭✭✭SoupyNorman


    This is what I dont get...



    Police in Germany are hunting a thief with no arms who managed to walk out of a shop with a 24-inch TV.


    "It's hard to believe that the sight of an armless man walking along with a giant TV clamped to his body did not get anyone's attention."


  • #6
    smashey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    He must have had one hell of an erection.


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  • #7
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Mairt wrote: »
    I heard he legged it from the long arm of the law :pac:

    He just kept running when the police shouted 'HANDS UP!!!'...


  • #8
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    He just kept running when the police shouted 'HANDS UP!!!'...

    And that was when he was thrown from the get-away bus - for kicking the bell.


  • #9
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Mairt wrote: »
    And that was when he was thrown from the get-away bus - for kicking the bell.

    There are no suspects, the police are stumped.


  • #10
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Ari Refined Vapidity wrote: »
    There are no suspects, the police are stumped.


    Why, oh yea - no finger prints.


  • #11
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Mairt wrote: »
    Why, oh yea - no finger prints.

    At least it wasn't armed robbery.


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  • #12
    chillywilly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭chillywilly


    haha


  • #13
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    He didn't bother taking the remote, he won't be needing it. :D


  • #14
    Turd Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    Thats PC gone wrong right there....

    "Mammy, I think that guy is stealing the TV"

    "Dont stare at him Billy, its rude!!!" SMACK


  • #15
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    The Black Knight Strikes again!

    "Your arms off,

    No it's not.........."

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/images/black-knight-med.JPG


  • #16
    SoupyNorman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,257 ✭✭✭SoupyNorman


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    He didn't bother taking the remote, he won't be needing it. :D



    He could just headbutt this


  • #17
    RandolphEsq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,296 ✭✭✭RandolphEsq


    ''Unarmed yet dangerous''


  • #18
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Similar happened in Dixons in Drogheda, Co Louth.
    Chap walked in, took a tv and walked out. Staff only noticed when they saw there was a gap where the tv should have been!

    They looked at the camera tape, Garda knew that chap (druggie) and went after him.

    Brings up the question, what the heck were ALL the staff dong at the time in both cases!


  • #19
    RandolphEsq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,296 ✭✭✭RandolphEsq


    ''Staff earlier asked if he needed a hand''


  • #20
    Rhyme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    If anyone noticed, he probably guilted them into not looking by emphasising his lack of arms.

    ...'armless fun.


  • #21
    SoupyNorman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,257 ✭✭✭SoupyNorman


    Biggins wrote: »
    Similar happened in Dixons in Drogheda, Co Louth.
    Chap walked in, took a tv and walked out. Staff only noticed when they saw there was a gap where the tv should have been!

    They looked at the camera tape, Garda knew that chap (druggie) and went after him.

    Brings up the question, what the heck were ALL the staff dong at the time in both cases!



    Did the assailant have arms?


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  • #22
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Biggins wrote: »
    Similar happened in Dixons in Drogheda, Co Louth.
    Chap walked in, took a tv and walked out. Staff only noticed when they saw there was a gap where the tv should have been!

    They looked at the camera tape, Garda knew that chap (druggie) and went after him.

    Brings up the question, what the heck were ALL the staff dong at the time in both cases!

    That's not very similar at all, that's just a vanilla case of...stealing a TV.


  • #23
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    Biggins wrote: »
    Similar happened in Dixons in Drogheda, Co Louth.
    Chap walked in, took a tv and walked out. Staff only noticed when they saw there was a gap where the tv should have been!

    They looked at the camera tape, Garda knew that chap (druggie) and went after him.

    Brings up the question, what the heck were ALL the staff dong at the time in both cases!

    He did it for the crack so , the other guy was just barmy.


  • #24
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    i knew this thread would be puntastic!


  • #25
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    If police catch up with the armless thief I bet he will point the finger at somebody else .


  • #26
    villager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 188 ✭✭villager


    if the staff in dixons are like any of the staff in any electrical store i have ever been in, power city did currys etc, they were probably trying to avoid the customers, god forbid that the customer might actually want to buy something


  • #27
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    latchyco wrote: »
    If police catch up with the armless thief I bet he will point the finger at somebody else .

    No , I reckon he will shoulder the responsibility....


  • #28
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    sharpshooterH wrote: »
    No , I reckon he will shoulder the responsibility....
    No rumor he climbed out the window then ?


  • #29
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    latchyco wrote: »
    No rumor he climbed out the window then ?

    Think he'd find that a bit if a pane.....
    although if he was caught he could always say he was framed.........


  • #30
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    sharpshooterH wrote: »
    Think he'd find that a bit if a pane.....
    although if he was caught he could always say he was framed.........
    Ooch ! If arrested police are using the strongest pair of handcuffs they have ,just in case he is difficult to handle


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  • #31
    Reganio 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,732 ✭✭✭Reganio 2


    Pics or GTFO


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