Dumbass of the Day
And winning the Dumbass award of the day…
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Three men trying to steal fuel from a New Zealand farm Monday ended up setting fire to their own car.
Police said the trio had siphoned diesel into a petrol-driven vehicle. When their car would not start, they examined the fuel pipe using a cigarette lighter.
One click, a boom and the car burst into flames.
“It wasn’t a major whodunnit,” senior sergeant Ross Gilbert told Reuters, from the small North Island town of Waipukurau, about 140 miles northeast of Wellington.
“Fortunately for them, there is no criminal charge for stupidity.”
The men, aged 18 to 19, escaped injury but were charged with theft.
Smart move. Guess the world shouldn’t assume that everyone knows that fire and gas don’t play well together.
Lets just hope they don’t reproduce!!!
Comment by Tulsa — 8/29/2005 @ 7:49 pm
Who, the two men? I don’t remember much from sex ed, but I don’t think that’s possible…
Comment by Tara — 8/30/2005 @ 6:58 am
Now Pfeifer… not to say they are gay but any woman dumb enough to shack of with one
of these fools has a lot of dumb jeans as well!!!
Comment by Tulsa — 8/30/2005 @ 7:23 pm