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Elvis lives, robs

David Pescovitz at 7:09 am Thu, Jul 21, 2011

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Elvis has robbed several betting shops around England in recent weeks. The King has been caught on CCTV camera wielding what police say is a fake handgun. They're also claiming that the robber is just some guy wearing an Elvis disguise, but we know the truth. 'Elvis' suspect raid links in Brighton and Eastbourne (BBC News)

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The Snowden Principle

  • Layne

    Not to worry! The only thing Elvis shoots are televisions…

    I would at least hope that when they hand him the cash he says “Thank yuh, Thank yuh very much…”

  • Little John

    Wait, what? Velcro sideburns?

    And this also occurs to me: I was alive during some of Elvis Presley’s life, and it pains me a little to consider that “Elvis” might be tantamount to “fake” to some people. Many people under 40 or so have probably seen only Elvis impersonators, or video of the later sideburns/tinted glasses/rhinestone jumpsuit Elvis, and think the definition of Elvis is n. artificial, fake, imitation.

    That’d be one explanation for the fake sideburns and fake gun used by the gentleman here. And those are totally D.B. Cooper/Unabomber sunglasses; they’re not even proper Elvis impersonator shades.

  • Anonymous

    You guessed it: Frank Stallone

  • Shithead

    It looks like he’s wearing the Quake Guy helmet judging by the pic on the left.

  • stuart kaufman

    I know where he works…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL2GmaI3Xus

  • Anonymous

    Trouble with knocking over bookies is that sooner or later the firm will catch up and swap those blue suede’s with a pair of the readymix variety.

  • Avram / Moderator

    Still more evidence that Thriller (the 1983 comic book series, not the Michael Jackson song/video) was ahead of its time.

  • Bender

    As he left the teller window they heard him say “Thankyouverymuch”

  • GreenJello

    So even the gun is a fake? This is so sad. Guess it also shows what happens when the economy turns south, even all those millions he ran off with run out, probably shouldn’t have spent it all on those houses….

  • Anonymous

    So where’s JFK and Tom Mix?

  • emmdeeaych

    Call the constabulary… Elvis has left the building.

  • aynrandspenismighty

    Elvis? I think it’s Morrisey with glasses.

  • Anonymous

    He didn’t shoot any TVs. Obviously not him.

  • SomeGuy

    It shouldn’t be too hard to find the guy.

    Just look for him somewhere Down By The Riverside. Or perhaps he’s hiding In The Ghetto. After all, how hard can it be to locate a Hunk Of Burnin’ Love wearing Blue Suede Shoes?

  • Fred H

    TCB.

  • Xeni Jardin

    As a friend noted, this is obviously Burt Rutan.

  • Little John

    It’s weird how this post (http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/elvis-lives-robs.html) starts to load the comments from the post it’s replacing (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/07/21/elvis-lives-robs.html), but then shows just the one dummy post from Antinous.Is Disqus doing this? Is it useful in any way?

  • Antinous / Moderator

    Beats me.  We’re still exploring the mysteries.

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    @Antinous_Moderator:disqus

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