Comments on: Well-planned bank heist fails http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 00:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Wiki-Truths http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1687362 Wiki-Truths Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1687362 I'd like to know just how many bank robberies are successful. You don't hear about those for a reason - Don't want to give the public ideas. :)  I’d like to know just how many bank robberies are successful. You don’t hear about those for a reason – Don’t want to give the public ideas. :) 

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685972 Michael Smith Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685972 Somebody has been reading The Stainless Steel Rat. Somebody has been reading The Stainless Steel Rat.

]]> By: PathogenAntifreeze http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685877 PathogenAntifreeze Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685877 That much planning and effort... idiots could have made that money legitimately doing actual renovations. That much planning and effort… idiots could have made that money legitimately doing actual renovations.

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685799 welcomeabored Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685799 Agreed, so I concluded that greed and suspicion vied with self-preservation (five robbers scattering in five different directions increases odds of a getaway) and greed and suspicion won.  Thus were five robbers all found together in a field hiding where they could keep their eyes on each other and the loot. Agreed, so I concluded that greed and suspicion vied with self-preservation (five robbers scattering in five different directions increases odds of a getaway) and greed and suspicion won.  Thus were five robbers all found together in a field hiding where they could keep their eyes on each other and the loot.

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685762 Ian Wood Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685762 What Bombs At Midnight? What Bombs At Midnight?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685759 Brainspore Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685759 Why can't it ever be a "Polite and Reasonable" Bomber? Why can’t it ever be a “Polite and Reasonable” Bomber?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685681 Brainspore Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685681 "Not trusting your confederates" is probably the smartest way to go when you're talking about a band of criminals. “Not trusting your confederates” is probably the smartest way to go when you’re talking about a band of criminals.

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685677 efergus3 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685677 "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids." “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids.”

]]> By: Chuck Steel http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685428 Chuck Steel Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685428 From my reading they also made the mistake of exiting through the bank's doors, rather than going back up through the upper floor. It sounds like they set off the alarm as they were leaving. From my reading they also made the mistake of exiting through the bank’s doors, rather than going back up through the upper floor. It sounds like they set off the alarm as they were leaving.

]]> By: KevinRaposo http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685363 KevinRaposo Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685363 haha, this sounds like its straight out of a movie! haha, this sounds like its straight out of a movie!

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685353 Nadreck Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685353 Typical behaviour from my old home town.  There was a Mad Bomber at one point too. Typical behaviour from my old home town.  There was a Mad Bomber at one point too.

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685324 welcomeabored Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685324 Does anyone else here in reading this story, get the feeling that the bank robbers got caught red-handed with two large bags of stolen property, because none of the five of them was willing to trust their confederates?  Hollywood-style, my ass!  The robbers in the movies are usually smarter than those bozos. Does anyone else here in reading this story, get the feeling that the bank robbers got caught red-handed with two large bags of stolen property, because none of the five of them was willing to trust their confederates?  Hollywood-style, my ass!  The robbers in the movies are usually smarter than those bozos.

]]> By: soylent_plaid http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685278 soylent_plaid Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685278 See kids, this is why having a getaway car idling nearby as you're finishing the job is important. See kids, this is why having a getaway car idling nearby as you’re finishing the job is important.

]]> By: Tweedle http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685276 Tweedle Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685276 Scratch that -- this has been copied for over 55 years. And if you haven't seen "Rififi," go watch it now! Still a great film that most heist movies can only aspire to!! Scratch that — this has been copied for over 55 years.

And if you haven’t seen “Rififi,” go watch it now! Still a great film that most heist movies can only aspire to!!

]]> By: Tweedle http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/well-planned-bank-heist-a-fail.html#comment-1685275 Tweedle Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220321#comment-1685275 Brilliant? This is the plot of "Rififi," which has been copied hundreds of times over the last 40 years. Of course, bank security has changed a bit over that time frame. Brilliant? This is the plot of “Rififi,” which has been copied hundreds of times over the last 40 years. Of course, bank security has changed a bit over that time frame.

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