"The Reluctant ATM"
The guys in this week’s episode are so stupid that I’ll refer to them as Larry, Moe and Curly to avoid any embarrassment. That way you won’t be holding any high expectations as to the intellectual level of their criminal pursuit.
These guys have spotted an upscale restaurant where there’s an ATM near the front entrance. Over the past few weeks they’ve noticed the restaurant is closed on Sundays. So they plan their caper after dark on a Sunday night. So far, brilliant. Right? Just wait.
The boys break the glass on a window facing an alley. Once inside they check for alarms but find none. Next they look over the ATM.
"Let’s just take it with us," says Moe.
"It’s too heavy to carry," says Curly.
"That’s what we’ve got a car for, dummy," says Larry.
The boys use pry bars and sabre saws to get the ATM loose from the floor. As the boys stagger under the weight of the machine, they find that the ATM is too big to fit through the window they broke for their break-in. Next they try the rear door, but it’s also too narrow.
"We’ve got one more chance," says Larry, "we’ll take it out through the front—I think it’s a double door." Sure enough, the ATM fits out the front door. The getaway car is parked across the street.
That’s when the guys discover the ATM won’t fit into the car. The car is a Mercury Grand Marquis. The back seat is big and so is the trunk—but not ATM big. Right about this time three patrol cars turn spotlights on the guys and they throw up their hands in surrender.
Back at police headquarters they learn from a detective that the ATM has no money in it. "That piece of junk hasn’t been used for over two years," says the detective. "The owner has been trying to figure out how to get rid of it. Then along come you guys."
Copyright-Bob Ford 2002
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