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Sat Oct 21, 2023, 09:17 AM Oct 2023

Criminals usually aren't the brightest bulbs in the drawer...

But this guy really gave me a laugh.

They were famously inspired by McArthur Wheeler, a Pittsburgh man who attempted to rob a bank while his face was covered in lemon juice.[15] Wheeler had learned that lemon juice could be used as "invisible ink" (that is, the old childhood experiment of making the juice appear when heated); he therefore got the idea that unheated lemon juice would render his facial features unrecognizable or "invisible".[16]

After he was effortlessly caught (as he made no other attempts to conceal himself during the robberies), he was presented with video surveillance footage of him robbing the banks in question, fully recognizable. At this, he expressed apparently sincere surprise and lack of understanding as to why his plan did not work — he was not competent enough to see the logical gaps in his thinking and plan.[17]

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

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Criminals usually aren't the brightest bulbs in the drawer... (Original Post) Archae Oct 2023 OP
That is the best one, all week. The only thing missing, 3Hotdogs Oct 2023 #1
But the LEMON came from Florida Wicked Blue Oct 2023 #2
Bless his heart... Chainfire Oct 2023 #3
As we used to say when we lived in NM: One taco short of a combination plate Wonder Why Oct 2023 #4

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