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Cash and carry

  • 06-03-2010 7:45pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8553229.stm
    Sumo wrestler 'steals cash machine from Moscow shop




    A man believed to be a sumo wrestler ripped out a cash machine weighing 90kg (200lb) and made off with it on his shoulders, police in Moscow report.
    Some $850 in Russian currency was allegedly taken

    No JCB here! :)


Comments

  • #2
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    There can't be that many Sumo Wrestlers in Moscow, he should be easy to find.


  • #3
    mikom
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    Heard the shop has gone belly up since.


  • #4
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Ah yes, excellent application of the tsuridashi technique.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bonerm wrote: »
    Ah yes, excellent application of the tsuridashi technique.


    Yes, I would say so ;)

    I don't think the cash machine was wearing a nappy though :P


  • #6
    Daemos
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    In Soviet Russia, cash machine takes money from you


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  • #7
    SugarHigh
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    DaPoolRulz wrote: »
    In Soviet Russia, cash machine takes money from you
    not that crazy. In Ireland you used to be able to make deposits at ATM's.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    SugarHigh wrote: »
    not that crazy. In Ireland you used to be able to make deposits at ATM's.

    You still can, some banks have "quick lodge" ATM's.

    Do any of them still have the "night safe" chutes?


  • #9
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    BBC wrote: »
    The suspect and an accomplice were arrested after being stopped in a BMW with tinted windows which they were driving without number-plates. .

    Not the sharpest knives in the drawer it would appear ?


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    Not the sharpest knives in the drawer it would appear ?

    With a sumo, you don't need a knife! :pac:


  • #11
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    90kg isn't that heavy, I don't think you'd find one in Ireland that light.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ScumLord wrote: »
    90kg isn't that heavy, I don't think you'd find one in Ireland that light.

    Heavy enough! what anazes me is the fact that it wasn't (properly)bolted to the floor!!


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