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Irish_rat

Man paid friend to make hoax bomb call to Intel to avoid work

He paid his friend to make the call from a payphone outside Hammond’s home.

The resulting 999 calls shut down a motorway, disrupted air traffic control and prevented 4,000 Intel staff from going to work. Garda Eamonn McFadden said that at a “conservative estimate” the incident lost Intel 6,000 hours of production.

Gda McFadden said that a month after the hoax, a taxi man arrived at Balbriggan Garda station with a passenger who wouldn’t pay his fare. The passenger was Hammond and a garda at the station recognised his voice from the hoax call.
Hammond admitted he had made the call on his friend’s behalf saying: “He hates work and I made a phone call so he wouldn’t have to go to work.”

Gda McFadden agreed with James Dwyer BL, defending, that it had been a spontaneous decision and the only evidence against O’Neill were his own admissions.

Linky

You really couldn't make this up

El Weirdo

What has this got to do with Darwin?

jamesbere

What an idiot

He really didn't think it through, did he?

GBX

El Weirdo wrote: »

What has this got to do with Darwin?

Must be the OPs name

El Weirdo

Candie wrote: »

He really didn't think it through, did he?

It sounds like he might have got away with it if his mate had just paid the taxi fare.

Full Marx

I wanted actually tips on how to skip work, that newsletter I would subscribe to

LDN_Irish

Not really Darwin worthy. He'd have had to actually blow himself for a day off work to get a Darwin.

Wacker The Attacker

I find that the tried and trusted sicky method to be the most effective

La Fenetre

Maybe Intel should be a bit more picky about who they employ, how much they pay people, and provide some training for the Irish management.

sonny.knowles

Presumably yet man doesn't work for Intel anymore, so problem solved.

La Fenetre

After costing them 6000 hours, not much "solved" there

martyos121

Wouldn't it be easier to just not go?

kawasaki1100

sonny.knowles wrote: »

Presumably yet man doesn't work for Intel anymore, so problem solved.

Ha, imagine the ass kicking he got from his auld fella- the sub contractor.

sonny.knowles

La Fenetre wrote: »

After costing them 6000 hours, not much "solved" there

His problem solved. Obviously. Meaning he no longer needs to go to work in a job he doesn't like. Hope that makes sense to you.

La Fenetre

sonny.knowles wrote: »

His problem solved. Obviously. Meaning he no longer needs to go to work in a job he doesn't like. Hope that makes sense to you.

I don't think like him, so to tell you the truth, none of it makes any sense to me.

josey_whale

Drugs are bad, MKAY!

YungKeo

Wasn't the most Intel-ligent thing to do

IvanRakitic

the Garda who recognised his voice from the hoax call must have some ear, especially considering it was a month on- wow

Lia_lia

I remember a thread about this when it happened alright. What a dope!

The_Valeyard

IvanRakitic wrote: »

the Garda who recognised his voice from the hoax call must have some ear, especially considering it was a month on- wow

Fairly impressive alright or your man must have a pretty distinct voice like Bobcat Goldthwait from Police academy 3

Hammer89

Candie wrote: »

He really didn't think it through, did he?

Sounds like he needed to process it.

RayCon

Bet he's not feeling too FAB about it now.

cajonlardo

IvanRakitic wrote: »

the Garda who recognised his voice from the hoax call must have some ear, especially considering it was a month on- wow

It was the "intel inside" jingle that gave it away.

arayess

i'll never understand why people incriminate themselves to the law.

you read this a lot in the papers, that the only evidence against them was their own admissions.

FOOLS

Caliden

arayess wrote: »

i'll never understand why people incriminate themselves to the law.

you read this a lot in the papers, that the only evidence against them was their own admissions.

FOOLS

"Off the record..."

Was probably used by the Garda to get it out of him. Nothing is ever off the record.

arayess

Caliden wrote: »

"Off the record..."

Was probably used by the Garda to get it out of him. Nothing is ever off the record.

You are probably right , you'd wonder who believes that sh1t.

ukoda

IvanRakitic wrote: »

the Garda who recognised his voice from the hoax call must have some ear, especially considering it was a month on- wow

and Gardai in stations don't answer 999 calls? he must of had the recording to listen to