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dynamite ATM what could go wrong

from the Daily Mail June 3rd 2020

Apparently during the social unrest some hapless looters decided to liberate some cash from the Bank's ATM....Unfortunately they must have failed science 101 when dealing with high powered explosives... I think they did not take into account that the ATM engineers are very clever at protecting their money thus BOOM one or two looters removed from the gene pool

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8384043/Looter-24-killed-botched-Philadelphia-ATM-raid-thieves-blow-30-machines-steal-cash.html?ito=push-notification&ci=17262&si=385586

Submitted on 06/03/2020

Submitted by: Terry
Reference: https://www.dailymail.co.uk 06-03-2020

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>> Moderator Scores <<

James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This has a better write-up and backup article, so I will keep it! Thanks!


Tracy said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
This looks like organised crime, and I don't see any humour in the stories... happy to be dissuaded though, thanks


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
I'm pretty sure we have at least one virtually identical submission in the archives, and we may have actually received this exact story a few days ago as well. Unfortunately with the reject pile currently unavailable for browsing I can't confirm that. But the fact still remains that we've seen similar stories in the past. Thanks just the same.


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Idiots.