Man Commits Robbery To Feed Pet Fish

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 2, 2009 @06:36AM from the mr-limpet dept.

An Irish carpenter pleaded guilty to a series of strange crimes including robbing a Brisbane ticketing agency to feed his pet fish. Richard William O'Flynn admitted in court that he gave a note to a Brisbane Ticketek employee, which read: "Give me all the #@*! money from the till." When his clever note didn't work, he came back with a goldfish and explained that he needed the money to feed his fish. O'Flynn also tried to hold up a bakery with a decorative cake knife after ordering a "gay wedding cake" for him and his partner. It's a lot easier to go crazy if you jump in with both feet.

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Fish or Richard.. whose the real victim?? by joelmax · 2009-02-02 07:53 · Score: 1

Since sentencing, the fish has moved on and already forgotten about poor Richard and moved on to someone who can keep his need for food up... you got used Richard! Used!
It's no use Richard! by dov_0 · 2009-02-02 09:32 · Score: 1

The Goldfish won't remember you for more than 5 minutes anyway...

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1. Re:It's no use Richard! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-02 15:03 · Score: 0
  
  5 minutes? I thought Goldfish had a memory of more or less 3 seconds.
2. Re:It's no use Richard! by arrenlex · 2009-02-02 18:38 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  5 minutes? I thought Goldfish had a memory of more or less 3 seconds.
  That's actually a pretty common what the hell were we talking about?