Is #8 true? anyone?

[Charley]

> > > Top Eight Morons of 2001
> > >
> > > 1. AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he
>lacked
> > > intellectual
> > > leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's
> > > not Walter who's lacking
> > > intelligence.
> > >
> > > 2. Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue
>a
> > > gunman who had
> > > barricaded himself inside his home.After firing 10 tear gas canisters,
> > > officers discovered
> > > that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting
> > > "Please come out and give
> > > yourself up."
> > >
> > > 3. An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist
>and
> > > forced him to drive to
> > > two different automated teller machines, wherein the kidnapper
> > > proceeded to withdraw money
> > > from his own bank accounts.
> > >
> > > 4. A man walked into a Topeka, Kan., Kwik Stop, and asked for all the
> > > money in the cash
> > > drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store
> > > clerk and worked the
> > > counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed
>him.
> > >
> > > 5. Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who
>just
> > > couldn't control
> > > himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup
> > > to repeat the words,
> > > "Give me all your money or I'll shoot," the man shouted, "That's not
> > > what I said!"
> > >
> > > 6. A man spoke frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant and
>her
> > > contractions are only
> > > two minutes apart!"
> > >
> > > "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked.
> > >
> > > "No!" the man shouted, "This is her husband!"
> > >
> > > 7. In Modesto, Calif., Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to
> > > hold up a Bank of
> > > America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to
> > > simulate a gun, but
> > > unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket.
> > >
> > > 8. Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an
> > > hour east of
> > > Bakersfield, Calif., some folks, new to boating, were having a
>problem.
> > > No matter how hard
> > > they tried, they couldn't get their brand new 22-foot boat going. It
> > > was very sluggish in
> > > almost every maneuver, no matter how much power was applied. After
> > > about an hour of trying to
> > > make it go, they putted to a nearby marina, thinking someone there
> > > could tell them what was
> > > wrong.
> > >
> > > A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working
> > > condition. The engine ran
> > > fine, the out drive went up and down, the prop was the correct size
>and
> > > pitch. So one of the
> > > marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up
>choking
> > > on water, he was
> > > laughing so hard.
> > >
> > > Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer.
> >

[fat rat]

Hard to believe........anything is possible.

[HavasuDreamin']

I can't believe that! Question? At the launch ramp did he mistakenly detach the tongue on the trailer instead of the line to the bow? How does that happen?

[modvptnl]

I'll raise the BS flag on #8. First off you wouldn't need to "jump in the water to check underneath" to see the trailer was still attached and secondly........well, I just don't believe it.

[Riverhound]

As much as I like to beleive this becouse it does make for one hell of a story I beleive its bogus. Over the past several years I have seen that story in many different configurations. Apparently to have taken place at different lakes across the nation. Never the less it still makes for a funny story.
River

[CrazyHippy]

Originally posted by modvptnl:
I'll raise the BS flag on #8. First off you wouldn't need to "jump in the water to check underneath" to see the trailer was still attached and secondly........well, I just don't believe it.
on Elsinore, you might
BJH