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2019-01-29 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Arkansas man, 18, admits trying to steal a commercial jet so he could go to a rap concert in Chicago, despite having no pilot training and admitting he thought he'd 'only need to pull some levers and push some buttons'

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "I've played video games. How hard can it be?"

We really do need to raise the voting age back up to 21. Or so.

Posted by SteveS 2019-01-29 00:48|| 2019-01-29 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Or make having a functional brain a requirement.

Posted by gorb 2019-01-29 01:22|| 2019-01-29 01:22|| Front Page Top

#3 >Zemarcuis Scott

I'm guessing that he's
1) black
2) fatherless
3) on benefits his entire life
4) so has his "mother"

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-29 05:56|| 2019-01-29 05:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Dude! Where is the Xbox controller?

Posted by Hupeang Flomort4839 2019-01-29 06:59|| 2019-01-29 06:59|| Front Page Top

#5 If I were to plan on stealing a jet, I'd at least spend time on the old Microsoft flight simulator.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-01-29 08:41|| 2019-01-29 08:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Not exactly like driving a car. Qualifies for "Idiot of the Day" or Darwin Award.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-01-29 08:46|| 2019-01-29 08:46|| Front Page Top

#7 "Arkansas man"?
You sure that shouldn't be "Florida man"? Sure sounds like it.

Posted by Nero Snore4050 2019-01-29 08:55|| 2019-01-29 08:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Hey. I'm "Florida Man" for a year now. And I'm doin the best I can...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-29 10:46|| 2019-01-29 10:46|| Front Page Top

#9 And WRT the story above, I thought the cargo cultists stayed on the ground and waited for the planes to come...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-29 10:47|| 2019-01-29 10:47|| Front Page Top

#10 #3 Dindu nuffin.

Was turnin things around.

Fell in with a bad crowd.

Where da reparations at?

Posted by charger 2019-01-29 16:34|| 2019-01-29 16:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Well, this MS-Flight Simulator add-on is available, and, with some time and a bit o' luck, Zemarcuis may have made it off the rwy.

To Chicago not so much.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2019-01-29 19:46|| 2019-01-29 19:46|| Front Page Top

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