Needed Better Weapons

The two German bank robbers were evidently nervous, for in the middle of their branch takeover the one holding the gun dropped it on the floor. A sharp-eyed customer close by looked at it and blurted out, "It's a fake gun!"

The embarrassed robber picked up the gun and he and his partner ran out empty-handed, dropping another gun on the way, which they left behind.

The gun they left behind was real - but when tested by police, would not fire.

Copyright © 2005 Bankers' Hotline. Originally appeared in Bankers' Hotline, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2/05