Thinking about robbing a bank?

[spooky3]

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[stopdiggin]

1. definition of hell .... ( you're right - this is just too rich! ) - - - - - - - - - - -(nt)-

[johnnyfins]

2. Dope could have just left her if she was that bad.

Somehow, I think the problem lies with him though.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Did he hear of the concept of divorce?

Worked for me.

[Aussie105]

4. I fully understand the sentiment.

Is there a recognised 'little wife with a nasty attitude and fierce tongue' syndrome?

He won't make it to six months though.

Murder in month 2, then off to jail.

[marble falls]

5. And he thought it was bad enough before. Could this be considered cruel and unususal punishment for both of them?

[niyad]

6. While I can understand the glee, that sentence may have put his wife

at risk.

[Orrex]

10. My first thought

[aggiesal]

7. You forgot The Onion link. This is Irony Deficient. n/t

[spooky3]

12. In the first reply there's a link to the full story, which is real (!). Nt

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[aggiesal]

14. But the link was not from The Onion. ...

Yes, I know it's a real, it's called sarcasm.

[spooky3]

15. Then put a /s or :sarcasm: label there to clarify. Nt

[rampartd]

8. thanks, reminded me of a local story

jeanette maier had an old fashioned establishment in new orleans. her customers are said to have included family values champion senator david vitter and the usual collection of local elites who enjoy ragtime piano and cordials in the parlor.
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only 2 of jeanette's customers were sentenced in that case , a couple of suburban businessmen who had taken a few of the girls on a boat trip to mississippi, a violation of the mann act. their sentence = house arrest.

https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the-case-of-the-canal-street-madam/article_6855ee9b-42f4-545c-a4ed-281a97bcd803.html

[Tasmanian Devil]

9. Shockingly enough, this is a true story

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kansas-bank-robber-lawrence-john-ripple-sentenced-house-arrest-escape-wife-a7791586.html

... Mr Ripple had multiple bypass heart surgery in 2015 and suffered from depression that, according to lawyers, went undiagnosed.

Prior to the robbery, he lived a normal, law-abiding life as a husband and stepfather to four children. His public defender called the robbery a "cry for help".

At the sentencing trial Mr Ripple said he had sought medical help for his mental health and said he "feel[s] like his old self".

[niyad]

13. The story as presented in the linked article is a sad commentary

on our mental health care system. He wrote the note in front of his wife? Maybe she wanted time away from him? The bank officials asked for leniency, which was interesting.

[malaise]

11. Dumb ass

😀
Rec

[some_of_us_are_sane]

16. THAT one...

snuck up and tickled me to pieces!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. Ha!

[red dog 1]

18. The guy robbed the bank, then sat down in the bank lobby & told a security guard "I'm the guy you're looking for."