marseilles driller

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A 21-yr-old man went to the trouble of drilling a big hole though the wall of a bank in Marseilles, France, and after all that hard work, found out he had mis-estimated . . and was now in the bank's restroom, not the vault. Reuters via Yahoo

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Posted By: Chuck - Tue Feb 03, 2009
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La oops!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/03/09 at 10:30 AM

Measure twice, cut (or drill) once.

Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 02/03/09 at 11:19 AM

The best laid plans of mice and men will still go awry when you try to get something for nothing. Good thing he didn't drill through a water main and need rescue workers to save him from drowning. I think I read about that happening in Germany but I could be mistaken.

Posted by DownCrisis on 02/03/09 at 11:48 AM

"Alarms were triggered when he broke through the wall and police caught the man when they arrived on the scene."

Why was he hanging around the bathroom long enough for the cops to get there?

Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 02/03/09 at 12:47 PM

Jules - maybe he was just finishing up some paper work.

Posted by Madd Maxx on 02/03/09 at 01:12 PM

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