too good to make up

[shamasdog 1]

> When southern Florida resident Nathan Radlich's house was burgled

> recently, thieves ignored his wide screen plasma TV, his VCR, and > even left

> his Rolex watch. What they did take, however, was "a generic white > cardboard

> box filled with a greyish-white powder." (That's at least the way > the police

> report described it.) A spokesman for the Fort Lauderdale police > said, "that

> it looked similar to high grade cocaine and they'd probably thought > they'd

> hit the big time."

>

> Later, Nathan stood in front of the numerous TV cameras and pleaded with the

> burglars: "Please return the cremated remains of my sister, Gertrude. She

> died three years ago."

>

> The next morning, the bullet-riddled corpse of a local drug de aler known as

> Hoochie Pevens was found on Nathan's doorstep. The cardboard box was there

> too - -about half of Gertrude's ashes remained. Scotch taped to the box was

> this note which said:

>

> "Hoochie sold us the bogus blow, so we wasted Hoochie. Sorry we snorted

> your sister. No hard feelings. Have a nice day

[joekicker 53]

Nevertheless, it has been made up, over and over again, in country after county, for many years.

 

It's a joke.

 

Snopes is your Bible:

 

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/cocaine.asp

[Sailfast 503]

Nevertheless, it has been made up, over and over again, in country after county, for many years.

 

It's a joke.

 

Snopes is your Bible:

 

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/cocaine.asp

 

 

 

Snopes is an amazing site, can't understand why more people don't use it before posting "true" stories or forwarding stupid emails. We are long over due for another John Cleese letter