did you want that $360,000,000 in fives?

[Hakuna Matata]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_fe_st/odd_check_for_billions


this guy has to be one of the dumbest guys I have ever read about! What he thought his girlfriends mother had that much money in her account?

[Santo Rugger]

Heh, it would have been more awesome if the bail was $3,600 instead of $3,750.

[Johnny L.A.]

If he'd tried it in Alaska, would it have been $720 billion?

[Xema]

did you want that $360,000,000 in fives?
The check was actually for 1000 times that much.

Guy likes to think big - no doubt he simply wanted his record company to get off on the right financial foot.

[Desert Nomad]

With $360 billion, why bother with a record company at all... buy a sailboat and an iPod. :)

[TokyoBayer]

Officers reported finding less than two ounces of marijuana and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets.He must have been really happy to see someone.

[Hakuna Matata]

The check was actually for 1000 times that much.

Guy likes to think big - no doubt he simply wanted his record company to get off on the right financial foot.

doh! :)
dammit I knew I was going to screw that up

$360,000,000,000
I guess if you are going to steal from someone--hell go big time! Why take $3600 at a time when you can get $36B in one fell swoop.

For me I am just amazed at the thought process or lack thereof that would attempt this. boggles the mind.

[Harmonious Discord]

I want to know how he fit that on a standard check. I originally thought this is only something a stoned or retarded person would do. I don't get that from the rest of the article though.

[glee]

With $360 billion, why bother with a record company at all... buy a sailboat and an iPod. :)

You have much to learn, Grasshopper.
For that much money, you could buy ..... two Ipods! :eek: :smack:

[Giles]

People like Mr Fuller have no idea how big a billion is. I've done some very rough calculations, and my estimate is that (in $100 bills) that amount could be stacked into a cube roughly 15 metres by 15 metres by 15 metres, weighing roughly 3,000 tons. How did he propose to carry this stack of money out of the bank? Did he have a large enough fleet of trucks outside ready to load the money into?

[Desert Nomad]

You have much to learn, Grasshopper.
For that much money, you could buy ..... two Ipods! :eek: :smack:

For that matter, why do all the work of starting a new record company - I think for $360 billion you could just buy most any existing one.

[Szlater]

You have much to learn, Grasshopper.
For that much money, you could buy ..... two Ipods! :eek: :smack:

That's just crazy talk!

[tdn]

I don't know much about record companies, but if he invested that $360,000,000,000 in a hobbie store, he could have built that up to $187 in less than a year.

[detop]

What I find interesting is this :
<snip>but bank employees who contacted the account's owner said the woman told them she did not give him permission to take or cash the check, according to police.

In other words, she doesn't deny writing the check, just that she gave him permission to take it or cash it.

I presume it went something like this :

GF mom : OK, I will write you a check to bank your record business, but you will have to wait to cash it until I make sure it is covered.

Fuller : Fair enough.

15 minutes later (after the mom is gone)...

Fuller : Hi, I would like to cash this check please.

[Philster]

He is a dumbass if he was going to make records. Everybody knows that is soooooooo outdated. Records? Hah. For just 60 billion more he could start his own 8-track business.

:)

[BMalion]

For that matter, why do all the work of starting a new record company - I think for $360 billion you could just buy most any existing one.


Or just cut out the middle man and buy your favorite band, like hiring Van Halen to play at your birthday party.

[Euphonious Polemic]

I want to know how he fit that on a standard check. I originally thought this is only something a stoned or retarded person would do. I don't get that from the rest of the article though.

"Officers reported finding less than 2 ounces of marijuana and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets, police said."

What they didn't say was he started out that morning with 12 ounces of marijuana in his pocket....

[Chimera]

There's one of these every couple of months. Phony excessively large check, or the same-but-different, like the guy who tried to cash a phony $1 millon bill a short while ago at a convenience store.

I almost think we should put the Death Penalty on this level of Stupidity, just to remove these kinds of morons from the gene pool.

Either that, or we establish the Federal Home for the Terminally Stupid.

[BMalion]

There's one of these every couple of months. Phony excessively large check, or the same-but-different, like the guy who tried to cash a phony $1 millon bill a short while ago at a convenience store.

I almost think we should put the Death Penalty on this level of Stupidity, just to remove these kinds of morons from the gene pool...


Yeah, but it only has to work once!

[Hampshire]

I just have this image in my head of this 21 year-old staring dumbfounded at a blank check breathing through his mouth that is haning open with the wheels turning furiously in his head.
Then he writes 360,000 with a furrowed brow and his tounge sticking out the side of his mouth. Then he holds it out in front of himself at arms length mouth agape again to admire his handywork.
"Not enough!" he thinks "Needs more zeros." as he presses even harder with the pen making it 360,000,000.
Then it dawns on him how much of a genius he is. Why not add three more! and he adds the last three making it 360,000,000,000 while hunching over the check.
Again holds the check in front of himself and grins and giggles to himself "I is soooo smart."

[Vinyl Turnip]

I've learned to accept that some people really are that stupid, but I have trouble understanding how someone that stupid makes it to the age of 21.

How did he manage for all those years to avoid swallowing poison, suffocating himself with a grocery bag, wandering into the path of a tractor trailer, or any number of other fatal activities?

[tdn]

Hampshire, thanks for the imagery. U is so funy

[Litoris]

I've learned to accept that some people really are that stupid, but I have trouble understanding how someone that stupid makes it to the age of 21.

How did he manage for all those years to avoid swallowing poison, suffocating himself with a grocery bag, wandering into the path of a tractor trailer, or any number of other fatal activities?
Have you been to America lately? Our kids are not allowed to play tag, it's too dangerous. This bag of Roasted Peanuts on my desk has a warning label that says "caution, may contain peanuts!" Hello? The Nanny State is what keeps these morons alive and thriving, while the rest of us are dying from injuries sustained during bashing our heads on the desk episodes.

[Projammer]

Have you been to America lately? Our kids are not allowed to play tag, it's too dangerous. This bag of Roasted Peanuts on my desk has a warning label that says "caution, may contain peanuts!" Hello? The Nanny State is what keeps these morons alive and thriving, while the rest of us are dying from injuries sustained during bashing our heads on the desk episodes.

There's a philosophy that I share with a great many people. Just take the warning tags off everything and let Darwin sort it out.

Unfortunately it's not shared by the people that could make it happen. Probably some sort of basic survival instinct at work there.

[Kozmik]

Heh, it would have been more awesome if the bail was $3,600 instead of $3,750. :D


A record company. Was this guy Michael Jackson?

[pravnik]

Heh, it would have been more awesome if the bail was $3,600 instead of $3,750."No problem! Y'all take checks?"

[HubZilla]

"Officers reported finding less than 2 ounces of marijuana and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets, police said."

What they didn't say was he started out that morning with 12 ounces of marijuana in his pocket....

His mugshot looked like a druggie. Unfortunately, I could only find his picture on a racist website, so I won't post the link.