Thief Signals Time-Out to Catch His Breath During Police Chase
An out-of-shape thief asked for a ‘time-out’ while being chased by police in the Philippines yesterday. He ran out of breath after sprinting for 500 yards and stopped to make the universal time-out hand gesture.
The man had broken into a house and stolen two mobile phones and a local police patrol heard the owner’s screams and gave chase. If the police had played fair, they should have stopped where they were until the thief had a chance to catch his breath and continue running, but the bastards ignored the man’s hand signal and grabbed him. They claim they thought he was trying to make the sign of the cross to ward off vampires and would have stopped if they’d realized he was actually signaling a timeout. Yeah, right.
Source: Reuters
Posted: June 27th, 2007 under Nutty News.
Comments: 5
Comments
Comment from W
Time: June 27, 2007, 6:25 pm
Why should the cops need to defend themselves??
They’re job is to catch the crook, not chase them around!!
Comment from Cindy (The 15 Minute Dating Blog)
Time: June 27, 2007, 6:35 pm
Talk about one smart thief 
Comment from Hammer
Time: June 27, 2007, 6:54 pm
Who said the police need to defend themselves. Is it possible you don’t recognize satirical humor when you see it.
Comment from Just-Whatever
Time: July 16, 2007, 2:06 am
The judge should let him off for his effort
Comment from aaron
Time: January 10, 2008, 12:03 am
Only in the Philippines hehehehe. my land of birth! or something like that..
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