I guess "down under" also means everything is reversed. I thought this line was great:

"If any members of the public saw anyone carrying a big TV at that time of night, or heard or saw anything in the area of the prison, let police know," Sergeant Thomas McIntyre said.

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Thieves break-in to New Zealand prison

Mar 4 07:20 PM US/Eastern

A New Zealand prison suffered a reversal of the norm when it became the victim of a break-in.

Police said Saturday that thieves had broken into the prison at New Plymouth, on the west coast of the North Island, just before midnight and stolen a large plasma television.

"If any members of the public saw anyone carrying a big TV at that time of night, or heard or saw anything in the area of the prison, let police know," Sergeant Thomas McIntyre said.

The New Plymouth Prison is the oldest operating jail in New Zealand, having been in continuous use since the 1860s when it was converted from an army hospital.

The old jailhouse is surrounded by a large stone wall topped with razor wire, while a newer unit is surrounded by a fence topped with barbed wire.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0a1882d76ed94d3003a2f19a81162455.be1&show_article=1

Good one chuckd. I had been thinking of starting a "police blotter" thread here of some of the dumbest criminals ever. Yours seems like a good thread to bedlamize, once the Kiwi and Aussie contingent get their digs in over your post.

Sadly, more American exceptionalism or maybe there's just more media there:

http://www.criminaljusticeschools.com/blog/21-dumbest-criminals-of-the-21st-century-so-far

Yeah, we can let the down under folks justify and try to explain this prison break-in away, then it can be cannibalized and turned into any sort of silly criminal behavior.

Very good link you provided. I particularly enjoyed the "Worst burglar, ever".

Police said Saturday that thieves had broken into the prison at New Plymouth, on the west coast of the North Island, just before midnight and stolen a large plasma television.

Was this the warden's TV? The guards'? Maybe it was for the prisoners? That would be ironic - and suck for them. No more watching the match on the big screen in the big house.

Humourously brazen I would call it., although I don't see what chuck finds particularly funny in the one sentence that he found funny: The police asking the public for sightings? Don't they do that in other countries?

although I don't see what chuck finds particularly funny in the one sentence that he found funny: The police asking the public for sightings? Don't they do that in other countries?

They don't usually have to do it concerning a break-in at a prison.

although I don't see what chuck finds particularly funny in the one sentence that he found funny: The police asking the public for sightings? Don't they do that in other countries?

They don't usually have to do it concerning a break-in at a prison.

For sure....and it is quite funny that the prison was broken into......but what's so funny about the police asking for sightings?

The fact that they have to at all is funny to me.