The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

Apparently, an 81 year old man almost got himself into some hot water when he wrote an article for a magazine. Although what he said in the article was clearly a joke, a local bank and the police didn't see it as such.

What else is new, right?

It all started when Frank Hainsworth wrote a jestful letter to a magazine in response to an article called The Bulletin, written by a convicted armed robber.

The joke was obvious, at least, to those of us who have a brain: he wrote that he wanted to rob a bank before he died "because they have always robbed me".

Ya, isn't that the truth.

That should be the typical response by anyone with common sense, but clearly both the bank and the police lacked sense in this situation. You see, the bank phoned the police worried that this was a serious threat, then the police went to the man's home to investigate and determine whether the man owned a gun or not.

Okay, yes, the police would be required to follow up on the situation, but really now. They could have been a little more casual than sending the elite armed robbery unit after him, considering the nonchalance of the letter.

It seems to me like this guy was almost found guilty before a crime was even committed.

Like, hello people, a joke.

Remember when humour used to exist in society. How lame are our lives when we can't even grasp the humour in a man's commentary.

Duh.

I don't know. Perhaps we need to publicly educate children on what common sense is and how it's used, so that they won't grow up as stupid as these people seemed to be behaving.

Or, how about we supply kids with lessons in humour - like a comprehension and response sort of thing?

Lighten up folks, for f*ck sakes.