Ive done my share of scams
Council tax numbers, photoshoped parking tickets, bogus travel insurance claims, I even used a fake student card until I was 30. I guess the one that sticks in my mind is when I pushed it too far. I lived in a shared house in london for a few years. rather than paying bills and council tax, we put all the bills in a false name, Jack Donohue, a famous australian Bushranger. When 'Jack' had racked up the bills to an unpayable degree, he moved out and "Ben Hall", another australian bushranger moved in with a clean slate and started the process over again. It was only when we tried it on with "Ned Kelly", and happened to get a suspicious Council worker who had heard of this bushranger, and instantly sussed we were taking the piss. We cleared out in few weeks just ahead of the baliffs.
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 19 Oct 2007, 16:32, 1 reply)

These aren't the thieves you are looking for
I have a friend named Ned Kelly, and whilst he doesn't wear buckets on his head or metal armour, he's a teensy weensy bit of a villain. One night he was stopped by the law in his car, who questioned him, obviously knowing he was up to no good, but were reluctantly going to let him go. Just before they did, they asked the passenger's name.

His name (really) was Robin Hood.


Even the dumbest cop isn't going to let a car containing Ned Kelly and Robin Hood disappear into the night, so they arrested the pair for trying to be clever! (I doubt that, if anything, appeared on the charge sheet, but their night out came to a swift end anyway)
(Rsoles, Tue 23 Oct 2007, 20:07, closed)