Dye Packs in Bank Money Do Explode!

2008_09_bankrob.jpgWNBC reports that someone robbed the Chase bank at Columbus and West 72nd Street, only for the red dye pack to explode, "splattering wet money on West 73rd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam in front of 105 West 73d Street." The thief, naturally, fled the scene. How Stuff Works explains that some dye packs are now paper-thin. And it was an exciting time on the Upper West Side: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was getting her nails done just down West 72nd Street at about the same time. A reader who sent Gawker a photo of the Rice-related hubbub said, "We boo'd her pretty soundly."

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Give that poor thief a break. He was just getting a head start stealing the cash before the government could use it for the bailout plan.

Rice was supervising the heist via two-way from up the street.

But then that paper-thin dye pack ruined everything.

And the average take is only around $2,000. Only losers and meth freaks rob banks anymore. Scum.

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