What Does Yarmulke-Wearing Man Know From Bank Robbery?
Just because you're a bank robber doesn't mean you can't be polite. Harold Luken, who the Post describes as a "nebbishy knucklehead in a black yarmulke," walked into a Forest Hills Bank of America on Thursday, declaring "I am gonna rob the bank! I have a gun, but I'm gonna wait on line." Just try reading that in anything but the Jackie Mason voice.
Once it was his turn at the teller, he said, "First, I'm gonna pass you a note," but when teller Sean Knudsen refused to give him money, he simply asked for the balance in his own account. He then yelled, "OK, I will go to Citibank...I will rob them instead!" They've got a better lunch special anyway! Luken was quickly arrested after leaving the bank. He was also carrying an acoustic guitar on his back, which is much easier to play in a marching band:
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Does this show that BoA is anti-Semitic?!? I mean, the teller should have complied and given him a 'Teller's Check for a few thousand dollars. . . and then- when the Yiddisha Bookah left the Bank for Shabas Services. . . the BoA could have stopped the check if they wanted to. . . Jeez. . . er, I mean 'Gee'- give the Jews a break here- they're having enough trouble over there in the Middle East for Christsakes. . . er- I mean- for Crying-Out-Loud! J~
I just wrote a blog post about my experience when I was 7 and my neighbor drove me to school and then robbed a bank. http://momentslater.blogspot.c... I too used the Woody Allen 'gub' line- one of my all time favorites. Enjoy.
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