warning: discussion of death by stupidity

Today I learned that:

• A man tried to rob the bank across the parking lot from the closest public library to my house. The thing is that there is a police substation right behind the library, which he would have known had he ever been there.
• An ultimate fighting champion wanted an adventure exciting enough that equipment failure could be life-threatening. He let his dirt bike run out of gas, with predictable results.

I think what we can take away here is that you shouldn't rob banks next to police substations or go wandering around the desert in August. Probably you shouldn't make toast while you take a bath, either, but no one has tried that recently, so the jury's still out on that one.