A robber stole money from a store sprinted down the street and around a corner running headlong into 2 policemen with guns drawn on a prostate suspect lying facedown on the sidewalk The robber throws up[ his hand gives himself up and flops to the ground.

The cops were actors taping a crime episode. They looked at each other quizzically wondering what to do. But by then the real police were there and took the star-crossed crook away.

Adapted from the book "THE WORLD'S DUMBEST CROOKS" by Allan Zullo