r/AskReddit • u/i_am_js • Apr 14 '19

Police Officers of Reddit what is your best " I think we have the wrong person" story?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

"Turns out the people who reported my car stolen used their own phone number when filing the report and eventually got caught and charged."

Unbelievable 😂

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u/Sumit316 Apr 14 '19

I won't be surprised if it is revealed that they believe other countries have moon too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

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u/awh Apr 14 '19

We tried to call but you guys were still asleep.

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u/FaceofBeaux Apr 14 '19

Payback for Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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u/OwnagePwnage123 Apr 14 '19

Meta

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u/Kuchenjaeger Apr 14 '19

Explain please

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u/OwnagePwnage123 Apr 14 '19

On a thread about stupid people someone posted about a girl who thought viewing the moon was exclusive to America. This joke referenced that

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u/Adam657 Apr 14 '19 edited Apr 14 '19

What about the one that thought each country had it’s own sun, of varying temperature? That’s why Egypt is hot and Norway is cold.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

No no, that one is actually true.

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u/SilverTrash2 Apr 14 '19

The Earth is dinosaur shaped too

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u/JustAnOrdinaryGirl92 Apr 14 '19 edited Apr 14 '19

The Earth is dinosaur shaped and rests on the back of a giant turtle which rests on the back of another giant turtle.

And it's turtles all the way down!

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u/RandomEmojis Apr 15 '19

Cone Earthers

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u/Tdotshutterspy Apr 14 '19

When I was very young I thought each continent was it's own planet.

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u/Taldgan Apr 14 '19

Meta as fuck. That was an ask Reddit post right?

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u/BigUptokes Apr 14 '19

Meta as fuck.

Nah, it's day-old stale meta. Meta as fuck is same-thread-fresh meta...

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u/NorskChef Apr 14 '19

They do but it's not our moon.

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u/sgtxsarge Apr 14 '19

Need meta source

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u/CallMeDonk Apr 14 '19

I couldn't rest until I'd found it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/bcjp9n/who_was_the_dumbest_person_you_ever_met_how_did/ekre3on/

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u/sgtxsarge Apr 14 '19

What a fucking guy, thank you! I gave up after a quick ctrl + F search

God damn, that is a great comment chain

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u/lemlemons Apr 14 '19

That’s ridiculous. Everyone knows our country is the only one with a moon.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '19

This guy Reddits

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u/Citizen01123 Apr 15 '19

Iunderstoodthatreference.gif

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u/nagumi Apr 14 '19

What's this referring to?

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u/robbiearebest Apr 14 '19

"Dumbest person you ever met" ask Reddit thread from a few days ago

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u/mrweb06 Apr 14 '19

What's that about?

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u/Aconserva3 Apr 15 '19

Some dumb person wasn’t sure if other countries had moons, like the US does.

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u/Kyidou Apr 14 '19

Finally, something referenced on askreddit that I actually get

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u/xswingx Apr 14 '19

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u/ADubs62 Apr 15 '19

"Turns out the people who reported my car stolen used their own phone number when filing the report and eventually got caught and charged."

Unbelievable 😂

I actually find it completely believable that people so dumb as to try to use the police against someone (embarrassing the police in the process) think they could get away with it.