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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 10:39 AM
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Bible used to smuggle hacksaw blades into Jail
helping three inmates escape from the St Tammany Parish Jail in Louisiana. The three inmates have been caught and are back in jail. The X of one of the escapees has been arrested for the smuggling.

http://blog.nola.com/tpnorthshore/2009/07/inmates_exwife_booked_in_june.html?FORM=ZZNR3
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 10:55 AM
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1. did they get the idea from a 1930s movie?
Edited on Wed Jul-08-09 10:55 AM by rurallib
ETA always good to see the classics come back.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 11:41 AM
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4. The gun made out of the bar of soap and shoe polish had to be thrown away
Edited on Wed Jul-08-09 11:41 AM by Javaman
when it sudded up in the rain.
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TWiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 10:58 AM
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2. Well, I guess the bible is good for something after all.
oh wait. they used to keep them in the outhouse.
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 11:00 AM
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3. The oldest trick in the book (literally) -and the guards still didn't catch on.
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 11:43 AM
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5. Oh, Andy Dufresne!
Your plot was spoiled.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 12:33 PM
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7. I do believe
Andy was the most patient person in the universe. Just can't pass up a rerun of Shawshank.
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Stevenmarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 11:43 AM
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6. The Lord shall provide
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 12:36 PM
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8. I thought they were using hacksaw proof bars in jails over a hundred years ago?
This must me an old jail?

Don
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 12:42 PM
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9. That might be true in America
but this incident occurred in Louisiana.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 02:44 PM
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10. "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free..."
or provide hacksaws, in this case.
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