Man steals car, claims to be Foreigner Drummer.
I don't think i've come across a funnier news story than this in quite some time.
A homeless dude convinced a woman and a valet that he was the ex-drummer for the band Foreigner, he then proceeded to "borrow" this womans car, and crashed it soon after, before being taken into custody.
Would you claim to be this man?
There's a few genius bits in this article. Firstly, if you were going to claim to be a celebrity, why choose the ex-drummer for Foreigner? It does have kitsch value, but most people would be unimpressed by this claim to fame, plus, foreigner has had a lot of drummers. I'm pretty sure everyone over the age of 40 has been the drummer for Foreigner at one point or another.
Secondly, and this is what really pumps this article to legendary status, is the fact that the guy said his name was Cory James.
Foreigner has never had a drummer named Cory James.
So it seems that this guy had the idea to fake out a woman and steal her car, but couldn't think of one name of an ex-Foreigner drummer, so he just made one up. And it worked! Imagine that conversation...
"Hi, i'm Cory James".
"Hi Cory, what is it you do?"
"I use to be the Drummer for Foreigner"
"Oh wow, a celebrity! Hey bartender, this guy's Cory James"
"Who's Cory James?"
"The drummer for Foreigner"
"Oh..... sweet."
"So, can I borrow your corvette?"
"Yeah sure, I trust the ex-drummer for Foreigner not to steal my car".
Genius.
gotta admire the dude's hussle.
ReplyDeletei love that even after all that, they still needed a dog to track him down.