Doofus Of The Day #332

Today's Doofus comes from Wichita, Kansas.

A Kansas man told police officers that he had been beaten and left with a head wound after he tried to buy drugs using Monopoly money.

The unidentified 33-year-old was pulled over in a traffic stop in Wichita, Kansas last Thursday, and was found to be bleeding from the head. He told officers he had attempted to buy several hundred dollars worth of crack cocaine using money from the popular capitalism-simulation game.

Police spokesman Gordon Bassham said: 'The man from whom he had bought the drugs was upset and invited him over to his house and upon arrival struck him in the head several times with a handgun and other people jumped into the fray.'

The man's injuries were not serious, and he has now stopped cooperating with the police's investigation. Authorities are still searching for his assailants.

What baffles me is that the drug dealer had obviously accepted the Monopoly money at first, because only after the transaction was complete did he invite the purchaser over to his place, then beat up on him! I guess he didn't recognize it as 'play money', and may have assumed it was foreign currency.

I suppose both dealer and user qualify for a D.O.O.D. award, each in their own inimitable fashion . . . Also, I imagine the police force's lack of success in finding the man's attackers might be because all the investigators are laughing too hard to be able to concentrate on their quest!



Peter