Just because you're a bank robber doesn't mean you can't be polite. Harold Luken, who the Post describes as a "nebbishy knucklehead in a black yarmulke," walked into a Forest Hills Bank of America on Thursday, declaring "I am gonna rob the bank! I have a gun, but I'm gonna wait on line." Just try reading that in anything but the Jackie Mason voice.
Once it was his turn at the teller, he said, "First, I'm gonna pass you a note," but when teller Sean Knudsen refused to give him money, he simply asked for the balance in his own account. He then yelled, "OK, I will go to Citibank...I will rob them instead!" They've got a better lunch special anyway! Luken was quickly arrested after leaving the bank. He was also carrying an acoustic guitar on his back, which is much easier to play in a marching band:
