據外國媒體報道，美國羅得島州一名男子拿土豆當槍，搶劫兩次未遂。該男子先是手持熱土豆進了當地一家便利店，對著收銀員大喊“給我錢”，結果被店員拿著棒球棒追打出來。后來該嫌犯又拿著土豆進了一家干洗店并對女店員說：“我需要錢。”女店員從收銀機里取了一張20美元的假鈔給他，盡管他對錢數表示不滿，但還是拿著假鈔和土豆落荒而逃。

Rhode Island police are on the lookout for a suspect who was passing a potato off as a gun during two unsuccessful robbery attempts on Monday.

The man first went to a Providence convenience store with the hot potato but was chased off with a baseball bat after he shouted “give me the money” to the cashier.

The suspect, potato still in hand, then went to a nearby dry cleaner and told a female clerk, “I need the money.”

Anna Jung gave the man the only thing that was in the register, a counterfeit $20 bill.

"He said, 'Don't call 911.' I said, 'OK. Take it easy,'" Jung told WJAR.

Although he wasn’t pleased with the amount, the man fled with cash and the potato.

"I heard it on the news and I say, it was ridiculous, man," said local resident Linda Hopkins. "That's it."

（來源：www.upi.com 編輯：丹妮）