据外国媒体报道，美国罗得岛州一名男子拿土豆当枪，抢劫两次未遂。该男子先是手持热土豆进了当地一家便利店，对着收银员大喊“给我钱”，结果被店员拿着棒球棒追打出来。后来该嫌犯又拿着土豆进了一家干洗店并对女店员说：“我需要钱。”女店员从收银机里取了一张20美元的假钞给他，尽管他对钱数表示不满，但还是拿着假钞和土豆落荒而逃。
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."