As a way of saving the planet, throwing eggs at a car dealership is a pretty dumb idea. It's even more stupid when your terrorist manifesto warning of retribution for "perpetuating the ignorant use of fossil fuels" is written on the back of the grocery receipt for said eggs. Such was the mistake of the four adults who egged a Toyota dealership near Moscow, Idaho, in May 2009. Police used the receipt to obtain store surveillance footage, which led to the four wannabes' arrest on vandalism charges.
Top 10 Inept Terrorist Plots
A group of Miami men who plotted to blow up the Sears Tower face federal sentencing on Sept. 7, 2009, despite an admission from federal authorities that the men were so incompetent that the plan had little chance of ever reaching fruition. Here is TIME's list of the top 10 terrorism-plot failures