This gem, from Germany...

Inmate escapes German jail in box
- BBC News, 14/11/08

A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail.

The 42-year-old Turkish citizen - who was serving a seven-year sentence - had been making stationery with other prisoners destined for the shops.

At the end of his shift, the inmate climbed into a cardboard box and was taken out of prison by express courier. His whereabouts are still unknown.

It's just classic. A man... mailed himself... out of prison.

Just... wow.