That actually reminded me of my own youthful stupidity.
Growing up, I had a good friend who liked to make his own homemade small
explosives out of basic chemistry-set type chemicals, and he was pretty
good at it. He made them out of cardboard, paraffin and firework fuses,
etc. They were pretty much glorified M-80's. I had him make a few of
them for me, just to show off to some of my other friends, because that
sort of thing is impressive to teenage boys.
Well, one night I was out running around on the back roads drinking
beer, as was the fashion in those days in rural western Kentucky, when
you could still kind of get away with that sort of thing. As we passed
one of our classmates' houses who was generally regarded as a bit of a
pampered rich boy, someone said, "We ought to blow up his mailbox."
Well, it sounded like a great idea at the time, so we turned around and
headed back to the guy's house, whereupon I hopped out, lit the
firecracker, pitched it in the box, and closed the hatch. The thing
blew all to hell as I was running back toward the truck, and there was
burning mail and ash floating to the ground as I hopped in and we drove off.
Seconds later, headlights appeared in the rear view mirror. Seems the
pampered rich boy had just gotten home from a night out with his
girlfriend and was sitting in his driveway listening to the radio
watching the whole thing go down.
Needless to say, I was at his house replacing the mailbox, bright and
early the next morning.
-- Walt
On 8/19/2011 11:00 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
OK, I've got one I know you'll all enjoy:
A couple of weeks ago in our sleepy town, a young man, recent high
school graduate& football player, took his friends up on a dare, and
for $20, went streaking through a Little League game one evening. An
eye-opening sight for the 9 year olds& their parents, surely.
Dashing from one side of the field to the other, he jumped the fence&
got into his friend's red pick-up truck& they drove off.
His one mistake was dropping his cell phone as he jumped the fence .
(No, I don't know where he was carrying it...) Police were called,
they found the phone, opened it up, and there was a photo of the
Streaker, wearing his football jersey. He was number 54. Didn't take
long before the cops found the truck, and several teens hanging out at
a nearby beach. Playing it cool, the officer asks if any of them play
football...? Yes? What's your number...? Case closed.
The ultimate stoopidity in this case comes with the Streaker facing
felony charges of something or other... Being Naked While Running...?
In addition, if convicted, the Streaker would have to register as a
sex offender in the state of Massachusetts. Most likely, the case
will be continued without a finding, but still... a sober reminder of
what can happen when both teenagers& cops are bored.
:)
-c
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Walt Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote:
On 8/18/2011 1:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Ann Sanfedele<[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Thief-Jacks-Car-With-Kids-Poodle-Drops-Them-All-Off-at-Home-127999188.html
There seems to be a rash of totally inept criminals lately. They pop
up on the morning news here at least once a week. Where the heck are
today's Lex Luthors?
It may sound like an urban legend, but I happen to know this one to be true,
as I personally know one of the guys who did it. In fact, I talked to him
less than a month ago.
Anyway, the local sheriff's department had made a pot bust and seized a
bunch of plants that'd been growing on a local farm. There was a big story
on the local news about it, as usual, so everyone in town was talking about
it. Since it's a rural area, everyone pretty much knows everyone else --
and that includes the people on the sheriff's department.
Well, this guy I know and a couple of his buddies got this bright idea:
Since they knew some of the deputies, they also knew where the sheriff's
department kept the evidence they seized in such situations. So, they
figured they'd wait until things died down a little, and then they'd break
into the evidence room and steal the plants that were seized.
Well, they did. And, apparently, the plants were fairly large, because they
had to drag them from the evidence room to the motel room they'd rented for
the operation, which was maybe a couple-hundred yards from the evidence room
they'd broken into. We know this because, upon discovering the break-in,
the sheriff's deputies followed the trail of fallen marijuana leaves all the
way to the hotel room and busted them the next morning.
True story.
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