Posted on 07/25/2010 10:33:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Alexander Lemke may have the hunger of the Hamburglar, but he's clearly got Grimace's smarts
When faced with growing hunger and a limited budget, most people would find change in the couch cushions and buy a cheeseburger from McDonald's.
But one Florida man tried to trade marijuana and prescription pills for a couple of burgers at the drive-thru, and now eats the unhappiest meal of all: jail food. Police say 20-year-old Alexander Lemke broke into a neighbor's house in Palm Harbor and stole a Toyota Solara Friday night. He then drove the car to McDonald's, where he took "lovin' it!" to a whole new level by trying to buy cheeseburgers with drugs.
Lemke was arrested on the spot, and it got even worse for him than if he'd managed to actually consume food from McDonald's: police not only found a stolen car with a center console stuffed with illegal substances, but discovered he was driving on a suspended or revoked license and facing eight drug-related charges.
The unfortunate would-be Hamburglar now sits in jail pending bail of $18,550 -- about $18,549 more than if he'd just walked to the store with some change in the first place.
Methinks Lemke sampled a bit of his own product before thinking up this stunt.
I guess he’s trying to get away from fiat currency.
Btw:
ROBBLE ROBBLE ROBBLE!!!
:-)
He was merely bartering! ;)
***** “ He was merely bartering! ;)” *****
Oh yeah like the IRS is gonna let that happen! ;^)
TT
Expensive cheeseburger.
It doesn’t sound like he ever got the burger.
I’m just saying, $18K would be an expensive burger.
Here's how to get three hots and a cot...(and your meds paid for!)
Floriduh.
Instead of selling his stuff to buy food, he tried to eliminate the middle man.
Back during the election of the hanging chads, Florida had another problem on their hands.
In Volusia county, they needed to fill an elected position on the Board of Land & Water. Trouble is, they did not have time to print the candidate's names on the ballots. Voters were instructed to write-in the name of their preferred candidate.
'Water' beat 'Land' by a three-to-one vote.
I am not joking.
I suspect that if the same election were to be held in Kansas, 'Land' would have faired much better.
And I'm not laughing. That's really frightening, and it explains how we got into the pickle we're in right now.
I guess that explains their real estate problems.
Back when I was at McD this transaction would have been successful with 90% of the staff.
He should have gone to Arby’s?
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