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Shock burns cable thief beyond recognition
Reuters News Service ^
| 10/8/07
| Reuters Staff
Posted on 10/08/2007 1:28:37 PM PDT by ccmay
Reuters story- not quoted.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Germany
KEYWORDS: burglary; copper; darwin; hotjobs
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As someone who lost fifty dollars' worth of copper wire to methamphetamine addicts who did seven thousand dollars' worth of damage, let me be the first to say: Good riddance!
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:28:48 PM PDT
by
ccmay
To: ccmay
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:30:53 PM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom! Non-Sequitur = Pee Wee Herman.)
To: Lee'sGhost
Ha! FIWDAN = First in with Darwin Award Nomination.
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:31:37 PM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom! Non-Sequitur = Pee Wee Herman.)
To: ccmay
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:32:09 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
To: ccmay
Note to self: when stealing copper wire, first make sure it is not live. Judges do not award extra points for stupidity.
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:33:09 PM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: ccmay
He always was a good “conductor”!
Shocking I tell you!
To: ccmay
He thought he was Prometheus.
To: Lee'sGhost
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:34:09 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
To: ccmay
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:34:13 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support. Defend life support for others in the womb.)
To: ccmay
Death by Zot Darwin Award
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:35:58 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: ccmay
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:37:27 PM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: lexington minuteman 1775
He wasn’t grounded in reality.
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:38:51 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Liberals want equality of outcome not equality of opportunity.)
To: ccmay
The authorities identified him by his hand which was blown off his body. His fingerprints were already on file.
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:43:28 PM PDT
by
DocRock
(All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 ... Go ahead, look it up!)
To: Mikey_1962
He wasnt grounded in reality.
Watt?
To: ccmay
This thief conducted himself poorly.
He earned the Bad Conduct Metal.
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:44:27 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
To: ccmay
As someone who lost fifty dollars' worth of copper wire to methamphetamine addicts who did seven thousand dollars' worth of damage, let me be the first to say: Good riddance!Ditto that, sounds like we had similar experiences.
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:45:17 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Fred Thompson for President)
To: ccmay
“You’ll never take me alive, Copper!”
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:45:18 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
To: Mikey_1962
Some shop till they drop. This poor bloke fried until he died...
To: Beelzebubba
I guess he couldn’t resist it.
A revolting story.
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:46:34 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
To: ccmay
Well, if the cable was thick enough and burned into his hand, put him down in front and let him conduct for the orchestra.
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posted on
10/08/2007 1:46:40 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(False modesty is as great a sin as false pride.)
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