Plot to cash in stolen nickels unravels when Florida store reports big deposit (20 tons)

CNEWS ^ | 2/8/05

[since1868]

talk about a petty thief

[KidGlock]

Moderators:

Please correct title- should read (20 tons)

(Blame fat fingers)

[ClearCase_guy]

"You load 16 tons, and what do you get ..."

[Vaquero]

"I bet a nickle..."

"Thats not a nickle Martini, that's sh*t"

[LetsRok]

"another day older and deeper in debt"

[Blowtorch]

Someone's "If I had a nickel for every ___" came true.

[Moonman62]

Cuckoo's Nest?

[pageonetoo]

Damn old farts...

[steveo]

good news for a change.

[Always Right]

Of all things to steal, nickles????? Darn, it is not even worth $44,000 to have to haul them suckers around.

[KidGlock]

These crooks lost all cents.

[Publius6961]

When this crime went down originally, I smiled and wondered what creative means would be used to "cash in" that many nickles.

What a disappointment!

[KidGlock]

Sales shot up 700% in Florida candy machines.

[Sam the Sham]

They were just stealing the nickels Americans won't steal.

[dfwgator]

"That and a nickel will get you a steaming hot cup of JACK SQUAT!"

[Boiling point]

Many years ago I saw my uncle with a roll of pennies, driving nails through them while building something in his garage. I ask him why and he said "Because washers are three cents apiece."

[newgeezer]

Yep, that's the problem with stealing small denominations. It's going to take a LONG time and a LOT of painstaking effort and patience before you can finally do anything big with your loot.

[Hegemony Cricket]

What did Lucy Van Pelt know, and when did she know it?

[Always Right]

When this crime went down originally, I smiled and wondered what creative means would be used to "cash in" that many nickles.

The only logical place would be to go to casino's with nickle slots. But then after awhile they may begin to wonder why their supply of nickles keeps increasing dramatically. But that is the only place I can see where a large amounts of nickles might not be out of place.