[kingattax]

[sticker]

have they blamed Bush yet?

[swain_forkbeard]

Doesn’t somebody have to chime in with a “Hold ma beer” alert?

[Dick Bachert]

Not PC but the gene pool just got a bit DEEPER.

[theDentist]

More than 100 cases of copper theft were reported to Savannah police last year, and it continues to be a problem.

And now just a little less so.

[gridlock]

Sometimes stupidity is punishable by death.

[DannyTN]

Possible Darwin if he doesn’t have children.

[KoRn]

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[reagan_fanatic]

These copper thefts are geting more shocking every day.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

What is even more funny is many of these poles do not have copper, just high tensle copper coated steel wire.

[dynoman]

Cue the “you people are harsh - someone shouldn’t recieve the death penalty for sealing copper” crowd.

[ßuddaßudd]

Well if you’re lookin’ for trouble
I’m the man to see
If you’re lookin’ for satisfaction
I’m satisfaction guaranteed
I’m as cool as a body on ice
Hotter than a rollin’ dice
Send you to heaven
Take you to hell
I ain’t foolin’
Can’t you tell

I’m a live wire, I’m a live wire, I’m a live wire
Gonna set this town on fire

And if you need some lovin’
And if you need some man
You’ve got the phone and the number
And I got no future plans
Oh come on honey you got nothin’ to lose
You got the thirst ‘n I got the booze
Give you an inch
Take you a mile
I wanna make you fry

I’m a live wire, (live wire)
I’m a live wire, (live wire)
I’m a live wire, (live wire)
Holy smoke and sweet desire

Like a hot rod baby?
Oh stick this in your fuse box

Aah cooler than a body on ice
Hotter than a rollin’ dice
Wilder than a drunken fight
You’re gonna burn tonight

I’m a live wire, (live wire)
I’m a live wire, (live wire)
I’m a live wire, (live wire)
And I’m gonna set this town on fire

Live wire, (live wire)
I’m a live wire, (live wire)
Well I’m your live wire, (live wire)
I’m a live wire, (live wire)
You’re gonna burn
Ah look at me, guilty
Soak my circuit
Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn

[Travis McGee]

Two birds with one stone.

[RepublitarianRoger2]

I don’t see how these copper thieves cash in. Copper is about $3 or $4 a pound now. I heard of a theft where 2000 feet (about 14,000 pounds) of copper wire was cut — and it put a bunch of customers out of service.

The recycling plant requires a photo ID. And they work with the police force to keep tabs on recent thefts. Showing up with 2000 feet of copper cable would look pretty suspicious, wouldn’t it? I would think that even cutting it into smaller sections and going to the recycling plant repeatedly would get to look fairly suspicious.

Doesn’t seem like a good avenue to financial gain to me. Not to mention the very real danger of getting zapped while trying.

[taraytarah]

He could have gotten together with the drunk from Davenport and checked the tracks for copper from flattened pennies.

[NavyCanDo]

I have seen police photos of a guy who was killed in the same way. They were gruesome.

Then in my neighborhood last week, someone stole a storm drain cover. We were out giving the dog a walk and I walked right by it without looking down at it. My 6-year old son said “Dad look”, and I turned around and chills went down my spine. There was my Son inches from a 7-8 foot drop into what must of been 2 or 3 feet of rushing water in the blackness of the hole. It amazes me the stupid things people will do for a few bucks.

[dighton]

“You’ll never take me alive, copper!”

[kenth]

I don’t think the economy is to the point of having to steal it from live infrastructure. He should have stuck to construction sites and abandoned buildings.

[LucyT]

[RJS1950]

Will the sh**brained idiot’s family now sue Savanna for not posting enough warnings that the lines he was ripping off were live and could kill him; maybe for not having a very high fence around the lines?

[evets]

"Hey, you're not doin' it right..."