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jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 07:36 PM Feb 2018

How not to steal metal



http://www.cdapress.com/local_news/20180217/pipe_dream_a_nightmarefor_this_alleged_thief

Today's candidate for immortality is Brett K. Anderson of Post Falls, Idaho.

He decided to make a little extra money by stealing some 40-foot irrigation pipes and selling them to a metal recycler. The only thing he had to haul them in was a car, so he rolled down both back windows and stuck them through. To his credit, he only hit three oncoming motorists.

Anderson claims this is "the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life." It's hard to disagree with that sentiment.
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How not to steal metal (Original Post) jmowreader Feb 2018 OP
Ida-hoe man Historic NY Feb 2018 #1
One way to clear the roads Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #2
Wow, I hope he was on some bad drugs when he did something this stupid Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #3
Metal thiefs are pretty high on the shitstain scale Major Nikon Feb 2018 #4
Totally tubular, man... Blue Owl Feb 2018 #5
"Hold my beer while I load the car" A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #6
what a putz. onethatcares Feb 2018 #7

Ferrets are Cool

(21,105 posts)
3. Wow, I hope he was on some bad drugs when he did something this stupid
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 07:42 PM
Feb 2018

that would be the only reasonable excuse.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
4. Metal thiefs are pretty high on the shitstain scale
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:05 PM
Feb 2018

Quite often the damage they inflict far exceeds the value of what they are stealing.

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