How did a burglar in San Francisco elude police? By testing their patience, and his own endurance. Apparently, if you wait long enough in San Francisco, the cops will just give up and leave. As the first comment notes, "That's some fine police work there, Lou".
In similar news, Dallas has effectively decriminalized theft under $50.
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Yes, neither line starts at zero. No, that's not a mistake.
So I think we should only get 3 honks a month on the car horn, because people honk the car horn too much. 3 honks, that's the limit. And then someone cuts you off, you press your horn and nothing happens. You're like "SHIT, I wish I wouldn't have seen Ricky, on the sidewalk!"
-Mitch Hedberg
Can you tell I live near a major intersection?
PayPal has had many, many issues over the years. Google for "PayPal sucks" and you'll find a plethora of horror stories where the company has frozen funds, frozen whole accounts, and worse. Unfortunately, PayPal is also very popular when it comes to Internet sales. After a dispute with a buyer, one unfortunate seller found out PayPal's policy on disputes may require the item in question to be destroyed. That sounds like a bad policy no matter what, but it's particularly egregious when the item is a decades-old violin:
Great work, PayPal.
After fighting one of the greatest evils the world has ever known, approximately 5,000 Irish soldiers returned home to find themselves blacklisted, outcasts in their own country. Incredible.
As one year ends and another begins, far too many sites decide to catalog "Best Of" lists. Perhaps the best list is actually this one, which catalogs picks for the least important story of 2011. One such example?
TMN Editor Leah Finnegan
Some rich people got married.
“Denver cop fired for driving drunk at 143 mph wants job back.”
"No."
If you take down your Christmas decorations and decide to recycle a broken set of lights, they might just wind up back in your life, as slipper soles under your feet. This article in The Atlantic tells the strange story of Shijiao, China, a city which recycles over 20 million tons of Christmas lights each year.
Look at the lack of foresight here. Sure, I can pay my $218.10 bill without a problem, but what the hell am I supposed to do when I run up a hundred billion dollar credit card bill?
It's like Y2K all over again.
Yet another rumor related to the disappearance of former Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa has come to light. This time, the sensational claim is that Hoffa was buried in the concrete foundations of Detroit's tallest building, the Renaissance Center.
“When Tony Jack passed the middle point of the bridge . . . he nodded toward the huge tower’s foundation,” Humphreys writes.
“Say good morning to Jimmy Hoffa, boys,” he said.
If you bury someone below a 700-foot-tall tower, he's going to stay buried.
God bless us, every one.
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