Police are saying there's more to it than simply stealing 42 cents. But I couldn't resist - reminds me of a Ron White comedy skit.

He told of getting busted by a cop for "speeding" on some tiny wooden bridge by going something like 12 mph when the limit was 8. Hilarious if you've ever watched it!

If we don't jail the winos whenever we get the chance, the terrorists win.

Fry the bastard.

Now yer talkin, DOC. I like that thinkin. Me and the old lady are with ya.

He was taking a bath. The change just floated into his pocket.

I was sure when I read the headline that this would be the really nice fountain at the Waterside shops here in Naples, where one could be arrested for pitching in too little.

That it happened at the Coastland Mall is explained by the fact that our Sheriff is the one sheriff who pressed the Feds for Immigration data bases on illegal aliens, though he was denied.

It ain't easy keeping the Meskins outta the fountains around here, which is one of his priorities. Usually the housing prices do the work for him in the rest of the county.

oohrah - i like the ron white story of driving on the sidewalk!

I bet he's a Jew!

dont throw loose change in unsecured fountains. even a little kid could reach in and scoop it up.

RCADE-
No, he stole 42 cents. The man was 43. His IQ was 44. His old lady was 45. His stomach was 46. He'd been arrested 47 times and his personal record for beer consumption in a 24 hour period is 48.

Holy Christ florida is even more fucked up than Texas.

That was for you Goat.

Fixed. Thanks for giving us your two cents, Oohrah.

Hey OO...

Why are are you going so easy on the guy? He's obviously a terrorist, and that 42 cents is exactly what he needed to buy the ultra-detonator so he could heist Fort Knox.

Fuck, why not just crucify him and be done with it?

I bet you never had to worry about a meal.

you = you've

"I bet you never had to worry about a meal." - DX

If it weren't for Bush's economic policies driving the middle class into poverty, he wouldnt have stolen the 42 cents.

-Liberals who forgot to post this

"-Liberals who forgot to post this"

Whiner flag.

JOE-
You don't really need to be here at all. You can just remain in your isolation tank of a skull and imagine a world around you in place of the actual one, in which you just seem to make gurgling or buzzing noises every now and then.

It's worked for you so far.

i hope they send him to the gas chamber for what he did. we don't need this kind of garbage in our country.. what we need are more honest and virtuous christians.

The newspaper article had a photo of the criminal mastermind, but what about the valiant tattletale customer and the heroic mall cop, shouldn't they have a chance for 15 seconds of fame with their pictures on the internet also?

There are many thefts that take place in retail stores that never result in arrest. They are called "scanning errors". If you try to steal something worth 50 cents at a grocery store, you are subject to arrest. If the register scanners charge a higher price and you catch them, you get an apology. How about locking them up for a change!?!?

Me and one of my dumbass friends actually got busted by the mall Rent-A-Pigs for doing this. Of course we were 15, stoned out of our minds, had the munchies, and were standing knee deep in the middle of the fountain fighting over the quarters.

The 60's and 70's were very good to me.

Whiner flag.

Doesn't like a conservative doing what the liberals do all the time in this blog flag

Who owns the money in a fountain, anyway? What if someone threw money on the floor next to the fountain and someone picked it up. Is that illegal? It seems to me if someone deliberately throws money away in a public place, it is up for grabs by whomever wants it.

I always thought throwing money into a pool of water stupid. OTOH, I do like those funnel/vortex thingies where the coin rolls on edge into a black hole. I'll feed those all day long.

"Doesn't like a conservative doing what the liberals do all the time in this blog flag"

But Joe claims not be on the right, so your retort misses the point entirely.

But Joe claims not be on the right

But, but, but -- this is different.

OK

FF for Joe.

Not only did they steal coins but they stole someone's "wish" that went with it. Everyone knows you make a wish when you toss a coin in a fountain. By stealing someone's coin out of the fountain they probably messed up the chance of having the person's wish come true. A double crime.

i like the ron white story of driving on the sidewalk!

Posted by nanc at 2008-07-24 11:01 AM | Reply | Flag:

Larry likes the Ron White story about his dog Sluggo.

Hey, he could have bought a "forever" stamp!!

Too bad nobody shot him in the back.

Not only did they steal coins but they stole someone's "wish" that went with it. Everyone knows you make a wish when you toss a coin in a fountain

This guy woke up in jail the next day with a pony, a straight 'A' report card, a mother who didn't make him eat his brussel sprouts and a wife who didn't nag so much.

ff for you, wiseass (grin)