[helene_t]

matmat, on Aug 4 2008, 04:18 PM, said:

don't you find it odd that noone else is laughing but you?

I was laughing, too, which obviously proves it was exceptionally funny OTOH I disagree with Wayne's assertion that the fact that some people think drunk people are funny, is funny.

[Al_U_Card]

Uh oh....me too. Still, like joking about someone's wife and then finding out that she just died....timing is everything.

Damn! While I'm at it...I liked the "hanged" correction but only if he had come up with some kind of a "well-hung portraits" reference or some such.

[bid_em_up]

blackshoe, on Aug 3 2008, 10:30 PM, said:

jtfanclub, on Aug 3 2008, 09:23 PM, said:

In the old west, they hung horse thieves.

hanged.

So this is where the expression:

Hung like a horse (thief)

comes from?

[blackshoe]

Al_U_Card, on Aug 4 2008, 12:43 PM, said:

Uh oh....me too.  Still, like joking about someone's wife and then finding out that she just died....timing is everything. 

Damn!    While I'm at it...I liked the "hanged" correction but only if he had come up with some kind of a "well-hung portraits" reference or some such. 

Sometimes it's best to leave such things to the imagination of the reader.

Added: And now I see Bid 'Em Up's reply.

[mycroft]

What was in it? If the registration or insurance was in it, they have your name, address, and a legal document. Comes time, they may root through your garbage to get a bill or something else legit, to play Identity theft games.

Or, they may just decide that they have your car and your address, might as well break into the house as well.

Same goes if you do have a bill in there somewhere (car repairs?), or an imprint credit card receipt (ditto), or any other ID (system notes w/address? CC with ACBL number or address (of partners?)

Yeah, I just went through the process of organizing to replace my wallet before some samaritan found it and turned it in. Why do you ask?

[jonottawa]

Lost a friend once when I moved his brand new motorcycle from one parking spot to one about 40 yards away (in the same largish parking lot.) He called the police and when they arrived they impounded his motorcycle because he was under the influence.

Now THAT's funny.

[Gerben42]

Someone I know pulled a similar prank once on a teacher in highschool. The teacher had forgotten to put his care on the hand brake, so with some friends they rolled the car around the corner and parked it there. Must have been fun to watch that...

[JoAnneM]

Don't rely on the police department to find it - quickly, that is. My parent's car was stolen. After four weeks the police did find it. The thieves had towed it from the restaurant my parents were at to a parking lot where they were collecting their loot (other stolen cars). In the meantime that same night the thieves were arrested. So, the car sat in that lot collecting parking tickets for one month before someone thought to run the tag. In the meantime my parents had purchased a new car.

You might want to check parking lots.