cunning as a fox?...

@jb78000 (15139)
November 10, 2009 9:29am CST
...or as cunning as a guinea pig? do you think you would be able to commit the perfect crime or are you more likely to be like the burglar in west virginia? this man was busy burglarising a house, paused to log into facebook and then sadly forgot to either log out again or nick the computer. he was caught.
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• United States
10 Nov 09
Hi jb, thanks...cross that off the list of things not to do, do not sign onto computer while committing crime or better yet, reminder: sign off computer, or better: take computer with....I am still planning the perfect crime and you have given me a valuable tip. I'm still making up the list of to do and not to do... P.S. another note: do not think like a guinea pig....
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
10 Nov 09
lina, if you actually stop in the middle of the perfect crime to do a bit of online mylotting then I refuse to be your alibi.
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• United States
10 Nov 09
Also on the list of "not to dos" ... Do not leave your check list at the scene of the crime.
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• United States
10 Nov 09
Cripes, thanks for that purplealabaster, I shall have to write that on my sleeve so not to forget...
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
10 Nov 09
People with ADHD probably make lousy burglars. Probably also people with really low iqs...
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
10 Nov 09
Brownie?
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• United States
10 Nov 09
Why would people with ADHD make really lousy ... oh, shiny object! *goes to play with shiny object* Um, what was I saying?
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• United States
10 Nov 09
Of course!
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Nov 09
hi blue bunny that burglar must have been a facebook addict caused he sure blew his burgling if that is what it could be called. me I could never commit the perfect crime as I would feel so guilty doing something bad I would really make big errors just out of fright at being caught. so I know that I would really blow it one way or another. if nothing else I would do the crime than turn myself in, saying I don't know why I did it but I am so sorry, arrest me please. so no I am hopeless at any sort of criminal activity.
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
10 Nov 09
Rabbit, are you familiar with the frustrations Hatley endure with the roomie. She really enjoyed having her as the body the other week.
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
10 Nov 09
Look Hatley, when you finally get round to offing your roomie there's no point in then giving yourself up you know, you might end up sharing a cell with someone even worse.
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@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
thea - stop recommending people do dastardly deeds. hatley - you are obviously very honest. i think in my case there would have to be a bizarre set of circumstances before i committed a crime so whether i turned myself in or not would depend on what these were...
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
10 Nov 09
Hi jb, it's a good job I'm not criminally minded at all as far too honest, because if I were I would be able to commit the perfect crime.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Nov 09
hi thea or else your conscience would overcome your perfect crime, and like me, you would probably give yourself up and say I did it, I dont know why so arrest me please.Thank you.
@tdemex (3540)
• United States
10 Nov 09
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
10 Nov 09
I would never give myself up Hatley, I don't think prison life would suit me at all.
@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
10 Nov 09
Naw, I couldn't commit the perfect crime, robbery or otherwise. I'd be the one who tripped over something that crashed, or left my purse and ID behind, or (gasp) end up on the pages of dumb crooks in the newspapers.
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@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
oh dear . probably just as well you never turned to a life of crime then...
• United States
10 Nov 09
Well, if I were going to commit a crime, I would hope that I would be smart enough to take all the necessary precautions to not get caught. Then again, the smartest precaution that I could take is to not commit the crime in the first place, so I guess we will never know whether or not I would be smart enough to pull off the perfect crime. I am still going with the answer that I would be able to, though.
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@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
probably you would. anyway you are right - the perfect crime is an imaginary one...
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@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
you could commit a very small crime. perhaps stealing a pencil from your workplace?
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• United States
10 Nov 09
It is an intriguing scenario, though, isn't it? I watch the true crime stories, forensic research programs, etc., so I am probably more equipped to commit a crime and get away with it than your average criminal. Unfortunately, I do not think that my conscience would allow me to prove my theory.
• Australia
10 Nov 09
Evidently not as cunning as a blue rabbit! I'm surprised it was Facebook and not Twitter "I am in the process of burgling a house" I think myLot is much safer - and more fun, although I speak with no experience since I haven't seen either of those two.
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• Australia
11 Nov 09
I'll try to remember that next time I try
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@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
. mylot may be safer but i still don't think your mylotting should be done in the middle of your housebreaking though...
@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
very sensible of you
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
11 Nov 09
That is too funny! I would not be a good criminal. I'm sure I'd get caught. I don't know. I don't even try. I value my freedom to much to risk it.
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@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
oh well just because you can't be a master criminal does not mean you won't succeed (or have succeeded) in other areas.
@evanpoe (122)
• United States
11 Nov 09
As addicted to facebook as I am, I seriously doubt I'd be surfing the web in any form whilst burglarising someone's house. Not that I'd be burglarising someone's house at all, but still...the guy could've been completely stupid or that could've been the first mistake he's made in his whole life (although I doubt it) Who knows what the guy was thinking but he got caught and, assumedly, all is well.
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@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
not for the burglariser. [goes off to make up more words to go along with burglarising] [note i made up burglarising not this user - wasn't being sarky] [my hobby is making up words, or as i prefer wordies]
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
11 Nov 09
That's plainly stupid. It was like he thought he would not be traced at all and happily logged onto Facebook. It was a crme, alright, but I just would like to commend on his stupidity. Can't he wait, at least to reach his home before logging into Facebook? LOL..........that's really kind of stupid. Oh! Or he thought that by logging in, it can be a sort of alibi like while the burglary took place, he was at home surfing the net and online on Facebook. Ha! That must be it. So that was why he had to do it there and then, at that location. It backfired, of course..
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@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
13 Nov 09
LOL...I like that word; numpty..
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@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
as someone says later on he was a numpty. and i am not sure if anyone, including himself, know what was going through his (for want of a better word) mind when he did this.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Nov 09
I can believe it! Hard to do such things without being a pro and being trained to go through certain steps consecutively so you don't forget small details like that. Silly to take the time to log onto the computer when you are in such a situation. But, it takes all kinds I guess. I wouldn't be able to comitt the perfect crime. I am just not built that way.
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Nov 09
Why? To learn to function in a way that doesn't make mistakes. It is a learned skill like anything else in life. Some for psychological reasons and others for posturing or other silliness.
@jb78000 (15139)
13 Nov 09
lets try again some people here said they wouldn't be able to commit the perfect crime because they would make mistakes others said it was because they would feel guilty which is your reason?
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@jb78000 (15139)
12 Nov 09
why - do you think you'd make mistakes or would it be your conscience not letting you?
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@JodiLynn (1417)
• United States
10 Nov 09
www.darwinawards.com Some people are just to stupid to breath, and should be stopped immediately
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@JodiLynn (1417)
• United States
10 Nov 09
www.darwinawards.com
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@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
easy to tell what crimes you would be committing if you were a criminal jodi...
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@voldrox (7191)
• India
10 Nov 09
duh! what a looser, must have been playing some silly quiz 'how evil-minded are you?' something like that i suppose... i could be caught mylotting and that too red handed!
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@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
i imagine so. apparently he'd spent so much time gossiping that all he had time to actually steal were two rings.
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@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
however i suspect most burglars would not be that interested in stealing animal themed knick knacks
@voldrox (7191)
• India
11 Nov 09
i would not want to brag chatting with someone at that moment just for being able pick up two rings!.... yeah but a blue crystal bunny could be worth it.
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@Louc74 (620)
11 Nov 09
Hehehe! I remember reading about something similar, not sure if it was the same story. Well, obviously I wouldn't rob someones house - unless it was a member of parliament or the royal family because I've PAID for some of their belongings anyway! Lol! But I'd like to think I wouldn't be quite that daft! I've also heard about a guy who used facebook to taunt the victim he had stolen a laptop from, and he was caught using his facebook details. You can't help but laugh! Numpties!
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@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
definitely numpties. btw is numpty limited to scotland as well? - it is another i am not sure about. it definitely does not appear in american, which is a terrible shame because there would be so many opportunities for its use
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@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
heard it a fair bit here - haven't been in england enough to know. lets say british then. anyway great idea to confuse americans - although perhaps just a little bit too easy. incidently i have noticed some (well a couple) of them here picking up british expressions (well minor british swearwords, and as they only have two i suppose this is understandable). loon = lad
@Louc74 (620)
11 Nov 09
I don't know. I always thouht numpty was English!?!? Either way, it would be good fun just to start introducing some typically British words into our convos and confusing people! Lol! You've still not told me what loon means in Aberdeen-ese!
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@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
10 Nov 09
I think that man is so dumb. Leaving an evidence like that...he is facebook addict. And because of his addiction to that site,he was caught. Very funny.
@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
clearly an addict. and not a very careful one, i can't imagine trying to rob somebody and then taking the time to catch up with facebook friends. very silly.
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@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
10 Nov 09
I have a problem with this one - or rather, several problems. If you're robbing a house, shouldn't you get out as quickly as possible? If there's a computer there, shouldn't that be part of the haul? If you really had to log on to Facebook, shouldn't you choose another career path? Or is that just me being picky?
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
10 Nov 09
Hello Sandra, I bet he didn't even think about the fingerprints he was leaving all over the computer.
@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
lina i am sure you, sandra and thea would wear gloves. this lad i am not so sure about. thea - you would, but then you spend a strangely large amount of time plotting and sandra as you said this man clearly was in the wrong job.
• United States
10 Nov 09
Gloves thea, we wear gloves!
@wmraul (2552)
• Bucharest, Romania
10 Nov 09
hahaha .. one is sure, that burglar proved to be not qualified for the job he done it. However, I found more and more people are not able to remember to log out after they use some sites, this being for large majority from those I know, a habbit they have while using own personal computer .. Perfect crime I may not be able to commit, but if somehow I would decide to do something alike, I would sure have a brainstorming session before and as result I'll make a plan and a writent list of what should be done ...
@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
he was a trainee, and unfortunately he may have to take a rather long break from the training program now
@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
yes this is true but he won't be getting any (well much) practical experience.
@wmraul (2552)
• Bucharest, Romania
10 Nov 09
A trainee ? Who, the burglar ? If so, I must tell you that - if he'll be for "some time" in jail, that mean he'll continue the training program .. I've hear in many culture that jail is nicknamed "the university" ...
@wlee9696 (595)
• United States
11 Nov 09
I think even if I attempted to break into a house I wouldn't leave that kind of evidence. Although I will have to admit I don't think I would make a very cunning thief. I don't have the nerve for it. I would be a wreck worrying about getting caught.
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@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
probably not the best career path for you then
@lxclark (19)
• United States
11 Nov 09
there r rules between the burglars, obviously, this guy aint an eligible one. he should be shameful. lolll
@jb78000 (15139)
11 Nov 09
he is a disgrace to the profession.
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@Sinist3r (55)
• Germany
10 Nov 09
That is rather unfortunate for him. Maybe he just found the computer too old, that it would be interesting loot? Whatever he thought, it was defenitely a failure :P
@jb78000 (15139)
10 Nov 09
don't think he was the sharpest burglar in the burglar box somehow...
• Germany
10 Nov 09
Maybe that was just his daily routine, and he couldn't help but check facebook xD