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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Today's Idiot
2006-11-19
Stomach pains rumble thief's loot hideaway

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German thief who swallowed a ring he had stolen was betrayed by his own body when he suffered stomach pains during police interrogation. He was taken to hospital where an x-ray revealed the hidden loot.
Classic guilt pains.
Off-duty police officers in the western town of Bergisch Gladbach thought they had seen the 30-year-old stealing something from a shop window, but only found an empty box when they searched him, a police spokesman said Friday.

"He said he'd grabbed the box and found it empty, but the shopkeeper said there was a ring missing," he said. "Then during questioning he complained of severe stomach pains and was rushed to hospital with suspected appendicitis."

Doctors x-rayed the man and discovered the ring, which they fished out using pincers attached to a stomach tube.
Posted by:Chinter Flarong

#27  Sheesh. Here I am promising Fred I'll be good - and no, I didn't ask for this, lol - and youse guys are predicting Mucho Direness. Naw, Zenster's the D00d of Dire. I'm just arming up and hunkering down. It's gonna be a rough row to hoe ahead. ;-)
Posted by: .com   2006-11-19 22:53  

#26  Well it will be nice to see the Trolls disappear right in front of us. Get ready for some righteous Scorched Earth! the poor trolls won't know what hit em! LOL!

.COM!
Posted by: RD   2006-11-19 22:48  

#25  lotp is gone... jeeze I thought she was on vacation. I enjoy her slant and her 1st hand reports from about what the BRASS is up to in the Pentagon as well.

I hope she returns soon...I'm getting way too sentamental and becoming a sofy in my doddering years.

[course I still got my bluff in with the youngins who work for me, they are just kidz afterall that have kidz of their own.]
Posted by: RD   2006-11-19 22:44  

#24  Congratulations, .com! Life will certainly be interesting now that you have your finger on the button.

Scooter McGruder is a kinda Pepto Bismol pink, whereas Steve White is salmon pink. Totally different, when placed side by side. ;-)

As for lotp, her various responsibilities had intersected in such a way that it was best she concentrate her time and energy elsewhere than moderating here.

Posted by: trailing wife   2006-11-19 22:27  

#23  Scooter - did you trade with Doc? So, um, what'd he have on ya? Lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-19 22:09  

#22  Hey! I don't do much, but I'm still here.
And my color is:
pink
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2006-11-19 21:28  

#21  Oh, quit bein' such a smacked ass.
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-19 18:43  

#20  Well...there goes the neighbourhood.
Posted by: Whaviting Clolush3685   2006-11-19 18:40  

#19  "Diaper Load", lol. And I haven't been called a "punk" in, well, weeks, at least.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-19 18:21  

#18  Check.
Posted by: ed   2006-11-19 18:12  

#17  LOL - I was correct on at least one of those points
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-19 18:12  

#16  (That color is "Diaper Load Brown", BTW...)
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-19 18:11  

#15  DD is stil Diaper-deposit brown IIRC. LOTP had good insights in West Point and the WOT, but, IMNSHO, extended her personal prejudices into restricting others, among other control issues. I ain't the boss...she chose to go.
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-19 18:11  

#14  
Nope.
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-19 18:09  

#13  When did lotp leave? If so, a pity. She had insights at Westpoint and, I think, closer to policy makers than anyone else on this board.

Did Dave D. also give up comment coloring role?
Posted by: ed   2006-11-19 18:07  

#12  I take it lotp is gone for good.
Posted by: Slereper Ulosing9249   2006-11-19 17:55  

#11  appears to be Cadet Blue.....punk LOL
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-19 17:50  

#10  holy crap!
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-19 17:47  

#9  Welcome, PD!!!!!! (I'd call it "It's A Boy!" blue, myself...)
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-11-19 17:44  

#8  I call it dirty blue.

Hey, NS. Glad to see you're back and in customary form.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-19 17:42  

#7  The inmates are in charge of the asylum.

Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-11-19 16:57  

#6  The moderator color chart:

Fred: Post-it Note Yellow
Steve non-White: Kelly Green
Steve White: Pink Salmon
Seafarious: Light Blue
Pappy: Steel Gray
.com: Darker Blue
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-11-19 16:56  

#5  The blackmail apparently worked so we must all give a big Rantburg welcome to our newest moderator and He Who Must Be Appeased...

.com!

He was quite put out that the job doesn't come with a JoeMendiola decoder ring or a parking pass.

So y'all be nice. I'm fairly sure he doesn't fire warning shots.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-11-19 16:53  

#4  Looks turquoise to me...

But a color chart would be cool!
Posted by: Chinter Flarong   2006-11-19 16:15  

#3  I wouldn't call it turquoise, but more a 1950s Defense Contractor Green. I used to have a desk in that color.

But, yeah, it's new. We need a Rantburg color chart.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2006-11-19 14:49  

#2  Who that in em turquoise?

I got a new monitor, maybe it's my eyeballs.
Posted by: Shipman   2006-11-19 13:31  

#1  I'm always a bit anxious when I open up a "Today's idiot" story, because I fear one day it will be about me.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-11-19 11:15  

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