Article

2007-09-29 -Lurid Crime Tales-

"Mind you, you'll always find a market for a cheap screw"

From the comments to this story:

A German factory worker stole over a million screws from his employer and skewed the market with his cheap stolen goods, police said yesterday. "In the end, it became obvious that screws were being sold for much less than they usually cost," said a spokesman for police in the southern city of Wuerzburg.

Posted by Seafarious 2007-09-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 This story is not about what I thought it was about.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-09-29 00:59|| 2007-09-29 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Well as always, socialism encourages a black market as normal human behavior. You could say the Germans are screwed.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-09-29 01:25|| 2007-09-29 01:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Agreed, Rambler, I was hoping for some pics myself...

Posted by Raj 2007-09-29 07:31|| 2007-09-29 07:31|| Front Page Top

#4 It is probably a serious offense in Germany to evade the "Schraubemehrwertsteuer", or screw value added tax. All legal screws would receive not only a serial number, but the proper paperwork for the "Schraubeumsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer", in triplicate.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-09-29 13:50|| 2007-09-29 13:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm happy they nailed this guy.

Posted by wxjames 2007-09-29 20:25|| 2007-09-29 20:25|| Front Page Top

#6 The Schraubemehrwertsteuerabteilung is very particular about those forms in triplicate.

Note: to pronounce German, break each rumbling agglomeration into syllables. Then pronounce as though you were spitting watermelon seeds.

I learned my German from my Grandmother, so I speak it with a Brooklyn accent.

Posted by mom">mom 2007-09-29 21:42|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-09-29 21:42|| Front Page Top

#7 As the Danes say:

To properly speak German you must first have a mouthful of potatoes.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-29 23:50|| 2007-09-29 23:50|| Front Page Top

07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1
07:22 NN2N1
07:18 trailing wife
07:14 Richard Aubrey
07:10 NN2N1
07:09 Besoeker
07:03 NN2N1
06:58 NN2N1
06:58 Besoeker
05:28 Whiskey Mike
05:23 Whiskey Mike
05:21 Whiskey Mike
05:18 Whiskey Mike
05:15 Whiskey Mike
05:13 Whiskey Mike
05:08 Whiskey Mike
05:05 Whiskey Mike
05:03 Whiskey Mike
03:23 Besoeker
02:05 Grom the Affective
02:04 Grom the Affective
01:26 49 Pan
00:22 EMS Artifact