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There were two short stories in the U-T this morning that had me scratching my head.
One was about a 60-year-old museum curator that was stealing items and selling them on eBay.
I couldn't help but wonder...did this guys boss come in and say something like "What the hell happened to those T-rex bones? I can't believe someone stole them. How did they walk out of here without anyone noticing? Oh well."
(an hour later from his computer)
Hey...someone is selling T-rex bones on eBay. We can buy those and replace the ones that were stolen!
A friend of mine told me15 years ago, about their neighbors home being burglarized. All the usual things were stolen -- jewelry, electronics, etc. They told the cops that the pair of tickets they had for the Chargers were also taken from the dresser. The cops said they were probably sold, but they all decided to show up at the game just to check it out and see where it led.
Well, there were a couple of heavy-set Latinos, wearing a few of the pieces of jewelry that was stolen. They were having the time of their lives. I guess it never occured to them that the people that had those seats might show up.
I swear, if that happened to me, I'd have one of those big foam #1 fingers/hand made, that said "You idiot". In Charger colors, of course. I'd wear that into the court when they were being tried (and think of all the use you could get with that during the Chargers season).
A story regarding police in L.A. had to do with a judge that ruled officers should be paid for the time it takes them to put on and take off their uniforms and safety equipment.
I have no problem with a ruling like that. I just hope they aren't milking the system and saying that it takes 20 minutes to get dressed. Sure...I understand hooking a flashlight and walkie-talkie to your belt takes a few minutes. And, you probably have to watch how you put the tazer gun in or you risk zapping your testicles. Whatever.
But I remember a cop friend of mine married to an accountant. We were at a dinner party and they were arguing because she wouldn't let him write-off his haircut while doing taxes. He contended that other officers did this, and they're required to have short hair.
Of course, the weirdest case of officers being paid for something like getting dressed, haircuts, etc...involves their K9s.
Remember that officer that accidentally killed his dog by leaving it in a hot car? I believe it was somewhere in the North County. He was going to be paid something like $50,000 for all the training that he put into having the dog.
It became a PR nightmare, and he said he was donating all that money to some good animal cause.
There were two short stories in the U-T this morning that had me scratching my head.
One was about a 60-year-old museum curator that was stealing items and selling them on eBay.
I couldn't help but wonder...did this guys boss come in and say something like "What the hell happened to those T-rex bones? I can't believe someone stole them. How did they walk out of here without anyone noticing? Oh well."
(an hour later from his computer)
Hey...someone is selling T-rex bones on eBay. We can buy those and replace the ones that were stolen!
A friend of mine told me15 years ago, about their neighbors home being burglarized. All the usual things were stolen -- jewelry, electronics, etc. They told the cops that the pair of tickets they had for the Chargers were also taken from the dresser. The cops said they were probably sold, but they all decided to show up at the game just to check it out and see where it led.
Well, there were a couple of heavy-set Latinos, wearing a few of the pieces of jewelry that was stolen. They were having the time of their lives. I guess it never occured to them that the people that had those seats might show up.
I swear, if that happened to me, I'd have one of those big foam #1 fingers/hand made, that said "You idiot". In Charger colors, of course. I'd wear that into the court when they were being tried (and think of all the use you could get with that during the Chargers season).
A story regarding police in L.A. had to do with a judge that ruled officers should be paid for the time it takes them to put on and take off their uniforms and safety equipment.
I have no problem with a ruling like that. I just hope they aren't milking the system and saying that it takes 20 minutes to get dressed. Sure...I understand hooking a flashlight and walkie-talkie to your belt takes a few minutes. And, you probably have to watch how you put the tazer gun in or you risk zapping your testicles. Whatever.
But I remember a cop friend of mine married to an accountant. We were at a dinner party and they were arguing because she wouldn't let him write-off his haircut while doing taxes. He contended that other officers did this, and they're required to have short hair.
Of course, the weirdest case of officers being paid for something like getting dressed, haircuts, etc...involves their K9s.
Remember that officer that accidentally killed his dog by leaving it in a hot car? I believe it was somewhere in the North County. He was going to be paid something like $50,000 for all the training that he put into having the dog.
It became a PR nightmare, and he said he was donating all that money to some good animal cause.
The title of your blog suggests that "cops pay" for "museum thefts."
No Mindy, that was the crazy thing. They were going to PAY HIM, for the death of his dog.
They had talked about charging him with animal cruelty, and I think that is part of the reason he "decided" to give that money to some animal safety project, or whatever it was.
It's funny you say that, SD. My friend is a hardcore liberal lawyer. She also (for some crazy reason) does volunteer work for the ACLU. As you can imagine, we argue all the time. She's convinced I'm not even a true Democrat. I tell her I'm just one of the few Democrats that uses my brain. Anyway...she's fascinated with titles and headlines. She's always cutting out LA Times headlines, and why she thinks they're funny. With blog titles, I spend 20 seconds trying to come up with one. I like song titles, that could possibly tie in. And if nothing jumps out at me, I just go with the subjects, hoping that someone will say "Hey...I heard that story, let's see what this dope has to say on the matter."