A Trouserville Public Service Announcement
Fellow agesters, before you take up a life of crime, and end up as a Chain Gang Grannie or Grampy, make sure
1. you have enough marbles left to plan the caper
2. you are still nimble enough to make a clean getaway
3. that if you are going to steal a car, choose one that is large enough for your baggage
Don't follow the sad example of the fellow in Australia who, after purchasing a knife at Kmart, went into the parking lot and held a young woman up at knife point, but couldn't make a getaway before the police arrived because he couldn't get his walker and groceries into the car in time.
Oh, dearie me. He's 0 for 3.
Here's another couple of tips:
4. If you are going to drive around stealing porch plants and garden gnomes, don't assume that your victims have poorer eyesight than you do, or at least rub some mud on your number plate.
An elderly man on a crime spree in Canton, Ohio, drove around taking things from people's porches and lawns, until one of his victims saw him in the act and wrote down his license plate number.
5. Don't scoff the law in Great Britain.
According to an article in The Daily Mail, police there arrest 40 senior citizens a day for such heinous crimes as "overfilling a wheelie bin" or rollerblading to endanger.
6. If all else fails, follow the example of the elder statesman of crime, Boston's own Whitey Bulger: Don't trust anyone, and if you are caught just keep lying and laughing.
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