Comments on: Video: woman caught stealing a wreath http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jokel http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671773 jokel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671773 Am I the only one seeing a freaky morphing demon dog just left of the pillar when the camera pans left? And that doodad on the right pillar looks eerily like a person. Are you sure this isn't a Halloween movie? Am I the only one seeing a freaky morphing demon dog just left of the pillar when the camera pans left? And that doodad on the right pillar looks eerily like a person. Are you sure this isn’t a Halloween movie?

]]> By: Caroline http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671779 Caroline Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671779 jokel, nope, I saw the freaky demon shape too. Isn't it fascinating how hardwired we are to see faces? jokel, nope, I saw the freaky demon shape too. Isn’t it fascinating how hardwired we are to see faces?

]]> By: thekinginyellow http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671293 thekinginyellow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671293 that's pretty funny! i could understand stealing one of those relatively cheap bay leaf wreaths just based on the value of bay leaves. i have no idea what this particular wreath is made out of but if it's made of some kind of cooking herb and i needed bay leaves and/or rosemary i'd totally steal it, too! i in no way condone the cool crime of robbery. if my wreath had been stolen i would try to rig up some sort of pulley device that would scare the ever living crap out of the thief. that’s pretty funny! i could understand stealing one of those relatively cheap bay leaf wreaths just based on the value of bay leaves. i have no idea what this particular wreath is made out of but if it’s made of some kind of cooking herb and i needed bay leaves and/or rosemary i’d totally steal it, too! i in no way condone the cool crime of robbery. if my wreath had been stolen i would try to rig up some sort of pulley device that would scare the ever living crap out of the thief.

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671039 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671039 Stealing and trampling people: the new holiday spirit! Stealing and trampling people: the new holiday spirit!

]]> By: Razzabeth http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671049 Razzabeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671049 "I can sell this wreath for crack!" “I can sell this wreath for crack!”

]]> By: SpacelordMother http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671053 SpacelordMother Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671053 That is odd! It's amusing to me that she closely looks at it, as if to investigate the quality of materials or craftsmanship. I'd like to know what she did with it once she left? Was she ever caught for the crime? That is odd! It’s amusing to me that she closely looks at it, as if to investigate the quality of materials or craftsmanship.

I’d like to know what she did with it once she left?

Was she ever caught for the crime?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671062 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671062 why does the camera appear to be handheld and moving? why does the camera appear to be handheld and moving?

]]> By: JulianR http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671063 JulianR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671063 Oh no, you got this all wrong. Somebody else, who just happens to wear very similar clothes and practically the same pair of sunglasses, plus a head wrap, stole the wreath. That woman is innocent! And the perpetrator only looks like her. Oh no, you got this all wrong. Somebody else, who just happens to wear very similar clothes and practically the same pair of sunglasses, plus a head wrap, stole the wreath. That woman is innocent! And the perpetrator only looks like her.

]]> By: JLKnap http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671841 JLKnap Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671841 Ahh she started out as a Christian - then came back disguised as a Muslim lady. That's really bad behavior. Ahh she started out as a Christian – then came back disguised as a Muslim lady. That’s really bad behavior.

]]> By: obdan http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671079 obdan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671079 SpacelordMother I think that she's just checking to see how the wreath is attached to the door ho ho ho SpacelordMother I think that she’s just checking to see how the wreath is attached to the door

ho ho ho

]]> By: gilowyn http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671085 gilowyn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671085 This is way too funny. :) Maybe she is just a modern-day Robin Hood? Stealing from the rich to then give the wreath to... I don't know, a homeless shelter? Didn't some priest just advice his congregation to shoplift from large chains? Same spirit, I guess. This is way too funny. :) Maybe she is just a modern-day Robin Hood? Stealing from the rich to then give the wreath to… I don’t know, a homeless shelter?

Didn’t some priest just advice his congregation to shoplift from large chains? Same spirit, I guess.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671858 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671858 Am I the only one who thinks that's Sweet Dee from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? I could see her doing that. Am I the only one who thinks that’s Sweet Dee from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? I could see her doing that.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671106 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671106 Apparently the owner of the security camera setup doesn't know how to copy files off the DVR or whatever is used to store the video. They've recorded it by pointing a camera at a screen. It's like someone printing out a web site then scanning and emailing it as a series of TIFFs instead of emailing a link. (Which is not a strictly hypothetical situation, sadly.) Apparently the owner of the security camera setup doesn’t know how to copy files off the DVR or whatever is used to store the video. They’ve recorded it by pointing a camera at a screen.

It’s like someone printing out a web site then scanning and emailing it as a series of TIFFs instead of emailing a link. (Which is not a strictly hypothetical situation, sadly.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671110 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671110 The camera appears to be handheld and moving because it appears to be filming video from a security tape. See the time stamp ("Just because I don't know how it works doesn't mean I'm lying!") in the lower corner later in the video. The camera appears to be handheld and moving because it appears to be filming video from a security tape. See the time stamp (“Just because I don’t know how it works doesn’t mean I’m lying!”) in the lower corner later in the video.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671386 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671386 "It's better to be stolen from than to have to steal" “It’s better to be stolen from than to have to steal”

]]> By: Junglemonkey http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671131 Junglemonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671131 I'm baffled. The woman looked well-put-together and confident. Sure, she was looking around, but she totally looked as though, if the homeowner opened the door, she could just say "Hi, I'm your neighbor. Could I borrow a cup of Christmas?" It makes me wonder whose house it was. There are several famous folks living in Pacific Heights. Perhaps it was less "I want a Christmas wreath for my house" and more "I want a memento from So-and-So's house," and they were afraid that breaking a finial off the wrought-iron gates would make too much noise. I’m baffled. The woman looked well-put-together and confident. Sure, she was looking around, but she totally looked as though, if the homeowner opened the door, she could just say “Hi, I’m your neighbor. Could I borrow a cup of Christmas?” It makes me wonder whose house it was. There are several famous folks living in Pacific Heights. Perhaps it was less “I want a Christmas wreath for my house” and more “I want a memento from So-and-So’s house,” and they were afraid that breaking a finial off the wrought-iron gates would make too much noise.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671911 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671911 Lot of good the security camera did... Lot of good the security camera did…

]]> By: Florsie http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671152 Florsie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671152 Now I know I'm not the only one whose fucking neighbors steal christmas ornaments. Someone has been stealing the lights from my porch. Now I know I’m not the only one whose fucking neighbors steal christmas ornaments. Someone has been stealing the lights from my porch.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671153 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671153 <i>I'm baffled.</i> Two words: Winona Ryder. I’m baffled.

Two words: Winona Ryder.

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671157 Chuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671157 AHA! The War on Christmas (tm) is going door-to-door now. AHA! The War on Christmas ™ is going door-to-door now.

]]> By: burlveneer http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671170 burlveneer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671170 Parasocial Activity Parasocial Activity

]]> By: helleman http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671174 helleman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671174 Thanks #9 for the Strange Brew reference! Way to go, hoser! Thanks #9 for the Strange Brew reference! Way to go, hoser!

]]> By: mikebee http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671180 mikebee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671180 What an asshole. Yet another dent in the honor of my beloved San Francisco. What is wrong with people?! What an asshole. Yet another dent in the honor of my beloved San Francisco. What is wrong with people?!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671184 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671184 Not only did the video require capturing, but also editing. If it was an old school system, it may have been on tape, which not everyone would have the means to capture and edit. If you notice the time stamps, quite some time passes between inspection and theft. Perhaps the woman inspected several wreaths before selecting this one for thieving. Ideally, the wreath would have been rigged with some type of theft deterrent, such as explosives... Not only did the video require capturing, but also editing. If it was an old school system, it may have been on tape, which not everyone would have the means to capture and edit. If you notice the time stamps, quite some time passes between inspection and theft. Perhaps the woman inspected several wreaths before selecting this one for thieving. Ideally, the wreath would have been rigged with some type of theft deterrent, such as explosives…

]]> By: Dan http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671214 Dan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671214 There's almost three minutes of my life I'll never get back. There’s almost three minutes of my life I’ll never get back.

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671216 i_prefer_yeti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671216 Yet another validation of my poison oak wreaths. Yet another validation of my poison oak wreaths.

]]> By: Osprey101 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/21/video-woman-caught-s.html#comment-671221 Osprey101 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-671221 This is why I coat a good pen with a thin layer of Vaseline and put it in my desk drawer at work. This is why I coat a good pen with a thin layer of Vaseline and put it in my desk drawer at work.

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