February 19, 2006

• It makes me wonder if they even *have* a son. What pieces of shit.
• Gleefully snaps shutter of newly-acquired camera. Readies poutine catapult (a.k.a.WMD) for imminent invasion.
• Wow, I guess this means Canada's joining the Axis of Evil.
• ...wtf? -twitch-
• The whole thing is so anonymous and anecdotal that I have a hard time believing it.
• Before the web losers used to weep to themselves.
• Perhaps the culprit is this notorious Canadian.
• It's a little hard to swallow, but if it's true I hope these pinheads get tarred and feathered.
• I don't buy it either. A nine year old wouldn't know the differnce between a $500 6.0+ (or greater) megapixel camera, and a $99 1 or 2.0 megapixel one. Not saying that this situation isn't true, but if it is, it's the kid's parents who want the damn thing, and not the kid. Ah well.. Blame Canada!
• If it's true, the police should be able to sort the whole thing out without much effort. It's theft, plain and simple, especially when the thieves admit they know it belongs to the person who lost it.
• The whole thing is so anonymous and anecdotal that I have a hard time believing it. mathowie knows the woman who lost the camera.
• But really does anyone give a bean about this? It really is simple don't give your stuff away by leaving it laying around. Judith stop whining, the photos on that blog sucked anyway, the 'sick little boy' is probably this very moment producing compositions that would blow you away. It's not like the world has missed out on your l33t photography skillz now is it. Or you could continue whining on, and on, and arrange a DOS attack via snail mail. But that would be vindictive.
• See what happens when you mess with our softwood lumber industry? We're getting that 5 billion back, one running dog Capitalist American camera at a time. *high-fives some beavers, canoes away furiously*
• She got her pictures back....she should get over it! Personal pages with these kind of stories come across as digital whining..... The rest of us don't really care... O.K. everyone, all at once "Poor me!"..... Besides, the silly twit should have known better than to leave a camera around someplace where there could possibly be a Canadian lurking....!
• koko! Give that camera back right now!
• I think Canada might be a kleptomaniac. First it steals an island from Denmark and now a camera from America!
• I vote we declare a War on Children.
• Judith stop whining, the photos on that blog sucked anyway, the 'sick little boy' is probably this very moment producing compositions that would blow you away. It's not like the world has missed out on your l33t photography skillz now is it. Yes. The untalented should not be allowed to keep the things they purchase.
• I agree! Now give me your wife middleclass, for your lovemaking prowess is well-known to be only "ALMOST ADEQUATE", whereas mine has been adjudged "MEDIOCRE".
• Thank you for your support middleclasstool, I only wish more people thought like us.
• Judith stop whining, the photos on that blog sucked anyway You do realize that the photos on the blog weren't hers, right? If you read it, it says she got some people on flickr to lend her pictures to create a trevlogue with.
• P = 1 that these people are shit.
• ah, best of the web.
• Sorry, in US district court case Finders vs. Weepers a ruling disfavorable to the aggreived party was obtained.
• How come I never get to steal a camera when I get sick? Lousy kids get all the breaks.
• A nine year old wouldn't know the differnce between a $500 6.0+ (or greater) megapixel camera, and a $99 1 or 2.0 megapixel one. Where the heck did you get the impression the kid knew the difference. The kid knew the difference between having a camera and not having a camera. I'll bet the little shithead stole it in the first place, and then claimed he found it when his parents questioned him about it.
• Working in a restaurant, I... found a camera. I waited for about a month, with the camera stored in our office safe, and told my co-workers to confirm that we indeed had the camera if its rightful owners returned. They never did. It's a pretty crappy camera, but you get what you pay for. Unless you have diabetes and weak, jerky parents.
• Assuming there actually is a kid.
• She should send them a registered letter asking for the return of the camera. It's all about the paper trail.
• koko! Give that camera back right now! Finders keepers, man. Finders. Keepers. I'ma take pitchers of my butt wit it.
• I say hire-a-ninja is her best bet. "You will give camera now, dishonourable Canadian stripling! Do not think my katana will not slice clean through your disreputable Canadian head like a thing that slices through things easily!"
• Get all paperwork signed and dated by a notary, and registered mail.
• One should either not report finding lost items, or else yield them to the owner if one does. Perhaps one ought not to tar all Canadians with the 'theft' brush, just as one ought not paint all of their southern neighbors as goofy power-hungry cigar-humping me-firsters.
• Generally, I don't think that someone who can afford to come vacation here isn't that needy that they have to steal a camera from someone to provide for their son. Canadians have healthhcare, and diabetes healthcare hasn't seemed to expensive to the few of my relatives that have it. Do Canadians have the same area code system as America? I'm curious if the number she's been calling was a Hawai'i (808) number.
• MonkeyFilter: goofy power-hungry cigar-humping me-firsters
• I know Judith a bit. A sucky thing happened to her and she vented her frustration on her blog, as you do.
• *clicks link expecting lurid story involving found cameras, candid snapshots, immoral behaviour * Meh.
• Don't worry Flaggy, sounds like that America-hating turncoat koko is fulfilling your wishes.
• Monkeyfilter: high-fives some beavers, canoes away furiously
• We have a camera now!? AWESOME, eh!?
• I call the police department in her town (in Canada) but they tell me that it's a U.S. issue, since that's where the property was lost. What, so if I steal the Mona Lisa and take it to Canada, I'm safe from the police? It wasn't... It couldn't have been... the Mounties that said that, was it?? *Boyhood illusions shatter*
• Yeah, I'm going to wait to hear the other side of the story before I comment on anyone's moral depravity*. *Quid excepted, obv.
• MMm. The ol' capt sounds a bit guilty there... Stolen a few cameras in your time, have you, m'boy?
• Sometimes I really don't know why I constantly beg you people for attention with my irritating and completely unfunny "antics".
• None that you'd ever want back. And in a completely unrelated matter, how's that toothbrush of yours?
• It wasn't... It couldn't have been... the Mounties that said that, was it?? It would have been the local police ... the RCMP are federal. You can rest assured Dudley Doright is still doing right, Pleggy :)
• Depends on the city, koko. In the Lower Mainland BC more cities than not use Dudley for their local beat.
• My toothbrush? Well it seems to have developed a lovely nutty taste, but I'm not complaining...
• *snickers*
• That's right! Just like a Snickers! How'd you know?
• I've been going through a lot of them lately.
• If it's a small community, it's the Mounties. The sucky, small-town Mounties that never get chosen to participate in the musical ride.
• Population and size doesn't necessarily matter, layne: Take these Greater Vancouver Regional District cities: Vancouver           545K - VPD; Surrey                  347K - RCMP; Burnaby               193K - RCMP; Richmond            164K - RCMP; North Vancouver 126K - RCMP; Langley                 110K - RCMP; Delta                        96K - DPD; Victoria*                   74K - VicPD; New Westminster   54K - NWPD; (While this isn't the entire GVRD, the majority of the Greater Vancouver is served by the RCMP.) * not GVRD And, then, the tiny community of Nelson in the middle of Podunk, Nowhere, BC: Nelson                       9K - NelsonPD Of course, RCMP have jusrisdiction wherever the city police work, as well. I understand Ontario has OPP thrown into the mix as well. Ya down with OPP?
• Golly, I was gonna say "Well, mebbe you and I have different ideas of what constitutes a small community" (My hometown: Pop. 2000), but then you whipped out Nelson and blew my mind! Really, that's nutty that they have their own PD. Who decides that?
• Ya down with OPP? Hey, You know me. As far as I know, The RCMP doesn't patrol anywhere in Ontario, outside of airports and a few government facilities in Ottawa.
• Pretty sure it's a local decision -- towns can either pay for their own force, or contribute something towards Mountie staffing, but I could be wrong. And I'm most definitely too lazy to google the right answer.
• I'm pretty sure you're right, rocket. And I think you've got it, too, Cap'n.
• A Google Image Search for "Koko's butt" is less than revealing. Unless you're into furby. And what's that aboot, anyway?
• "...you've got it, too, Cap'n." I've got it, and you gave it to me. That's right! You gave me a good dose! Starts with an 'H', and I'm not talking about 'Hooping Cough' either, baby! Allright, I'll stop. (Bonus points for identification, though.)
• Halitosis!
• hawt lovin'?
• Hungry Hungry Hippos?
• Herzog?
• habeas corpus.
• Hemorrhoids?
• Hooping Sneeze?
• Hip dysplasia?
• Heroin? Hedonophobia?
• *smacks forehead* WHAT am I thinking? MonkeyFilter: A complete lack of morals. Yer GramMa's gettin' senile.
• There there. *rings a few nursing homes. Just for research, of course*
• Ya down with OPP? Hey, You know me. HA! BTW, everybody knows RCMP stands for Rotten Carrots, Mashed Potatoes. Well, it did when I was nine. And it's been a tortuous downhill slide ever since. Goddammit, when's one of you bastids going to spring for my bail?
• *bakes emery board in rotten carrot cake for moneyjane*
• "Lovejoy: Our only major quarrel's With your total lack of morals. Dancing Girl 3: Our skimpy costumes ain't so bad, Dancing Girl 4: They seem to entertain your dad!" Hey, MJ, I told you fencing those cameras would get you in trouble....
• Sex Cauldron?! I thought they closed that place down!
• "We just heard this place exiiiiisteeeeeeeeeed!"
• Hang on... you have a town called Delta? Is it ruled by ladybots?
• No it's full of the khaki frocked Delta's. At least they don't wear ugly green, gamma's wear green. It's the birthplace of Delta Burke, incidentally. Her actually name is Burke, kind of like Cher, only more like the Crocodile Hunter.
• Update. Via BB, via Fark. And now MoFi.
• Contrast this story of bad people with this example of nice people.
• Ah. It would be hilarious if the owners of that other camera claim it... and then sue the finders for posting their faces on the net without their permission. Ha!
• Ah, you Brits and your politeness...always making the rest of us look bad! I love you guys, seriously.
• She got her camera back!
• Cool - Hawaii pics a-comin'.
• I really would like to hear the family's side on this. I can't imagine what justification they have for trying to keep the camera, but surely they have something to say...
• There are decent people in the world.
• Heard that and meant to H-dogg it myself. Thanks for kickin' it on the realz yo.