# A person stole our cement mixer. WHY? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945 "2008-06-23T17:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/41 "2008-06-24T14:20:13Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] I’m trying to figure a way to sneak ‘rebar’ into a sentence, and failing. I think my pun license has been revoked. [/QUOTE] No, just temporarily barred. Try not to let this happen again or it’ll be rebarred. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/42 "2008-06-24T14:22:49Z")
[QUOTE=Billdo] Damn, there would be nothing cooler than a high speed chase of a cement mixer. [/QUOTE] _Beverly Hills Cop 2_ has a cement mixer chase. Part of it’s at about 1:59 in the [trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaP5E07Xq7A). ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/43 "2008-06-24T17:08:45Z")
Mebbe Bear was involved in one helluva scavenger hunt? ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/44 "2008-06-24T17:18:25Z")
(lieu beat me to it) I’ll bet Bear stole it for a joyride on a dare from his friends and they’ll find it parked in some out of the way place. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/45 "2008-06-24T17:26:55Z")
Heh, **Emily** , hon, if I’d only known you were here! Next time, it’s all yours dearie. How perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/46 "2008-06-24T17:33:32Z")
He’s probably headed to Portland to pick up a load. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/47 "2008-06-24T17:33:42Z")
I think maybe we’re just overlooking the obvious - perhaps he needed some cement. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/48 "2008-06-24T17:35:20Z")
Yeah, maybe he lost his footings. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/49 "2008-06-24T18:10:56Z")
He thought it was one of the Constructicons. “Goddamn it, why aren’t you transforming? I want to go see Megatron!” ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/50 "2008-06-24T20:06:45Z")
Could be he was planning one hell of a cocktail party. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/51 "2008-06-24T20:22:11Z")
How cool would that be? “Hey Lady, you want your martini from a cement truck or a paint shaker?” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/52 "2008-06-24T20:23:51Z")
Update: The police found Bear, and his partners in crime, Mole & Crane (a woman). The did not find the mixer. We just had a meeting in our office regarding the matter. According to Bear, one of the workers told him the mixer wasn’t working and he could have it if he could get it to move. Since Bear knows us and has worked for us on previous jobs, we asked him why didn’t he call us to verify this? He said he thought it was okay. Mole was really angry, Crane was all “poor little me, I didn’t know what a mess it was, why am I involved?” The bottom line is that if the cement mixer isn’t returned within 24 hours, everybody is pressing every charge that we can. The Police doubt it’s even in one piece, but cement mixer parts are not in demand, and they will be lucky if they got $300 for it. ETA: And BTW, I love you guys! ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/53 "2008-06-24T20:40:40Z")
They could fill it with numbered beach balls and have a monster bingo party. Who is the criminal mastermind behind these people, the Penguin? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/54 "2008-06-24T20:41:20Z")
🆒 In Hawaii, we use cement mixers to lomilomi squid(octopus). in order to tenderize them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/55 "2008-06-24T20:59:13Z")
I think I will adopt lomilomi as my new favorite verb. I shall now lomilomi the competition at billiards. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/56 "2008-06-24T22:45:26Z")
They needed a giant rock tumbler, to polish boulders for the Worlds Largest Cuff Links to put the town on the map. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/57 "2008-06-24T23:14:23Z")
Mythbusters? Maybe they are de-bunking the ‘whole 9 yards’ theory relating to cement. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/58 "2008-06-25T01:59:30Z")
[QUOTE=aruvqan] uncivil engineers? One of my favorite novels has a great line in it about a particular group of people not being mad scientsts just irritated engineers [they had created a device that they thought would close a wormhole permanenntly and block access to and from a particular panet forever] [/QUOTE] (hijack) Vorkosigan? ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/59 "2008-06-25T02:26:14Z")
Man, you’re lucky with your full-size mixers and all that. I worked for a small company. The cement “mixer” consisted of a) a wheelbarrow b) a shovel, and c) my arms. For larger jobs we got to use the big drum sized one that was powered but had to be dumped by hand. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/60 "2008-06-25T02:45:30Z")
there’s no foundation for any of this. The punning must cease, I have spoken, my words are written in stone! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945.md?page=4)