Avocado shortage fuels crime wave in New Zealand

Yeah, I saw that headline and I had to think about that Farside cartoon, the one about a meeting of the bird mafia with the big crime bird saying: “Have all the boids arrived?” I pictured a gangster war that was only missing the Kiwis :p… And now they are here. But the avocado stealing has not gone Al Capone style… yet.

I hope my California roll at lunch didn’t support NZ organized crime!

If your avocado came from Mėxico, you may be supporting organized crime.

In the state of Michoacán, the narco people have decided avocados have a price. They are selling fire insurance to the avocado farmers.

Man, too bad for Mexico, maybe they should had picked the polar bears.
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Just steer clear of African blood avocados!

Forty thefts with “as many as” 350 stolen at a time? I wouldn’t call that a “wave.” Well, maybe in New Zealand that’s a wave…

You see, if they just legalized avocados they wouldn’t have all this crime.

Do California avocados come from Mexico? Avocados are on everything here!