# Have you never committed a Crime? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633 "2021-08-13T22:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/41 "2021-08-19T18:40:50Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Considering how many laws are active on the books (about ten thousand federal alone if I recall correctly and then there are state and local ones as well) it’s essentially impossible to live your life without violating some law at one point or another. Many people don’t ever know they’re potential felons who’ve just not been noticed yet. This is why there are lawyers and former cops telling you to [never, ever talk to the police without your lawyer present](https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE), even if (or maybe especially if) you’re innocent of whatever crime they’re investigating. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/42 "2021-08-19T18:57:28Z")
I walked my dog on the beach without a leash once. I got a ticket even though the only people visible on this ten mile long beach were the ranger in his jeep, and me. Dog’s been dead for thirty years and I’m still kind of sore about it. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/43 "2021-08-19T22:16:46Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > . Dog’s been dead for thirty years and I’m still kind of sore about it. I got a parking ticket I’m still sore about. I’d gone in to pick up some stuff. Assumed that there were no parking restrictions since it was a Sunday. Got back to my car, saw the ticket. Looked at the sign. Looked up the city street. Looked down the city street. In the whole street, for as far as I could see, I was the only thing moving. That was main street. City used to be tumbleweeds on a Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/44 "2021-08-19T23:04:12Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-7eA_TyogeU/maxresdefault.jpg "Lil Dicky - White Crime (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7eA_TyogeU) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/45 "2021-08-19T23:14:34Z")
Under age drinking, oh yeah. Under age smoking, maybe once or twice. Downloading music. Some minor vandalism. That’s all I can think about for the time being. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/46 "2021-08-20T20:51:09Z")
I once liberated some perennial seeds from a plant in the garden of the Hunt-Morgan House in Lexington KY, former home of Gen. John Hunt Morgan, the “Thunderbolt of the Confederacy”. That probably violated some ordinance or law. I’ve suppressed the guilt all these years. 😟 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/47 "2021-08-20T22:06:56Z")
I once broke into the Denver Federal Reserve Depository. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/48 "2021-08-20T22:34:26Z")
Well, that’s an interesting start to a story. Though I thought you were going to say you had cut the heads off a bunch of parking meters. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/49 "2021-08-20T23:45:12Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Well, that’s an interesting start to a story. You know what they did to Fresno Bob? ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/50 "2021-08-21T01:42:00Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > And there may have been a copyright violation or two (or two million) with downloading music, movies, and TV shows. But did you ever download a CAR ? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/51 "2021-08-21T03:34:11Z")
I do now! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633/52 "2021-08-22T17:58:22Z")
I’ve been an active member of a couple of terrorist organizations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-never-committed-a-crime/948633.md?page=2)