There’s a car thief in the parking lot, apparently trying to break into the same car over and over again for the past hour. How do I know? The alarm keeps going off. He must have tried at least 25 times to break into that car. Idiot.
Remember back in the day when car thieves would sneak in, try once, and move on? They were so stealthy then. Now, they’re too persistent. In the car thieving business, “try, try again” should not be a motto nowadays.
I miss smart car thieves.
If you’re not smart enough to have called the cops, this thief is not very smart, but…smart enough, for now.
Perhaps it’s not a thief. Perhaps the owner has lost his/her keys, and is trying to get in unsuccessfully.
I used to love that lowjack commercial that aired on KGO Radio.
What good is a stolen car with a dead battery? How’s he going to drive it to the chop shop?
Think you’ve been wooshed, my friend.
Have I? As far as I can tell, IntelInside is just hearing the alarm go off repeatedly, and the police haven’t arrived to investigate. As far as I can tell, there are three possibilities:
(1) a really stupid thief.
(2) the owner who has lost the keys.
(3) some other persistent cause, like people walking past and setting off an over-sensitive alarm.
I’d feel I’d been whooshed if it was obvious from the OP that only scenario (1) was possible.
Giles…it’s a joke. Of course he knows the car thief isn’t so stupid he’s just standing there trying and trying. He’s pitting the car alarm.
Thank you, Ensign Edison. 
I didn’t think that people would take the OP literally. :rolleyes:
That’s the price of using subtle humor around here. All the damned Vulcans are attracted by the intelligence, but the wit totally blows their minds.
Thank you for seeing this as evidence that this damned Vulcan has a mind to be blown.
Oh, I dunno.
I was at a jail a few months ago and some guys got called away.
So, I stood on the roof for a good 45 minutes waiting for them to come back since I was locked up there.
Turns out someone had broken into a bunch of cars in the parking lot across from the jail. Including the personal vehicles of most of the deputies.
He didn’t get away.
-Joe
I like dumb thieves; they keep me in business.
I like thieves who spend hours chopping their way into a pool table. (A phillips screwdriver and a 7/16s nut driver will get you there in less than 5 minutes.
I like thieves who pour salt water into bill validators. They don’t the obligatory two MacGyver colas but I get a service call.