# This isn't what they mean by "breakfast at Tiffany's" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973 "2025-03-23T04:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/1 "2025-03-23T04:35:32Z")
I’m suprised that it took two weeks to pass all of them. Seems like a really long time to stick around that neighborhood. > When officers caught up with him later that day, they saw Mr Gilder “swallowing several objects believed to be the stolen earrings,” police said. > > Officials transporting Mr Gilder to jail allegedly heard him say, “I should have thrown them out the window,” CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, reported. > > At the jail, Mr Gilder allegedly asked staff, “Am I going to be charged with what’s in my stomach?” > **[$769,500 earrings recovered after Florida man swallows them](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrdvy4pvpeo)** > > The man allegedly swallowed two pairs of earrings worth $769,500 (£597,000) hoping to avoid being charged with theft. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/2 "2025-03-23T05:08:55Z")
Moonriver has a new meaing for me now. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/3 "2025-03-23T06:43:06Z")
Just for the record, down near the bottom of the article, it mentioned 48 other counts here in Colorado. Another article: > **[Colorado Springs man arrested after swallowing $800k worth of jewelry](https://gazette.com/news/crime/colorado-springs-man-arrested-swallowing-800k-jewelry/article_7ebdfb5e-fedd-11ef-913e-d73cf6d8c134.html)** > > A Colorado Springs man was arrested by Orlando Police after stealing several pieces of jewelry and swallowing some before officers were able to detain him. > In addition to the Florida charges, Gilder has a history of theft in a similar robbery in 2022 at a Tiffany & Co. store in The Woodlands, Texas, according to criminal records. > > Gilder is also facing 48 charges in Colorado, some of which stem from a 2022 theft of local jewelry store Legacy & Co. off East Fillmore Street where Gilder stole up to $1 million, according to Colorado Springs police. Something tells me that he’s going to be passed along from state jail to state jail to serve out his various sentences. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/4 "2025-03-23T12:36:54Z")
Who is going to buy that merchandise? Will the store be obliged to disclosed that the jewelry has been previously… used? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/5 "2025-03-23T13:22:21Z")
Who will buy? Anyone who doesn’t know. Run it through an ultrasonic cleaner a time or two and it’ll be identical to new. Even when the USA was sane, what legal force could possibly require such a disclosure? I could almost see them selling at a premium. People able to pay that kind of money for jewelry _really_ admire exclusivity above almost all else. “I have the one and only; nobody else has the same” is a real powerful lure. The infamous pooped diamonds just _might_ get a certain cachet from their adventures. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/6 "2025-03-23T13:32:31Z")
It’ll probably be promoted as such and increase it’s value, like kopi luwak. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/7 "2025-03-25T05:09:49Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’m suprised that it took two weeks to pass all of them. Seems like a really long time to stick around that neighborhood. Well, diamonds are a bowel’s best friend. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/8 "2025-03-25T14:11:06Z")
He took passing a stone to a whole new level. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/9 "2025-03-25T14:29:13Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > He took passing a stone to a whole new level . 🎶 _Now he’s passin’ the STONE!_ _Never leavin’ the porcelain throne_ _Every night and every day_ _Checkin’ his stool thorough-lay!_ 🎶 (apologies to Eddie Grant) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973/10 "2025-03-25T14:37:05Z")
Thanks for the earworm.