# Why did Spongbob Squarepants visit the local 7-eleven?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 1, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-spongbob-squarepants-visit-the-local-7-eleven/591041 "2011-08-01T13:59:28Z")\
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**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:** [August 1, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-spongbob-squarepants-visit-the-local-7-eleven/591041/1 "2011-08-01T13:59:28Z")

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[To rob it](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/07/31/2011-07-31_man_disguised_as_spongebob_squarepants_robs_florida_711_no_one_injured.html?r=news&asid=6aa3e4ac)

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> A crook dressed as cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants, along with another man, held up a 7-11 near Orlando, WPBF-TV reported.
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> “It’s not unusual for criminals to distinguish their identitiy,” Osceola County Sheriff’s spokesman Twis Lizasuain told the television station. “It is unusual he would use that particular character.”

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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-spongbob-squarepants-visit-the-local-7-eleven/591041/2 "2011-08-01T14:01:46Z")

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Well, the upside is that you already know where the robber lives.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-spongbob-squarepants-visit-the-local-7-eleven/591041/3 "2011-08-01T19:08:09Z")

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He should be really easy to pick out of a lineup.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-spongbob-squarepants-visit-the-local-7-eleven/591041/4 "2011-08-01T23:30:49Z")

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what costume did the other robber wear?

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-spongbob-squarepants-visit-the-local-7-eleven/591041/5 "2011-08-03T06:44:54Z")

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That article is disgustingly ageist. Why can’t an adult criminal be wearing spongebob socks? 😛

Really though, my mom wears hello kitty socks and happy bunny socks. Something other than cartoony socks should have tipped them off that he was 12. (and yes, I realize this is talking about a different criminal than the one in the spongebob costume)