This isn't actually that uncommon a problem. Particularly on college campuses, you get stuff like people swiping papers because it's published some editorial they disagree with or something. That presumably isn't the case here, but maybe this is a business dispute or something. (Also, most free papers have a notice inside saying you're allowed to take only a single copy, so yeah, it really is stealing.)
I have to confess to being guilty - I've a bird, and I use newspaper in his cage. So if I go someplace where there are free Auto Weeklies or whatever might be about, I take two or three just to stockpile since it's a pain in the ass for me to go buy a paper at the store due to a disability.
A local freepaper around here had a similar problem; they wrote a negative article about some local radio hosts, and those hosts, in turn, drove around and took all the papers they could find. Due to those events they have a little comment to the masthead along the lines of "it's illegal for anybody to posess more than two copies of any paper." That hasn't stopped me from grabbing 3 or 4 to pack things for my eBay shipping though.
The true miracle of this is that the apostrophe in "...it's illegal" is correct. The unorthodox capitalization and punctuation of "STOP! Stealing..." is perhaps stylistic, rather than merely strange. The author may not be a "netizen" at all. I wonder how they spell "lose" on his planet?
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Those are newspapers? I thought they were hobo blankets. My worldview is shattered.
Posted by: Maximillian | March 19, 2006 05:59 PM
This isn't actually that uncommon a problem. Particularly on college campuses, you get stuff like people swiping papers because it's published some editorial they disagree with or something. That presumably isn't the case here, but maybe this is a business dispute or something. (Also, most free papers have a notice inside saying you're allowed to take only a single copy, so yeah, it really is stealing.)
Posted by: Dan Shiovitz | March 19, 2006 09:51 PM
But how else will I pack my dishes for the move?
Posted by: Tim Thræryn | March 19, 2006 11:35 PM
that has *got* to be a Discordian at work.
I so want to go to California...
Posted by: Chris Sanner | March 20, 2006 03:38 AM
I have to confess to being guilty - I've a bird, and I use newspaper in his cage. So if I go someplace where there are free Auto Weeklies or whatever might be about, I take two or three just to stockpile since it's a pain in the ass for me to go buy a paper at the store due to a disability.
Posted by: Shawna Browning | March 20, 2006 06:52 PM
Yeah, we all know that, Dan. But thanks for explaining it and killing the humor. There's always gotta be one, doesn't there?
Posted by: Casey | March 20, 2006 09:07 PM
A local freepaper around here had a similar problem; they wrote a negative article about some local radio hosts, and those hosts, in turn, drove around and took all the papers they could find. Due to those events they have a little comment to the masthead along the lines of "it's illegal for anybody to posess more than two copies of any paper." That hasn't stopped me from grabbing 3 or 4 to pack things for my eBay shipping though.
Posted by: AzraelBrown | March 21, 2006 01:19 PM
The true miracle of this is that the apostrophe in "...it's illegal" is correct. The unorthodox capitalization and punctuation of "STOP! Stealing..." is perhaps stylistic, rather than merely strange. The author may not be a "netizen" at all. I wonder how they spell "lose" on his planet?
Posted by: Urban Garlic | March 21, 2006 05:37 PM
I don't know about the papers, but I suddenly have the inexplicable urge to swipe that "stop stealing" sign.
Posted by: arthbard | March 21, 2006 06:15 PM
Great reading, keep up the great posts.
Peace, JiggaDigga
Posted by: JiggaDigga | April 7, 2006 10:09 AM
holy crap how retarded
Posted by: kt | April 17, 2006 06:10 PM