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-Lurid Crime Tales-
"Mind you, you'll always find a market for a cheap screw"
2007-09-29
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A German factory worker stole over a million screws from his employer and skewed the market with his cheap stolen goods, police said yesterday. "In the end, it became obvious that screws were being sold for much less than they usually cost," said a spokesman for police in the southern city of Wuerzburg.
Posted by:Seafarious

#7  As the Danes say:

To properly speak German you must first have a mouthful of potatoes.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-29 23:50  

#6  The Schraubemehrwertsteuerabteilung is very particular about those forms in triplicate.

Note: to pronounce German, break each rumbling agglomeration into syllables. Then pronounce as though you were spitting watermelon seeds.

I learned my German from my Grandmother, so I speak it with a Brooklyn accent.
Posted by: mom   2007-09-29 21:42  

#5  I'm happy they nailed this guy.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-09-29 20:25  

#4  It is probably a serious offense in Germany to evade the "Schraubemehrwertsteuer", or screw value added tax. All legal screws would receive not only a serial number, but the proper paperwork for the "Schraubeumsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer", in triplicate.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-09-29 13:50  

#3  Agreed, Rambler, I was hoping for some pics myself...
Posted by: Raj   2007-09-29 07:31  

#2  Well as always, socialism encourages a black market as normal human behavior. You could say the Germans are screwed.
Posted by: newc   2007-09-29 01:25  

#1  This story is not about what I thought it was about.
Posted by: Rambler   2007-09-29 00:59  

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