I used to leave the used oil from my car when I changed the oil. I’d tip it into a container, fill up with the new oil and then pour the old oil into the now empty bottle. Then I’d leave the bottle by the car. As sure as eggs is eggs the bottle of used oil would have disappeared soon afterwards.
This happened during the ‘garbage union strike’ somewhere. Guy took to putting his garbage in a box wrapped in gift paper and leaving it in his car. Usually disappeared by lunch time. But not always, so, after a day in a locked car in the sun, his evening commute was somewhat fragrant.
When we got a new fridge long ago, dad put the old one on the curb with a sign; Free, works well. It stayed there for two day and dad changed the sign to; $10.00 Or best offer. It was gone the next morning.
Read a similar story about a guy who had bottle in the car sloshing about with a “specimen” for the doctor. He stopped somewhere on the way, foolishly leaving the window open, and so he had to tell the doctor the specimen had been stolen. Said he probably shouldn’t have used an empty “Old Grand-Dad” bottle . . .
Yakety Sax almost 3 years ago
Earliest example of porch thieves I have seen.
Tog almost 3 years ago
I used to leave the used oil from my car when I changed the oil. I’d tip it into a container, fill up with the new oil and then pour the old oil into the now empty bottle. Then I’d leave the bottle by the car. As sure as eggs is eggs the bottle of used oil would have disappeared soon afterwards.
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Medieval porch pirates.
DaveG1960 almost 3 years ago
It’s a sad indictment of human nature…..
Sir Ruddy Blighter, Jr. almost 3 years ago
Ancestors of the “glitter bomb” guy…
sandpiper almost 3 years ago
This happened during the ‘garbage union strike’ somewhere. Guy took to putting his garbage in a box wrapped in gift paper and leaving it in his car. Usually disappeared by lunch time. But not always, so, after a day in a locked car in the sun, his evening commute was somewhat fragrant.
Chris almost 3 years ago
suckers. :D
Beaker almost 3 years ago
If I set an old piece of furniture like a couch at the curb, hoping someone will take it, I put a $10 sign on it.
sandpiper almost 3 years ago
Happy Fathers’ Day to all.
Space_cat almost 3 years ago
These days I just put my trash in a large Amazon box and leave it out by my front door. It’s usually gone by the time I get home.
Rick Parkhurst Premium Member almost 3 years ago
When we got a new fridge long ago, dad put the old one on the curb with a sign; Free, works well. It stayed there for two day and dad changed the sign to; $10.00 Or best offer. It was gone the next morning.
tony_n_jen2003 almost 3 years ago
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
cocavan11 almost 3 years ago
Next Move: Tax the Garbage!
Plods with ...™ almost 3 years ago
No the sharpest tacks in the drawer
PuppyPapa almost 3 years ago
Read a similar story about a guy who had bottle in the car sloshing about with a “specimen” for the doctor. He stopped somewhere on the way, foolishly leaving the window open, and so he had to tell the doctor the specimen had been stolen. Said he probably shouldn’t have used an empty “Old Grand-Dad” bottle . . .
MCProfessor almost 3 years ago
I read where someone left a wrapped package of dog poop for the porch pirates.
brklnbern almost 3 years ago
That was the joke some comic had during an NYC garbage strike. Just put your garbage out in gift wrapping.