*****It's Not The Heat, It's The July LC Thread*****

[gumpzilla]

Originally Posted by metaname2

I remember once, on a summer rush hour years ago, seeing a guy on the A train selling caramel rolls, AA batteries and stray pieces of Kentucky Fried Chicken Original Recipe. I was unable to eat for four days.

Sounds like quite the operation.

This sub digression put me in mind of this local sub chain (which I can't believe is still a going concern). They had tater tots as a side, but insisted on calling them potato nuggets. I remain convinced the entire reason for this was so that I could nearly kill my sister one day by ordering "a footlong #2 with extra nuggets."

[LKJ]

Originally Posted by DblBarrelJ

Yea, I'm not arguing that ethically its not stealing (I think it is) I'm saying criminally I don't think it's Theft.

I was really dubious about this, especially after looking at the Indiana law (I live here) and seeing that it clearly falls under the criminal code here...but I looked at the applicable Colorado theft law (I think that's where lbr is) and it doesn't seem to cover anything that doesn't involve permanent intent to deprive. Stealing a service from a machine wouldn't qualify, as far as I can tell.

[DblBarrelJ]

I'm also wondering if a decent prosecutor could twist it into a fraud case as well.

In Georgia's code we have this:

Originally Posted by § 16-8-5 - Theft of services

A person commits the offense of theft of services when by deception and with the intent to avoid payment he knowingly obtains services, accommodations, entertainment, or the use of personal property which is available only for compensation.

Remove "by deception" and I can arrest LBR for this act in Georgia.

I guess I could make an argument he deceived the machine, but I don't know how well that would fly.

[Clare Quilty]

LKJ, Jmakin + DblBarrel,

Just wait until you hear about this thing called internet piracy!

[kerowo]

Tomatoes are bland bags of water, why would you want to eat them in an concentration less than ketchup or sauce?

[Clare Quilty]

Your mother is a bland bag of water iirc

[DblBarrelJ]

Originally Posted by Clare Quilty

LKJ, Jmakin + DblBarrel,

Just wait until you hear about this thing called internet piracy!

[gumpzilla]

Originally Posted by kerowo

Tomatoes are bland bags of water, why would you want to eat them in an concentration less than ketchup or sauce?

Sounds like you need to change up your tomato game. Good tomatoes are ****ing delicious eaten sliced; I like hitting them with some salt and pepper, but if they're sufficiently good that's not necessary. Cherry or grape tomatoes are great to munch on. EDIT: But yeah, there's a reason tomatoes are like the poster child of large-scale commercial farming sometimes producing crappy tasting results. The difference between a good tomato and a run of the mill one is pretty immense.

[Rainbow Dash]

I ate your mom in a concentration less than ketchup or sauce.

[kerowo]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Dash

I ate your mom in a concentration less than ketchup or sauce.

poor form

[lonely_but_rich]

Way to take a joke too far, Rainbow. Not cool.

[Rainbow Dash]

[Phildo]

Originally Posted by gumpzilla

Sounds like you need to change up your tomato game. Good tomatoes are ****ing delicious eaten sliced; I like hitting them with some salt and pepper, but if they're sufficiently good that's not necessary. Cherry or grape tomatoes are great to munch on. EDIT: But yeah, there's a reason tomatoes are like the poster child of large-scale commercial farming sometimes producing crappy tasting results. The difference between a good tomato and a run of the mill one is pretty immense.

a study was just published in science that claims a gene was bred into commercial tomatoes years ago to make them uniformly red when they ripen but also negatively affects the taste.

[dw2006]

Why tomatoes suck nowadays-

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/sc...cists-say.html

[DonkHappens]

Just grow your own tomatoes, then your dog can eat them before you get a chance.