[Peace-discuss] FW: Kerry/Edwards Sign Stealing!!!

[Lisa Chason]

For those of us who are having trouble keeping our signs


> > >About a month ago I gave my friend Marc Tasman a Kerry/Edwards lawn

> > >sign.  Since then he has had 3 stolen from his front yard!  
> > >Irritated and feeling crafty, Marc set up a booby trap to scare 
> > >away/catch the thief (or thieves, actually).  Here's what he did:
> > >
> > >-put cooking oil on the sign to generally yuck-out any sign 
> > >grabbers -attached fishing wire to the sign post, the wire is tied 
> > >to an ALARM (120 decibels) that goes off when pulled -- AND turns 
> > >on a big light -AND he has set up his digital video camera to 
> > >record every night!
> > >
> > >As of today he has recorded 3 attempts (seemingly different 
> > >culprits) .  The video footage is hysterical!  The guys (really: in

> > >each case,
> > >men) grab it, jump when the alarm sounds, let go of the greasy sign
> > >and quickly run away!
> > >
> > >Marc has reported each theft to the police and last night his story
> > >and sensational footage made it to the local news.   the mpegs
> > >are hysterical.
> > >
> >
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