Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Monday, February 22, 2021

Poison Gas as a Burglar Deterrent

No, this isn't a joke:



Something poisonous was found in an old safe a decade ago. Despite what the old articles say, the boobytraps in those safes were probably tear gas.

No way in hell anything like that would be installed today.
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2 comments:

Antibubba said...

Today I learned that safe breakers are called "yeggmen". I wonder why?

2/25/2021 10:19 AM
Comrade Misfit said...

I'm not sure. A bit of searching mentioned that John Yegg was the alias of a hobo bank burglar. Yegg became the term for a safecracker that rode the rails. Yeggs preferred burglarizing post offices, because they weren't that secure and because if they were caught, Federal prisons were reputed to be more comfortable than state prisons.

Hobos pretty much faded away after the war. The economy was better and the trains became more dangerous to ride. Steam freight trains stopped every hundred miles or so for water and the big freight engines were slow (both making it easy to get on and off); diesels can go for very long distances and faster, too.

2/26/2021 7:50 AM

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