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(Yahoo)   1. Thieves use brick to break window and rob charity bookstore. 2. Charity auctions off the brick used to break the window. 3. Profit   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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Pacifcace
2006-07-30 3:39:42 PM  
See, if you want to use that cliche they have to be steps not a progression of what actually happened.
 
jmnugent
2006-07-30 3:48:23 PM  
Now THATS a creative outlook
 
OlafTheBent
2006-07-30 3:50:06 PM  
Sounds like a movie of the week...

/Link farked?
 
wydok
2006-07-30 3:57:29 PM  
Oxfam got robbed? Oh, snap! That's not nice.
 
almejita
2006-07-30 3:57:50 PM  
I want my brick back
 
mediaho
2006-07-30 4:11:59 PM  
Brilliant!
 
Spectrum
2006-07-30 5:31:10 PM  
I'm guessing now the thieves will write the brick off as a charitable contribution. They're incorrigible.
 
Drakkenmaw
2006-07-30 5:31:39 PM  
If life gives you a brick, make brickade.
 
jon787 [TotalFark]
2006-07-30 5:32:48 PM  
"Who would have thought you could sell a brick for 225 pounds? It's amazing,"

Yeah most bricks aren't nearly that heavy.
 
Chainik Hocker
2006-07-30 5:34:03 PM  
Just goes to show you, when life throws a brick through your window, make brickanade.
 
Chainik Hocker
2006-07-30 5:34:45 PM  
Damn you, Drakkenmaw. Damn you to hell.
 
StreetlightInTheGhetto
2006-07-30 5:37:12 PM  
Kickass.

Sometimes I love the internet that makes things like this possible. Sucks that they didn't make enough to fix the window, but after enough people read that story, I bet they will...
 
chechcal
2006-07-30 5:37:36 PM  
Cost of repairing door: 600 pounds
Amount robbed from store: ?? pounds
Amount recouped by sale of brick: 225 pounds
Profit: NOT YOURS!
 
Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener
2006-07-30 5:44:44 PM  
Their fighting style is very unorthodox... but effective...
 
Tylak
2006-07-30 6:02:23 PM  
If the local rabble would start smashing windows with gold bricks then the victims couldn't act to clever eh?
 
Jesda
2006-07-30 6:03:57 PM  
LESSON LEARNED: Throw more bricks. Do it for charity.
 
BlackMuntu
2006-07-30 6:15:30 PM  
Brick. Apply directly to the bookstore.
 
ludditemike
2006-07-30 6:19:46 PM  
When life gives you lemons, have a lemon party.
 
jimbonics
2006-07-30 6:29:48 PM  
Brick. Apply directly to the bookstore.
Brick. Apply directly to the bookstore.
Brick. Apply directly to the bookstore.

/fixed it for you BlackMuntu
 
piercedgeek
2006-07-30 6:32:17 PM  
Is it just me, or does the brick in a window method seem to be an exclusively British thing? I can't think of the last time I heard of that happening in the US, but seems like every other week I hear about it there.
 
Drakkenmaw
2006-07-30 6:36:00 PM  
piercedgeek: Is it just me, or does the brick in a window method seem to be an exclusively British thing? I can't think of the last time I heard of that happening in the US, but seems like every other week I hear about it there.

Most shop windows in the U.S. are made out of force-resistant plastics. A brick will bounce off those. In one recorded-by-camera instance that wound up on TV, a guy tried to chunk a cement block through one and it bounced off to knock him straight out.
 
Sexy Sadie
2006-07-30 6:39:37 PM  
Fark really needs a "Karma" tag.
 
redomega
2006-07-30 6:59:20 PM  
Smitty needs a lesson in math.

600 Cost of Door
-225 Money Raised in Auction
375 Loss

Loss != Profit
 
piercedgeek
2006-07-30 7:05:34 PM  
Most shop windows in the U.S. are made out of force-resistant plastics. A brick will bounce off those. In one recorded-by-camera instance that wound up on TV, a guy tried to chunk a cement block through one and it bounced off to knock him straight out.

hah ya that was a great one. As popular as that clip was, I'm having trouble finding it to link, ah well =/
 
theshonfather
2006-07-30 7:08:02 PM  
the door cost 600 pounds to fix? That's like $1117.00.
Since a brick was thrown through it, I'm guessing it was just the glass that was broken. Maybe they should have auctioned off that expensive glass door for charity before someone threw a brick through it....
 
LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2006-07-30 7:13:55 PM  
I blame U2.
 
bingo the psych-o
2006-07-30 7:30:36 PM  
How much longer before they try to take our bricks away from us? It smells like a conspiracy to sell more straw.
 
wydok
2006-07-30 7:39:03 PM  
2006-07-30 07:13:55 PM LordOfThePings

I blame U2.

The funny thing is that Bono works with African aid organizations, including OxFam. But they did sing about throwing a brink through a window, so I see your point. :)
 
qazsed
2006-07-30 7:53:38 PM  
LordOfThePings

I blame U2 as well. It's all your fault. So there
 
shirtsbyeric
2006-07-30 7:55:35 PM  
Crisi-tunity!
 
attention span of a retarded fruit fly
2006-07-30 7:58:24 PM  
All in all it was just another brick in the wall...

/came in here just to say that
 
screams incomprehensible
2006-07-30 9:08:48 PM  
[image from strk3.com too old to be available]
 
VideoVader
2006-07-30 9:57:37 PM  
No profit, unfortunately. The door costs 600 pounds to repair; the brick was purchased for only 225 pounds. Still, what a clever way to offset the loss.
 
moothemagiccow
2006-07-31 7:12:53 AM  
What kind of dumbass steals books? They have no bloody resale value!
 
JoKev
2006-07-31 11:50:04 AM  
It's a charity. It should be:

3) Non-profit
 
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