Vegetable bandits strike as food prices soar

[phantom power]

I always wanted to live in the science fiction future. But do I get Known Space? The Culture? Noooooooo. I get fucking Mad Max.
x(

The high price of produce, especially for tomatoes after the deep winter freezes, has attracted more than heightened attention from consumers. A ring of sophisticated vegetable bandits was watching, too.

Late last month, a gang of thieves stole six tractor-trailer loads of tomatoes and a truck full of cucumbers from Florida growers. They also stole a truckload of frozen meat. The total value of the illegal haul: about $300,000.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42603382/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/

[Poll_Blind]

1. You think that's bad? When I was 16 I prayed to God that I would live in a dystopian...

...cyberpunk-esque future. And be able to date a particular lady.

Both of those came to pass and I stopped believing in God.

:rofl:

PB

[flamingdem]

2. tomatoe pirates!

I mean aren't there better things to rob?

[DCKit]

3. It's a promotion for the next Veggie Tales movie, I'm sure. nt

[kestrel91316]

4. Heck, long before Bush wrecked the economy, people would frequently

enter my nearly completely chain-link-fenced yard at the house I rented to raid my very large vegetable garden and fruit trees.