Thief betrays himself to get free beer

[Rex]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/germany_thief_dc

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German phone thief led police right to his front door when they called the stolen mobile to say he had won some free beer and he willingly gave his address.

"An officer called and said, 'You've won a crate of beer'," said a spokesman for police in the eastern town of Neustrelitz Friday.

"Then he asked where he lived so he could drop the beer off, and the guy told him. I think the man was drunk."

Might be old news here, dunno just thought it funny.

[Mojambo]

1. Beer. The achilles heel of the German criminal. n/t

[Richard Steele]

2. I've done stupider things for free beer.

Not OFTEN, certainly...and I'm not the kind of shithead
who steals peoples' phones, of course...

But I could TOTALLY see myself falling for that one.

[Raine]

3. Gee it restores my faith

to see that people are as brainless worldwide as they are in the good ole USA. :eyes:

[rpannier]

4. Free beer and TV make this guy go something

Go Stupid?

Don't mind if I do.

my apologies to Matt Groenig and Homer Simpson.

[shenmue]

5. You know, if you don't steal stuff...

you get to stay outside and buy beer whenever you want.

Just a thought.

[Rex]

6. LOL! I like how at the end of the report the officer says the guy must have

been drunk! Makes me wonder how many times German police catch, ahem, thieves and if they stole to get another stein of beer?

[Spirochete]

7. The German Homer Simpson

That is pretty funny.