Thief used fishing rod to steal a fancy necklace from a department store

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/04/thief-used-fishing-rod-to-stea.html

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[Entity447B]

Sometimes using cartoons for inspiration works.

[FGD135]

“It appears that the burglar was fishing for about three hours before landing his catch,” said police in the statement.

That kinda doesn’t work as a plot point for a fast-paced heist movie.

[anothernewbbaccount]

A lot can happen in three hours.

Or not.

[NashRambler]

I’ll bet this guy got screwed by claw machine games a lot as a child.

[generic_name]

In college we used a fishing rod to steal a six-pack of beer from a window ledge two floors below.

Unfortunately it turned out to be Budweiser.

[DukeTrout]

I just want to say, I wasn’t anywhere near Melbourne when this happened! It wasn’t me.

(Also, I could have had that necklace in about 20 minutes. He should have used a flyrod!)

[mns]

Let him go. The dude earned it!

[Mister44]

My dad fishes for three hours all the time. The best he had done is a few hundred crappie.

[anon75430791]

If he had the money to buy a proper flyrod, he wouldn’t need to be stealing necklaces…

[DukeTrout]

I thought you were kidding, but then I looked at the prices for Versace necklaces, and, OK, yeah, I’ve spent that much for a flyrod…

[RickMycroft]

@pesco

“It appears that the burglar was fishing for about three hours before landing his catch,”

I hope he had a cooler of beer.

[Brainspore]

Most phishing scams just try to steal credit card numbers.

[RacerExTex]

I sea what you did there!

[mocon]

Where was the good guy with a fishing rod to stop him?

[hecep]

Wasn’t that something from The Three Stooges?

[dontpanicbobby]

So no alarms on Melbourne, Australia store fronts then or was he just that good?

[kmoser]