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Wow. I was honestly expecting to hear that an intruder tried to trick the police into arresting the homeowner instead of him or something. While that would be incredibly stupid this is...Worse...
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"The suspect, Timothy James Chapek, was in the bathroom taking a shower when the homeowner returned to the house Monday night, Portland police said in a statement."
Um... what?
Well, this made me giggle a bit.
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Hmm, come to think of it, he did say that he had broken into house. So perhaps he simply was afraid of getting shot?
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I smell a wacky Hollywood comedy ![[awesome]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minis/award_star_gold_3.png "[awesome]"){kind=small}
So that's what this does
He broke in to take a shower.
I can't think of his motivation but perhaps he didn't want to break in but was just really desperate to clean up and hoped he could get out without causing enough trouble to get tracked down?
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Gas station bathroom. Sink birdbath. Ta-da! You're clean, and don't get arrested or shot for breaking into someone's house.
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I think we've already established that this chap's reasoning capabilities are a little bit... suspect.
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Around these parts, we've just had a case where police threw out the homeowner.
It went some kind of like this: a woman had a flat. She was away for some time, living in France or somewhere, and when she came back, her neighbours told her someone tried to break in. It turned out her brother, or whoever, used some kind of legal trick - he once had a right to the flat before she took it from him, but the bureaucrats didn't bother themselves to notice - and sold the flat to some random guy, whom the bureaucracy and the police consider now the legal owner.
Also a day before, we had a case of police not bothering themselves with looking for robbers, but apparently having more than enough time and money to spare to go after the woman who identified the thugs. Because she violated the thugs' rights by printing out their photos (ones they put on a social networking site) and putting them on display.
edited 8th Mar '11 1:35:50 PM by lordGacek
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I see the Awesomeness.
Okay, that's definitely a lulz worthy news story.
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At least in that case the Police weren't actively corrupt.
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Hmm, well if the owner did have a gun, that criminal was probably making a pretty good choice.
Better to get a misdemeanor on your criminal record than get shot.
He must have really wanted a shower.
In related news, cats chase dogs and hamburgers eat people.
The Joke-Master
Well, mean cats and hamburgers with tapeworms...
Am I really the one that paid attention that his motive was that he "Had been Kidnapped by Mexicans" so he probably, um broke into the house to escape?
...Yeah, I know that Tv Tropes wouldn't be good for my judgement, but... What if he's telling the truth?
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The Joke-Master
If you were kidnapped by a roving band of Mexicans (it's more likely than you think), and somehow managed to escape them, would you:
a) Go to the police and report your kidnapping..
Or..
b) Break into a random woman's house, not call the police, and start to take a shower. And, once the owner comes home and asks what the hell you are doing in their shower, then call the police to tell them that the homeowner might have a gun, and only obliquely mention the kidnapping Mexicans when asked why you are in the house?
It's a Long Story perhaps? I am just trying to open new possibilities. What kind of Troper are you?!?!
The Joke-Master
The kind who believes that breaking into someone's house just to take a shower, then calling the police when the homeowner arrives, and claiming that you're presence in the house is the fault of Latin man-catchers does not bespeak a rational mind.
No but it does bespeak somebody who can hilariously take Refuge in Audacity.
Maybe there's more to it! Maybe he went to take a shower to hide the MacGuffin the Mexicans were after! He could have saved America, and now we'll never know...
Or maybe this was just the Cover story for him to escape from a bigger problem related to that group...
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The Joke-Master
Stop trying to have fun. This world is a cold, dark place without adventures or MacGuffins. There are only boring people and crazy people. That dude was crazy.
edited 9th Mar '11 6:17:12 PM by Wanderhome
No, this
is not in Soviet Russia, but it's still pretty funny...
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