A juicy little story!

 http://www.centredaily.com/2013/11/02/3868025/men-allegedly-steal-orange-juice.html

Where does something like this end?

First you have those people that don't put a couple of bucks in the box at those unmanned roadside vegetable stands...or you have those gas station drive offs...and then you hear stories about people crashing weddings and getting meals for free...and now this story of pilferage and plunder of the highest magnitude, and at one of State College's finest eating establishments, no less!

And it can only escalate from here.  One day it's orange juice, the next day it's coffee...and before you know it, you're going for the holy grail....the 128oz monster sodas at Sheetz/Uni-Mart....when will it end?

Or perhaps the real story, here, is how 3 glasses of orange juice was nearly $10? 

Hopefully, before too long, media outlets will have have some surveillance tapes released, and some forensic sketches handed out, so we can get a better idea who these three perps really are, and be on the lookout.

Too bad it didn't happen when Syracuse was in town.

Delightfully sweet and fun to munch 'cause it keeps it's crunch!!

http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/police-find-candy-treats-laced-with-pot,1406082/

So....not gonna lie...I kinda like the paring of Cap'n Crunch and Fruity Pebbles in a treat bar....and it's a two-fer because not only can you get high, but it'll solve that munchies problem, as well.  ;)

And in a college town, it's not surprising that this kind of thing would pop up...but it is a good reminder to parents to always check anything that people give their kids...ya just never know what might be in that fruity treat.

Be safe, everyone!

Paper or Plastic?

 So this happened this afternoon, and my local North Atherton Street Walmart:

http://www.centredaily.com/2013/07/09/3682404/man-accidentally-shots-himself.html

It's those plastic bags, I tell ya!  In a related story, can you even get paper bags at Walmart?

I'm also left wondering if this would have happened if he was carrying his groceries in some of those reusable canvas bags...hrmmm....that could be another selling feature to switching over to those.

In 2004, something like 6.76% of Pennsylvanians had permits to carry a concealed firearm  (I looked it up...trust me on this one, it was online so it's obviously true) Put another way, almost 7 out of every 100 people in Walmart will have a concealed firearm.  Chew on that while you're watching someone juggle a bunch of bags, when they are checking out.

Of course, you could always shop at the Weis Market on Martin Street, which I affectionately call "Tumbleweed Weis" due to the lack of any crowds there on a normal day.  Since they average about 6-7 shoppers whenever I've been there, the percentages of someone carrying a firearm are pretty much statistically negligible.

As one of my Facebook buddies commented about the incident....perhaps if everyone in the parking lot was carrying a firearm, this would never have happened....but that's a debate for another time and page...I just liked the comment.

Last thought:  At least it wasn't the Greeter.

Until next time!

Spiderman with the Skeleton Key in the Old Hotel

 http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/hotel-clerk-attacked-by-man-wearing-spiderman-mask-beaten-with-huge-skeleton-key-1333031/

"Spins a web, any size. Catches thieves just like flies..."

Now just wait a second...Spiderman is on the lam and wanted for aggravated assault and a possible attempted robbery?!?  And he allegedly attacked the desk clerk with a one pound skeleton key?  Zoinks!!

It's hard to decipher if we are in a superhero alternate universe, reading the first chapter of a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys mystery, or if Mystery Inc will soon be rolling in with the Mystery Machine, looking to solve the Case of the Superhero Skeleton Key, with this weeks special guest star.  I'd vote for this being a Don Knotts episode, myself.

Or perhaps we're playing a summer fraternity prank/game of Clue?  Spiderman with the Skeleton Key in the old Hotel?  Perhaps this is only the beginning of a new crime ring in State College involving rogue superheroes?

Either way, if any members of either the Justice League or the Avengers shows up, we'll keep you posted.  In the meantime, I'd be checking all the abandoned warehouses around here...that's usually where all the scum and villiany happens with these sorts of stories.

it's a three for one day here in State College!

As many of you know, there are times when months can go by before we have a story that is truly worthy enough to post on this blog....and then you have a day, like today, when the old adage of things happening in three's hits you right upside the head, and then makes you shake your head for a few minutes.

So here we go! 

 http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/police-investigate-singlebicycle-crash-mystery-man-covered-in-chocolate-1217472/

Just watch out if you get any invitations to the Palmerton Apartments, this weekend...just sayin'...