It's like all of the television shows and movies rolled into one. Think of all of the plots about stealing valuable landmarks like the Statue of Liberty or Egyptian pyramids. These masterminds who want to steal these things they could never possibly sell because. . . . Help me out here. Why? I never quite got that.

It's certainly a smaller scale but here in Vermont it's the best we've got unless you plan to steal Lake Champlain. Somebody decided to steal one of UVM's two-hundred pound metal signs while it was at the sign shop for updating. The work never even got done. Honestly now, why would you bother? You stole a sign. Is the metal worth so much money as to counteract what it would cost to turn it into something unrecognizable so it could be sold? If it's a college prank, it's not funny and it makes no sense. UVM has a lot of signs. You're not hurting them, you're just annoying them. If it was anything more than annoyance, the reward for the return would probably be a bit more than some sporting event tickets.

Ah, the degradation of society in 21st century America.

[via Burlington Free Press]