Thieves. I hate 'em.

[RocketMan]

Those are some cool ideas, but for the level of idiot that steals gas cans, I bet you could just leave a 5 gal jug of diesel there with "Gas" written on it in Sharpie and they'd dump it in their car.

Ah, the simple pleasures in life...

[sanglant]

lacquer(note, not thinner)


water


2-cycle oil


linseed oil


e-85

[KD5NRH]

Antifreeze jug, a gallon of denatured alcohol, and enough fluorescein dye to make it look right.

Oil bottles full of Karo syrup.

ATF bottles full of acetone, with a little red food coloring.

If you can be sure the cops won't see it first, a counterfeit $50 bill "dropped" on the floor.  Just good enough to pass the typical idiot, but be caught immediately by anybody who handles cash all day.

[Tallpine]

OK, so...

How did somebody get a bobcat in a suitcase?

Hmmm?

Stuffed it in through a plot hole 

[Jamisjockey]

Antifreeze jug, a gallon of denatured alcohol, and enough fluorescein dye to make it look right.

Oil bottles full of Karo syrup.

ATF bottles full of acetone, with a little red food coloring.

If you can be sure the cops won't see it first, a counterfeit $50 bill "dropped" on the floor.  Just good enough to pass the typical idiot, but be caught immediately by anybody who handles cash all day.

Average thief would roll over in seconds on where it came from.....

[HeroHog]

My dad taught me the one where we took one of mom's old purses, loaded it with fresh dog doo and left it on the shoulder of the road at night. We would hide in the house with the lights out and watch. Sooner or later someone would stop, grab the bag and take off. Not long after they would slam on the brakes and you would see the purse sail out of the car and sometomes the driver would get out and wipe his hands in the grass!

[KD5NRH]

Average thief would roll over in seconds on where it came from.....

Average thief isn't very credible.  Admitting to burglary in a desperate attempt to beat a counterfeiting charge isn't going to help that either.

[roo_ster]

My dad taught me the one where we took one of mom's old purses, loaded it with fresh dog doo and left it on the shoulder of the road at night. We would hide in the house with the lights out and watch. Sooner or later someone would stop, grab the bag and take off. Not long after they would slam on the brakes and you would see the purse sail out of the car and sometomes the driver would get out and wipe his hands in the grass!

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