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From: Elk on 18 Sep 2009 15:27 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3448468.html?menu=news.quirkies Ananova: Man stole motorbike - part by part A Chinese man was arrested for stealing a motorcycle - part by part over five years from the factory where he worked. Zhang, an assembly line worker in a motorcycle factory in Chongqing, had always wanted his own motorbike but could never afford one. He started stealing parts from the factory warehouse and assembling them at home in 2003, reports the Chongqing Times. "I don't have that much money, so I came up with the idea of taking the parts home and assembling them on my own," said Zhang. After five years, he had finally built himself a brand new SUV motorcycle and proudly started driving it on the road. But, almost immediately, he was pulled up by police who discovered that he had no driving licence or paperwork for the bike. Zhang admitted theft and was fined the equivalent of �440, put on probation for a year, and ordered to return the motorcycle to the factory.
From: Rob Kleinschmidt on 18 Sep 2009 15:53 On Sep 18, 12:27 pm, "Elk" <sc...(a)tnospam.com> wrote: > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3448468.html?menu=news.quirkies > > Ananova: > > Man stole motorbike - part by part > > A Chinese man was arrested for stealing a motorcycle - part by part over > five years from the factory where he worked. > "I don't have that much money, so I came up with the idea of taking the > parts home and assembling them on my own," said Zhang. > After five years, he had finally built himself a brand new SUV motorcycle > and proudly started driving it on the road. Fade away with Johnny Cash singing in the background... "Well, It's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56 '57, '58â² 59â² automobile. It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67 ...""
From: Twibil on 18 Sep 2009 16:05 On Sep 18, 12:53Â pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > > A Chinese man was arrested for stealing a motorcycle - part by part over > > five years from the factory where he worked. > > "I don't have that much money, so I came up with the idea of taking the > > parts home and assembling them on my own," said Zhang. > > After five years, he had finally built himself a brand new SUV motorcycle > > and proudly started driving it on the road. > > Fade away with Johnny Cash singing in the background... > > Â "Well, It's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56 '57, '58â² 59â² > automobile. > Â It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67 ..."" And even before that, there was an authentic* case of a WW2 US Army enlisted man who had stolen most of a Jeep one part at a time, and who only aroused suspicion when he asked someone to help him lift the engine block into the back of his truck. *My dear old dad swore that this tale was true, and that it happened in his Tank-Destroyer Battalion, but dear old dad wasn't above expanding on reality if it made for a better story.
From: Sean_Q_ on 18 Sep 2009 16:16 Elk wrote: > But, almost immediately, he was pulled up by police who discovered that he > had no driving licence or paperwork for the bike. Duh... Oh well, sometimes you can't think of everything. SQ
From: Sean_Q_ on 18 Sep 2009 17:59
Elk wrote: > Zhang, an assembly line worker in a motorcycle factory in Chongqing, had > always wanted his own motorbike but could never afford one. What I want to know is why, after working for 5 years in the Workers' Paradise of China, he couldn't afford his own bike. SQ |