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Is this seat taken? Gang arrested over theft of 1,000 restaurant chairs in Spain (www.euronews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Infrapink@thebrainbin.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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The stolen chairs, which had an estimated value of €60,000, were resold in Spain, Morocco and Romania, according to police.

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But your honour, the host said "Please take a seat"

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

“The defense rests.”

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you pay for that seat you are resting on?

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

flees the courtroom with two more chairs

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Damn...he's good.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

The sitting judge's ruling was questionable.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago

Every time I think of a stupid theft/security scenario, I find it has been done worse, at a ridiculous scale, and my reasons for not just taking what I want boil down to mostly laziness. Why yes, I'm white, why do you ask?

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Take chair

[–] pentastarm@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Someone getting back at Big Chair.