Homeowner booby-traps campaign yard sign to stop thieves

[AlFrankenFan]

Hope this isn't a dupe...got it in my PM Star-Tribune E-Newsletter:

Homeowner booby-traps campaign yard sign to stop thieves
Associated Press
October 26, 2004

WINONA, Minn. -- Police said Rick Carpenter needed to get a good description or catch the people stealing John Kerry campaign signs from his yard. He certainly gave it his best shot.

Carpenter screwed his 2-by-4-foot Kerry sign to the wall of his house and coated it with Vaseline. His wife, Veronica, chipped in by running fishing line from the sign into the house and tying it to wind chimes.

The chimes sounded about 1 a.m. Saturday. Carpenter said he was out the door so fast he forgot he wasn't wearing pants.

``I got a lot of beeps from passing cars,'' he said.

Four of the five culprits had fled, Carpenter said. One apologetic woman remained behind, saying she couldn't stop her Bush-supporting boyfriend from going after the sign. She told Carpenter she likes Kerry.

The Carpenters said they let the woman go without calling police.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5052882.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. *lol!*

[tridim]

2. Great story!

"Carpenter said he was out the door so fast he forgot he wasn't wearing pants." :)

[I Lean Left]

3. The culprit ran and left his girlfriend behind????

What a creep!! What if she was arrested or roughed up?

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. He's a Republican

What would you expect?

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