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Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:35:19 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:38:40 PM EDT
[#2]
Well that's a new one
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:38:58 PM EDT
[#3]
She was almost a victim of grunge rock.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:40:18 PM EDT
[#4]
BOLO for Eddie Vedder wanted for questioning.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:41:23 PM EDT
[#5]
Are flannel or t-shirts in general the new SJW thing of the week?
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:42:24 PM EDT
[#6]
To summarize:

Nothing actually happened.

There's no history of this "tactic" being used as a precursor to kidnapping.

Thousands of stay-at-home moms shared her plea for attention story on Facebook.

She has since deleted her Facebook post.

The media is making a huge deal about nothing.


Thanks for the heads up!  
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:45:23 PM EDT
[#7]
The real clue is the ransom will be demanded in unmarked loonies.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:45:55 PM EDT
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they were likely after her superfuzz bigmuff
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:54:58 PM EDT
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Does it smell like teen spirit?
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:55:44 PM EDT
[#10]
Daddy found a man's flannel shirt in baby girls car. This is the cover story.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:58:03 PM EDT
[#11]
Crap. They figured out my special tactic. I'll have to start using polo shirts on their windshield wipers now.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:58:33 PM EDT
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Plausible.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 1:58:37 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:00:57 PM EDT
[#14]
So this trick is used to get women who had only seconds before got in the car back out?
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:02:05 PM EDT
[#15]
That's a great way to lose your kidneys
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:32:02 PM EDT
[#16]
This seems to be a variation on previously reported (also via Facebook - go figure) incidents where cash or other items were placed under windshield wipers.  It was alleged that the intent of this was that the driver would not notice until they were in their car and had their car started/key in the ignition.  If the person were to get out of the car under those circumstances, they were vulnerable to a quick carjacking.  It seems a shirt wrapped around the wiper is a bit overkill though, and likely to be noticed before the driver gets in.  On the other hand, most people won't drive around with something like that (you could easily drive away with a $20 bill under your wiper), so it would likely cause a delay, making the driver an easier target to approach, perhaps for a traditional robbery?

Mike
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:32:20 PM EDT
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William of Occam finds this plausible.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:35:11 PM EDT
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Plot twist:  the flannel shirt is just there to distract her from the AIDS needle under the pump handle at the next gas station she uses, and/or the slasher dude hiding under her car waiting to cut her when she approaches.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:35:58 PM EDT
[#19]
Seems like a perfect opportunity for some soft-target target practice.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:38:08 PM EDT
[#20]
Some redneck was probably just using flannel shirt sleeves as replacement wiper blades.  Nearby there is a redneck in a cut off flannel shirt.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:42:42 PM EDT
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Or a Pennsylvania Tuxedo.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:47:40 PM EDT
[#22]
Probably hit some dude crossing the street and didn't notice because she was texting.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:49:51 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:51:15 PM EDT
[#24]
hmmmm...what kind of car was the flannel shirt left on?

Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:51:41 PM EDT
[#25]
This happened to me.  Still haven't got my shirt back.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 2:56:51 PM EDT
[#26]
The secret to a crystal clear windshield that the wiper blade manufacturers don't want you to know about.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 3:38:36 PM EDT
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Okie dokie, then.
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Or to put it more succinctly, alrighty.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 3:44:16 PM EDT
[#28]
This news article says it was a random prank.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 3:49:13 PM EDT
[#29]
If you are scared of the world, and look for tricks and bad stuff in everything, then everything in the world will be tricks and bad stuff.


Aviator
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 3:52:14 PM EDT
[#30]
Nobody ever rapes me

Except that one time
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 3:58:05 PM EDT
[#31]
Grandma, please stop forwarding these e-mails to me.  They're all garbage.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 4:06:33 PM EDT
[#32]
Blame it on the water.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 4:08:29 PM EDT
[#33]
Next thing will be flannel shirts up the exhaust pipe.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 4:12:57 PM EDT
[#34]
You want a rep as a retard, cause that's how you get a rep as a retard.
Link Posted: 2/24/2017 4:14:37 PM EDT
[#35]
It's almost like two hot chicks at home depot.
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 12:09:35 AM EDT
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William of Occam finds this plausible.
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I use his shaving products all the frikkin' time!
Link Posted: 2/25/2017 12:11:54 AM EDT
[#37]
already proven to have been a prank/ not real thing
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