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- niradg, on 11/05/2009, -1/+113THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU F*CK A STRANGER IN THE ASS!
- hideyourlovers, on 11/06/2009, -0/+43You're killing your father, larry!!
- mrbroli, on 11/06/2009, -0/+35Is this your homework, Larry?
- ALoudmouth, on 11/06/2009, -3/+35Digg this if, like me, you saw the headline and immediatly clicked in a rush to try and be the first Lebowski quote.
Well played, Niradg! - valetudomexican, on 11/06/2009, -0/+26Larry, have you ever heard of Vietnam?
- novenator, on 11/06/2009, -0/+26DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS?
- ChestRawkwell, on 11/06/2009, -0/+20We know it's his ***** homework! Where's the f**king money, you little brat?
- inactive, on 11/06/2009, -2/+17THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!
- megapartyboy, on 11/06/2009, -0/+14THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!
- nasdbroker73, on 11/06/2009, -1/+15"failing English, the kid should be a pushover"
- FritoPendejo, on 11/06/2009, -0/+13Larry, is this your homework? Is this your homework, Larry?
- Chunken, on 11/06/2009, -0/+13The little prick is stonewalling me.
- ChestRawkwell, on 11/06/2009, -0/+13Yeah some kid stole a car in Los Angeles and left his Social Studies homework in the seats.
- manjar, on 11/06/2009, -0/+12You're entering a world of pain, son.
- ALoudmouth, on 11/06/2009, -1/+13Is this your homework Larry?!
- RegalBegal, on 11/06/2009, -0/+10Dugg for the cable version.
- octowussy, on 11/06/2009, -0/+10Glad to see a Lebowski quote was the first reply.
- PowderedToasty, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6Between this and the new ban on indoor prostitution, we've had a pretty bad showing in the news this week :(
- RegalBegal, on 11/06/2009, -2/+8Oh yeah It's Woonsocket. If you're a native Rhode Islander you know what that means.
- reuscel, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6Syntax? Is that you?
- Chunken, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5Most retarded dub ever. I want to know who came up with that and how stoned they were.
- antdude, on 11/06/2009, -1/+6Didn't this happened a few years ago with another robber?
- ScottyAnimal, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5By "retarded" I am assuming you mean AWESOME!
- Yevda, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5Dugg for Big Lebowski quotes.
- ALoudmouth, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4You think thats bad, see Snakes on a Plane. "I'm tired of these Monkey-fighting snakes on my monday to friday plane!"
- reuscel, on 11/06/2009, -2/+6*****' social studies.
- Rizzen, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4If you are going to take a movie with that many swearwords and try and censor it you might as well do something so ***** its interesting.
- KahRahTay, on 11/06/2009, -1/+5this always bothers me. the house wasn't robbed. it was burglarized. its not the same thing.
"Robbery is a crime of theft and can be classified as Larceny by force or by threat of force. The elements of the crime of robbery include the use of force or intimidation and all the elements of the crime of larceny. The penalty for robbery is always more severe than for larceny."
burglary is "the criminal offense of breaking and entering a building illegally for the purpose of committing a crime."
one has the threat of force, the other does not. - Coreyc150, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3He lives out on Radford, near the In N Out Burger...
- csimpkins, on 11/06/2009, -1/+4Released to their parents? Come on... throw the ***** in juvie for a while. You don't rob someone's house and get to go home to mommy after.
- Coreyc150, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3FLUNKING social studies you mean
you make a hell of a Caucasian, Jackie - gdphishman817, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3And a good day to you sir
- inactive, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2I never considered that there's a difference - thanks for that.
But now I'm confused as to what a turd burglar is actually doing... - FritoPendejo, on 11/06/2009, -1/+3You are talking about a legal definition versus a common definition:
1. to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
2. to deprive (someone) of some right or something legally due: They robbed her of her inheritance.
3. to plunder or rifle (a house, shop, etc.).
4. to deprive of something unjustly or injuriously: The team was robbed of a home run hitter when the umpire called it a foul ball. The shock robbed him of his speech.
There are probably a lot of little things like this that bother you because you think you have some inside knowledge. I'm sure that "their" vs "they're" really bothers you too. Don't worry, just stop believing that you're smarter than everyone else and it will go away. - travsb, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2but the victim's dog ate my homework...
- reuscel, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2http://digg.com/users/Syntaxgs
No. He's alive and well. - wgdz, on 11/06/2009, -1/+3hopefully they are the actual culprit and this wasn't another prank pulled on a someone else in the school.. pretty sure the cops got some good enough evidence to back it up but who knows the story isn't very detailed on this
1) take someone else's homework
2) break into a house
3) drop the homework 'by accident'
4) ??? - PowderedToasty, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2I vote we don't change it to turd robber, that sounds stupid. Sometimes you just need to take a little artistic license.
- L0phtpDK, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2Couldn't find the actual clip... but I think this will suffice until somebody does:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtgfjkB6Pg - knightcrusader, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2you forgot step 5) Profit!!
- infinitus64, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2what are they future pledges to Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at U of A.
- Syugo, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2Weird, this coincidence also happened somewhere else. A group of frat boys stole 10,000 copies of a free school news paper in order to hide a story. The two frat boys that did the job left their homework along with the stolen news papers...
Digg link: http://digg.com/educational/Fraternity_Steals_10_0 ... - gdphishman817, on 11/06/2009, -1/+3Is this your homework Larry?
- Wareznuke, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Why am I not surprised that they were from Woonsocket, the armpit of Massachusetts.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=woo ... - KahRahTay, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1You are certainly entitled to your opinion, however wrong it is. languages do evolve, even the language of the law. The current definition for these words is as I described above. If you choose to use these words in a way that is inconsistent with their actual definitions then that is certainly your right. I just think that people should be informed about their mistakes so that if they choose to make them they realize that they are making themselves seem to be uneducated. Your assertion that the actual legal definition of legal terms is amusing, but it's just your opinion. You said I'm getting worked up about a definition, well I'm not the one who started throwing around insults and getting all defensive and emotional.
The words are different for a reason. It's because they mean different things, but if you prefer to display your ignorance proudly then by all means, knock yourself out. - analogkid01, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Vagina.
- awhiteflame, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Really, really bad roads?
- D3L3T3D, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Yippie-ki-yay, Mister Falcon
- Skaistrendy, on 11/06/2009, -1/+2I know exactly what you mean... (I am from Warwick BTW)
- KahRahTay, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1I'm not sure that even you know what you are talking about.
1. If I, as you said, killed your wife with my car drunk driving and you said that i murdered her, then again, you would be wrong. Murder =/= kill. Murder is premeditated, even by colloquial definitions. according to your little example I would be guilty of killing your wife, not murdering her.
2. Regarding your other example about OJ Simpson. He was tried for murder. He was acquitted of the charge of murder. People still think he was guilty of murder. Nowhere in your example did you refer to any other word for it, certainly not one with a completely different definition as the 2 words in this discussion have. The example is completely irrelevant to this discussion.
you want definitions from dictionaries?
here's a few:
oxford english dictionary,
Robbery
The action or practice of feloniously seizing, by VIOLENCE OR INTIMIDATION, property belonging to another; spoliation, depredation. (emphasis added, obviously)
thefreedictionary.com
robbery - larceny by threat of violence
businessdictionary.com
Unlawful taking away of goods or property by force or intimidation, with the intention of permanently
depriving the owner of those items.
merriam-webster
the act or practice of robbing; specifically : larceny from the person or presence of another by violence or threat
Starting to see a pattern here??
Note that none of these sites confuse the definition with burglary as you did, and continue to do.
btw, regarding this
"A news headline does not have to follow a certain definition that you decide it has to."
first of all, as I believe I've made abundantly clear, I did not choose the definitions of these words.
Secondly, the journalist who authors a news article is in the business of writing, most aften with a degree in journalism or literature. these people have less of an excuse not have mastery of their respective languages than anyone. so yes, I do think that they in particular should know what the words they use mean and use them correctly. -
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