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matthewaos
11-11-2007, 06:39 AM
...Kind of. The owner of the LCS told me a story from when he was 18.

It was back in 1991, and he was on vacations with some friends, somewhere in Greece. As they arrived to the beach, the saw a wallet, but there was no one there. They waited for an hour or two till they opened it. They guy had some money, and they drink in his name the same night (using his money, obviously). His name was Peter David, and he was from Germany!
Sir Tim Drake
11-11-2007, 09:29 AM
...Kind of. The owner of the LCS told me a story from when he was 18.

It was back in 1991, and he was on vacations with some friends, somewhere in Greece. As they arrived to the beach, the saw a wallet, but there was no one there. They waited for an hour or two till they opened it. They guy had some money, and they drink in his name the same night (using his money, obviously). His name was Peter David, and he was from Germany!

So even though they knew who the wallet belonged to, they didn't turn it in to the police, but instead kept it and spent the money? Isn't that, you know, theft?
Paradox
11-11-2007, 09:32 AM
Probably. But from an 18 year old on vacation in Greece? Not surprising.
glue
11-11-2007, 03:14 PM
Wouldn't opening the wallet right away (instead of waiting two hours) increase the chances of finding the person who dropped it? Even if they planned all along to steal the money, why wait?
howyadoin
11-11-2007, 03:20 PM
Those wacky teenagers! Is there no end to their teenage tomfoolery?
SUPERECWFAN1
11-11-2007, 03:20 PM
Why do that to the man who wrote Incredible Hulk for 12 years ? Least he could have done was call him and tell him what kinda drinks he bought that night !
Paradox
11-11-2007, 09:09 PM
howyadoin says PSHAW!:

Those wacky teenagers! Is there no end to their teenage tomfoolery?

**shakes fist** They're ruining our country with their rumble seats, raccoon coats and Rudy Vallee records!!!!
Paradox
11-11-2007, 09:11 PM
SUPERECWFAN1 has me confuzzled:

Why do that to the man who wrote Incredible Hulk for 12 years ? Least he could have done was call him and tell him what kinda drinks he bought that night !

I may just be misreading your smart-assery, but you do know it isn't THAT Peter David, right?
SUPERECWFAN1
11-11-2007, 09:18 PM
I may just be misreading your smart-assery, but you do know it isn't THAT Peter David, right?

I know....;)
Paradox
11-11-2007, 09:49 PM
Sorry. I'm on vacation. My brain isn't required to work properly. :p
twilight
11-11-2007, 10:06 PM
One time I ran over a guy called Rob Liefeld.

Unfortunately it wasn't the real one.

-Twi
Brad Barton
11-11-2007, 11:41 PM
One time I ran over a guy called Rob Liefeld.

Unfortunately it wasn't the real one.

-TwiOoh, Buuuuurned.

Or is it Pwnt? Ah, I'm so unhip these days.
GRANT!
11-11-2007, 11:49 PM
I once beat a homeless man to death. His name was Jack Kirby.

Oh the hilarity.
Wesley Dodds
11-11-2007, 11:57 PM
I love the randomness of this story.

"You know Peter David? Well, this is about a different Peter David. We found his wallet -- and then used his money to buy booze.

"TRUE STORY!"
Ben Morgan
11-12-2007, 12:09 AM
I once robbed a man, his named was Stan Lee
howyadoin
11-12-2007, 01:20 AM
I once robbed a man, his named was Stan LeeSo you stuck it to the Man?
matthewaos
11-12-2007, 03:29 AM
Wouldn't opening the wallet right away (instead of waiting two hours) increase the chances of finding the person who dropped it? Even if they planned all along to steal the money, why wait?

I imagine that they waited for someone to come and get it. Either way it was from a guy in Germany, kind of difficult to find him...
twilight
11-12-2007, 04:48 AM
One time I got in a fistfight with Alan Moore on a cruise ship.

-Twi
Brad Barton
11-12-2007, 04:58 AM
Yeah? Well one time I met Peter David at the San-Diego Con and he signed my comics for me. (The real one, not his German doppelganger)

And the moral of the story is that Rob Liefeld sucks.
matthewaos
11-12-2007, 05:08 AM
Yeah, obviously that was the point.;)
Mike Smash!
11-12-2007, 11:33 AM
I imagine that they waited for someone to come and get it. Either way it was from a guy in Germany, kind of difficult to find him...Did you even try? See the funny thing about someone's identification is that it tends to have their address on it.
howyadoin
11-12-2007, 11:36 AM
Yeah? Well one time I met Peter David at the San-Diego Con and he signed my comics for me. (The real one, not his German doppelganger)

And the moral of the story is that Rob Liefeld sucks.Y'know, a lot of people might not have picked up on the subtle way the moral is stated, but I got it right away.
Percival
11-12-2007, 01:31 PM
The morally correct thing to do when you find a wallet is to take any cash out of it and drop it into a postbox (USPS will deliver to the owner return postage).
SUPERECWFAN1
11-12-2007, 04:13 PM
Did you even try? See the funny thing about someone's identification is that it tends to have their address on it.

Ohhh thats just an easy explanation ! Beer and drink money vs. do the right moral thing ? Fuck em....I can drink my morals away !
glue
11-13-2007, 12:01 AM
I imagine that they waited for someone to come and get it. Either way it was from a guy in Germany, kind of difficult to find him...

So then is it funny that the guy had the same name as a writer or that they didn't try to return it and instead stole the money?
Pól Rua
11-13-2007, 12:08 AM
One time I ran over a guy called Rob Liefeld.

Unfortunately it wasn't the real one.

-Twi

Probably a good policy to just do that sort of thing on spec.
It's the only way to be sure.
howyadoin
11-13-2007, 12:09 AM
Probably a good policy to just do that sort of thing on spec.
It's the only way to be sure.Otherwise you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

Trust me.
Brad Barton
11-13-2007, 12:55 AM
I'm still trying to figure out if drawing Man-boobs on Cap is a serious enough offense to put a man under my SUV at 65mph...

Wouldn't it dent your grill up?
thehod
11-13-2007, 01:34 AM
I once died in a train crash...


The Cullen report into the Ladbroke Grove rail disaster has reconstructed the movements of driver Michael Hodder on the morning of the crash.
The report was trying to establish why Mr Hodder, a 31-year-old father-of-two, went past a red light.

Mr Hodder died along with 30 others when his Thames Trains commuter service collided with a Great Western express outside London on 5 October 1999.

The report confirmed that the primary cause of the crash was Mr Hodder's failure to stop at a red signal as he left London.

There is no suggestion that driver Hodder deliberately ignored what was shown by that signal [109]

Lord Cullen said the reasons remain a partial mystery, but Mr Hodder was only partly to blame.

"His experience was slender, his training had significant shortcomings, and little can be known about his thought processes and habits," said the report.
Paradox
11-13-2007, 05:27 AM
thehod is just asking for it:

"His experience was slender, his training had significant shortcomings, and little can be known about his thought processes and habits," said the report.

Yeah, that's you all over.

**ducks** :p
matthewaos
11-13-2007, 07:05 AM
The morally correct thing to do when you find a wallet is to take any cash out of it and drop it into a postbox (USPS will deliver to the owner return postage).

I could imagine many 18 year old guys do that...
thehod
11-13-2007, 07:18 AM
thehod is just asking for it:

"His experience was slender, his training had significant shortcomings, and little can be known about his thought processes and habits," said the report.

Yeah, that's you all over.

**ducks** :p

It's like we were twins.
jessecuster3
11-13-2007, 07:24 AM
It's like we were twins.

Or maybe you are posting from BEYOOOOOONDDDD THE GRAAAAAAVEEEE!
Paradox
11-13-2007, 08:12 AM
Maybe it's just a very poor version of the Witness Protection Program. :p
thehod
11-13-2007, 09:14 AM
Maybe it's the British version of the Witness Protection Program. :p

There. Thats better
Paradox
11-13-2007, 10:06 AM
Ha! I actually thought of that, but went the other way. :D
Kirk G
11-21-2007, 08:50 PM
I have a funny story about PAD...
It was my first San Diego ComicCon, and I was interested in attending the masquerade or the costume contest.
The hall was about half full, and we were there somewhat early.
We sat on the right on the asile and sure enough, this guy in a white suit with a panama hat comes in a sits somewhat near us.

The contest begins, and this guy gets really looud, I mean, really loud, boysterous, obnoxious... and I turn to my wife and say "Boy, is he drunk".

Well, we tolerate this guys borish behavior and the contest comes to an end, with a vigorous round of applause for the finalists and the awards. This guy claps and hoots and hollers and agrees with the finalists and then it's all over.

We make our way out of the auditorium and loose him in the crowd.

Two or three weeks later, my copy of the Comic Buyers Guide shows up, and in the back is PAD's report on the San Diego Comic Con, and his comments about what was good, and what he enjoyed.

Among the column is a comment or two about his guilty pleasure to go out to eat, and drink quite a bit before setting back to enjoy the costume contest. He said something along the lines of how much he enjoys yelling at the contestants and getting INVOLVED in the process... and the light goes off in my head....THAT's where I knew this loud drunk from. Bong!
Sean Whitmore
11-21-2007, 09:10 PM
I love the randomness of this story.

"You know Peter David? Well, this is about a different Peter David. We found his wallet -- and then used his money to buy booze.

"TRUE STORY!"

I wonder at what point the hooker pushed him over?


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