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  • Waited until the last second.

    Talk about sneaking it in under the wire, at 11:43 PM, EST last night, we got our winning entry for "WORST FAKE PERMIT OF 2015"

    How bad was it?

    Bad

    Really bad

    Bad enough that it dethroned the one that was done in crayon a couple months back.

    I think the best way to describe the "effort" on this one is, well, "Butchered", as in, it was put together with possibly less fit and finish than Dr Frankenstein's Monster, and keep in mind, it has BOLTS sticking out it's NECK. A brain surgeon attempting a procedure after polishing off that fifth of Jack AND suffering a NFL-Offensive-Lineman-Grade concussion wouldn't have hacked it this bad....

    But, let's do the rundown anyway.

    1. Attempted to use actual cardstock instead of just paper, but, didn't realize until they'd already bought it that it was the wrong shade of day-glo green, and apparently was too stiff to fit though the rollers of their computer printer.

    2. To fix this, they decided to overlay regular construction paper on top of the cardstock

    3. The construction paper was the absolute wrong shade, it was dark green, not day glo and not semigloss

    4. To make the construction paper "stick" they laid it on top of the card, and then proceeded to place tape OVER the corners of both.

    5. This tape job was so lousy and missed the mark by so much, that it was obvious at 20 paces, and it was SCOTCH tape, the kind that's allegedly harder to see than duct tape or masking tape......

    6. Obvious scissor marks around the corners and the part that wraps around the rear view mirror.

    7. The extreme exertion placed on the underdeveloped motor-control centers of your brain during that cutting was apparently very tiring on their one, lone, oxygen-starved brain cell working there, what with those alcohol-induced layoffs, you've only got one to work that department AND your "don't forget to breathe" department. So, fed up with the sweatshop like conditions, it staged a walkout after you did three sides of the "permit" and the fourth one you had to do on your own, without neural assistance. You MASSACRED that 4th side, from corner to corner, it looked to be on about a 30 degree slant, (and keep in mind, this should be a rectangular permit). You literally just hacked at it with a machete-like slice and that's what you got, and you decided "hey! Good enough!"

    8. That wild slice (the wildest slice into the rough since Payne Stewart's Learjet took off from Florida, bound for Texas, and crashed in South Dakota) ended up lopping off some important things that are printed on the bottom edge, like it's serial number, but also made it obviously too short and stumpy at a casual glance. This did have the unintended benefit of making it impossible for me to tell who you were in cahoots with at the apartment to loan you the "real" one that you got the scan from.

    9. Said cohort is probably the one who provided the scan for the OTHER fake permit found in the very same lot within 50 feet of yours, since finding one means you'll probably find others.... and his was much much better, good enough I may have missed it, had your shoddy workmanship not set off alarm bells. I imagine it's like being in one wing of a museum and sneaking off with your stolen Ming Vase after you spent 2 hours fishing it out of it's security laser grid when all of a sudden, some halfwit trips the alarm in the OTHER wing when he makes an unprotected lunge at the Hope Diamond and you both get arrested.....

    Take it up with him, and don't forget, you both are invited back for our "returning champions" game in 2016! Feel free to try again!
    - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

  • #2
    I wonder how many people actually get away with fake permits?

    I'm thinking not many.
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    • #3
      I never ceased to be amazed at the amount of effort some people will go to, as well as expense, when it would be far easier and probably cheaper to just get the damn permit.

      Or, if not entitled to one, park somewhere else and hoof it. Lazy asses!
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      • #4
        11:43? I'm thinking that your champion didn't have a nice start to his new year. What with having to get his car out of impound and all.

        How much of a light are you wielding at that hour of the night to inspect the permits? I bought a new flashlight as a gift that puts out 1000 lumens, but needs 9 AA batteries to do it. The $60 Rayovac on the next shelf peg needed three CR123 lithium batteries, but put out 2000 lumens.

        Or would waving one of those around a parking lot be equivilant to firing up the Bat-Towing-Signal, and triggering a mass exodus of any and all illegal parkers?

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        • #5
          I really think you should be able to charge these scamming asshats at least double.

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          • #6
            Quoth LoTech View Post
            How much of a light are you wielding at that hour of the night to inspect the permits?
            Standard three-D-Cell Maglite, nothing super-special (except the fact it needs 3 means there's always a loose D Cell rattling around in the glovebox because they come in packs of 4... hot dogs/hot dog buns conspiracy!!!

            Give you another idea why this guy's permit was bad, I knew it was bad as soon as I pulled into the lot because as my headlights flashed across the row of cars, his immediately stood out as the wrong color, I wasn't even LOOKING right at it, saw it only for a half-second, and still knew I had a forger.
            - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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            • #7
              Quoth Argabarga View Post
              Standard three-D-Cell Maglite, nothing super-special
              I highly recommend those for anyone working security, towing, or employed in any other dangerous profession. One of the larger MagLites is effectively a club. And is plenty sturdy enough to be used as one. Repeatedly. I think Arga mentioned he actually DROVE OVER one such flashlight and it still works.
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              • #8
                When I slung pizza for a living, my fellow drivers heartily enforced these. The better ones can roast vampires on the spot in seconds flat >_>
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                • #9
                  Quoth WishfulSpirit View Post
                  . I think Arga mentioned he actually DROVE OVER one such flashlight and it still works.
                  Ahem,

                  BACKED over it.

                  In a loaded tow truck


                  Did more damage to the parking lot than the flashlight
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                  • #10
                    Quoth MoonCat View Post
                    I never ceased to be amazed at the amount of effort some people will go to, as well as expense, when it would be far easier and probably cheaper to just get the damn permit.
                    I know, right? What's the point of their endeavors? What are they trying to prove?
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                    • #11
                      On Mag-Lites: I have a single-AAA version on my keychain that is brilliant for finding keyholes at Oh-Dark-30, and I've had a pocket sized 2xAA version for ... nearly 30 years, and it's still using one of the bulbs it was packaged with. That saw me through 3 years of military cadet activities, a year & a bit of actual service, and 25+ years rattling around in bags & gloveboxes. It's not as intimidating, but it's easier to hold in your mouth when changing a tyre - or it can free stand as a decent candle too!

                      I've always yearned for a D-cell version though. With a belt loop. I believe they also do rechargeable ones that can be clipped to the frame of your vehicle...
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                      • #12
                        My emergency torches are maglights. Miniature ones, admittedly (two AAA), but reliability++. (I also, of course, have my emergency radio/torch combo. I'm not counting that one.)
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                        2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
                        3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
                        4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth XCashier View Post
                          I know, right? What's the point of their endeavors? What are they trying to prove?
                          Because they'd rather spend eleven hundred dollars and 200 hours denying THE MAN(TM) of something than spend five minutes and $20 doing something legitimately.
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                          • #14
                            IOW, they're idiots.
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                            • #15
                              Quoth Seanette View Post
                              IOW, they're idiots.
                              Isn't that what I said?
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