Attempted break in

[Victory Sabre]

Oh, fun. Last night someone tried to break into the gas station last night. They tried to pry off the door knob for the back door, but thankfully, weren't able to get in. By prying the knob off, they jammed the door, and weren't able to get in, and rob the station, or restaurant.

New door knob on, and a deadbolt installed. Good luck trying that next time criminals.

[Gilhelmi]

I am in jail for a crime I did not commit. Attempted murder, what kind of crime is that?

[Latekin]

We had the opposite three weeks ago. A 'customer' stayed in till after close, thinking that he could break out once the team were gone and take whatever goodies he could carry with him.

He forgot that we drop roller doors over the glass entrance at night. Even with access to our vast array of wrecking bars and power tools, he was stuck. His struggles set the alarm off. It took less than an hour before he was arrested.

[fireheart]

I am in jail for a crime I did not commit. Attempted murder, what kind of crime is that?

Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?

[Gilhelmi]

Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?

+2 cookies. I was worried that the quote was too obscure. As I am meeting a disturbingly high number of (younger) people who have not seen the older episodes of the Simpsons.

[taxguykarl]

Tell me the attempt was on video.

[fireheart]

+2 cookies. I was worried that the quote was too obscure. As I am meeting a disturbingly high number of (younger) people who have not seen the older episodes of the Simpsons.

For years, they had them on a loop.

[CyberLurch]

+2 cookies. I was worried that the quote was too obscure. As I am meeting a disturbingly high number of (younger) people who have not seen the older episodes of the Simpsons.

It's a testament to the show that it can actually be that old and still be on the air!

And the fact that it's a cartoon makes that last statement doubly impressive.

I know I'm really showing my age here, but I remember when the Simpsons was just a segment of the old Tracy Ullman show.

Egads, I'm old...

[wolfie]

Bit of trivia: the Simpsons are the only characters from the original Fox lineup (i.e. the shows from when Fox first went on the air) that are still on the air. I believe that "Married With Children" was the last of the original Fox shows to be canceled.

[CyberLurch]

Bit of trivia: the Simpsons are the only characters from the original Fox lineup (i.e. the shows from when Fox first went on the air) that are still on the air. I believe that "Married With Children" was the last of the original Fox shows to be canceled.

Everybody predicted the Fox network would fold within months. It was the first 'fourth' national commercial network in three decades - the last being Dumont in the late 1950s. It was their inspired lineup - Married With Children, In Living Color, The Tracy Ullman Show, and of course Star Trek: the Next Generation - that made the network a contender with the big three.

Married With Children was considered 'raunchy' by the standards of the day, and there were actually efforts to get it removed from the airwaves. But the show was a success despite Fox's limited initial market, and it didn't hurt that Trekkies were finally getting a long-desired spinoff to their beloved show.

Of course, The Simpsons evolved from their short segments on the Tracy Ullman show into their own program in late 1989, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Edit: Almost forgot to mention Friday the 13th: The Series. Another of the original Fox shows that drew a large audience.