Cigarettes and Gasoline Don't Mix

[catcul]

Slate has the story about a guy who lit up a cigarette while siphoning his neighbors' gas tanks.

Dumb Criminal of the Week: The Guy Who Lit a Cigarette While He Was Allegedly Siphoning Gas from his Neighbors’ Cars

You could say that Slate's crime blog has been burning up the internet lately.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

This must be the auditions week for the DA's.

First it was the genuis who thought it was cool to try to rob a gun store with a baseball bat and now this ding-a-ling.

Wonder if they're brothers or at least first cousins.

[XCashier]

Wonder if they're brothers or at least first cousins.

I'd guess they're both.

[dalesys]

I'd guess they're both.

You forgot "... also father/son ..."

[DGoddessChardonnay]

You forgot "... also father/son ..."

Which would disqualify one of them for a DA, as one of the criteria is that the nominee has not reproduced.

But depending on where you are, cousin/sibling could mean the same thing.

[lordlundar]

Which would disqualify one of them for a DA, as one of the criteria is that the nominee has not reproduced.

More recent rules no longer has that as a criteria. The reasoning is that there's possible positive genes to counteract it from the other parent.

Of course, this one would be disqualified in this case anyways. :P