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I didn't realize it was a sport.

There are plenty of ways to get on TV if you don't mind going to jail.

- Jim

Well, if you're a cop, and you have to choose between a robbery in progress, a motor vehicle collision with injuries, and a newspaper thief ...

There just are not enough cops to go around even on the best-run forces, and then they have various critics complaining they are overpaid, underworked, etc.

- Jim

Probably there would be less of this kind of behavior if people stood a chance of going to jail, getting a record, and sitting in a cell with a puking drunk until their angry spouse or relative came to bail them out.

- Jim

On Sunday a manager of the Galveston County Daily News reportedly observed a woman put the required amount of coins into a newspaper vending machine ($1.50) and take all the newspapers in the machine. The manager called the police and followed the suspect, who allegedly had 50 newspapers in her car.

Apparently the suspect was an "avid coupon clipper."

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The alleged offense would be a class B misdemeanor.

I guess these things are irrational.

I use coupons, but not much. Most of the coupons in the newspaper are for brand-name food, house-cleaning, or grooming products. The generic store brands usually are cheaper than the brand-name with a coupon.

It just is not worth it to spend hours clipping and sorting coupons to save a few bucks, let alone getting busted and going to court.

- Jim