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After all the action in the beginning, you may want to fast forward to the end for the climax.

They deserve everything that happens to them.

Too bad she didn't break her neck instead of her ankle.

that is toooooo funny

i big thorny rose bush would have sent me over the edge laughing

This is old. I'm pretty sure I saw it more than a year ago.
Still funny as all get out though. Thanks for sharing it.

Dangit. I was hoping that when the guy came around to "rescue" his girlfriend, that he would twist his ankle carrying her back to the car and they'd both end up in a mangled heap of lower-leg injuries.

Yes I laughed when she fell and twisted/broke her ankle.

I found only one article about the actual event (as opposed to just highlighting the video).

Stole kitty litter and toys on Amazon Prime Day in 2017, about $100+ worth.

Amazon replaced the items for free after the victim provided a police report number.

Thieves hadn't been caught as of the time of the article, although I would think this would be one of the easier cases of porch piracy to solve.

https://www.ketv.com/article/engagement ... k/36538514

Nice

I was disappointed that the thief never managed to run over himself, and the homeowner never managed to turn his phone sideways.

ELB wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 4:59 pm I was disappointed that the thief never managed to run over himself, and the homeowner never managed to turn his phone sideways.

That's a baffling conundrum. Movies, TV shows, YouTube videos, our desktop computer monitors...they're all in landscape mode, usually in 16:9 ratio, sometimes in the older 4:3 ratio. But it seems that 80% of the time people capturing video on their phones do it with the phone vertical, getting a portrait-mode image. I wonder why that is? You'd think we'd be more hardwired by now to turn the phone sideways.

I did very much enjoy when it seemed the homeowner got bored and maybe even a little charitable after a long while. He offered to go get a shovel for the thief. I was kinda expecting the guy's engine to overheat or throw a rod or something. He kept redlining the RPMs with no load on the engine. You could just see a cartoon thought-bubble over his head: "How can this be happening to me!?"

Rafe wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 10:18 pmBut it seems that 80% of the time people capturing video on their phones do it with the phone vertical, getting a portrait-mode image. I wonder why that is? You'd think we'd be more hardwired by now to turn the phone sideways.

More democrats making phone videos?

Rafe wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 10:18 pm
... I wonder why that is? You'd think we'd be more hardwired by now to turn the phone sideways.

I think because we naturally hold the phone in the portrait position, it's easier to use that way, and a lot pictures (e.g. selfies) lend themselves to a portrait framing. So when something exciting happens, people revert to their training, which is portrait orientation.

ELB wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 12:50 pm

Rafe wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 10:18 pm
... I wonder why that is? You'd think we'd be more hardwired by now to turn the phone sideways.

I think because we naturally hold the phone in the portrait position, it's easier to use that way, and a lot pictures (e.g. selfies) lend themselves to a portrait framing. So when something exciting happens, people revert to their training, which is portrait orientation.

It’s easier to one hand hold and video vertically.

I tend to need two hands to horizontally video. I try and remember, but it’s easy to forget.

So far,(knock on wood), I have never been the victim of a porch pirate. Our street ends in a circle so we have very little through traffic. That may be why.