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To catch a thief

2007-12-24 23:29:23.240218+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Hell yeah: 11 year old builds mousetrap based booby trap to catch lunch money thieves.

Harry drew on know-how acquired from hours spent glued to the History Channel, his favourite program being a documentary about Vietcong-made traps in the Vietnam War.

Via

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#Comment Re: made: 2007-12-25 00:46:47.621726+00 by: meuon

Sweet. And the amazing thing is it seems they didn't nail him with some bogus charge for snapping their fingers with a mousetrap.

#Comment Re: made: 2007-12-25 03:48:30.641009+00 by: markd

had this happened in the states, most likely that's what would have happened :-(