After six years in this supposedly dangerous city, I am finally a victim of street crime.
This morning I went to retrieve something from my car. I noticed right away that my license plate was missing.
Oh crap, I thought, I'm gonna have to spend the rest of the day at the license bureau.
Then I noticed the plate sitting nearby. The tags were even still attached.
Huh, I thought, they wanted my cheap plastic plate holder thing?
But then I spotted it sitting nearby as well.
So what did they take? The screws that held the plate and the plate holder.
"You got screwed!" Allie says.
Should I call the cops?
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2 comments:
I wonder if you are the first person in KC to ever have something stolen off a license plate that wasn't a tag. I am completely amazed they didn't steal your tags! Too funny.
that's so weird.
i wish i could say that i was just out there playing some kind of "i wonder how long it would take me to take off this license plate" joke. but no, i have other ambitions, namely against a certain overambitious nightlight.
hope you didn't drive over the screws.
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