Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Spacious Buick, Extended Bed, Seats 2, Reclines 1
Found this courtesy of the Windsor Star. Ah, those wacky Canadian criminals.
In Leamington, Ontario, a funeral director went outside the funeral home to discover that his hearse had gone missing. Two men had stolen the six-month-old Buick while the service was going--the keys were inside.
Apparently the funeral staff were accustomed to leaving vehicles unattended for the 15-odd-minutes at the end of the service before the procession. And (because I know what your next question is) while the news article I read didn't state anything explicitly, I'm assuming that the body hadn't made it into the vehicle at the time of theft. Seriously though, what if there had been a body in there? Which leads to a whole series of bizarre questions: Do chop shops handle caskets? Would a criminal organization dispose of a body that they weren't responsible for? I digress.
The hearse was equipped with OnStar's GPS service, so the vehicle was quickly recovered and the thieves were apprehended. And that's a comfort, body or no. We here at FoxTrax are of the opinion that GPS technology, when properly used, can save lives. It's nice to think that it can save the dead as well.
In Leamington, Ontario, a funeral director went outside the funeral home to discover that his hearse had gone missing. Two men had stolen the six-month-old Buick while the service was going--the keys were inside.
Apparently the funeral staff were accustomed to leaving vehicles unattended for the 15-odd-minutes at the end of the service before the procession. And (because I know what your next question is) while the news article I read didn't state anything explicitly, I'm assuming that the body hadn't made it into the vehicle at the time of theft. Seriously though, what if there had been a body in there? Which leads to a whole series of bizarre questions: Do chop shops handle caskets? Would a criminal organization dispose of a body that they weren't responsible for? I digress.
The hearse was equipped with OnStar's GPS service, so the vehicle was quickly recovered and the thieves were apprehended. And that's a comfort, body or no. We here at FoxTrax are of the opinion that GPS technology, when properly used, can save lives. It's nice to think that it can save the dead as well.
Labels: current events, GPS, humor
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