Gutfeld on glitter bombs for package thieves
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What's Christmas without some vigilante justice?
Around this time the media floods the airwaves with sentimental dreck designed to ease the guilt of self-obsessed hosts who for one moment, take 30 seconds to coo about giving back (before they go home and scream at the maid).
Which is why I go out of my way to find Christmas stories that do the opposite. Like this one.
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It stars former NASA engineer Mark Rober, who decided to punish people who stole packages from his front porch. Using his extensive background devising unusual machines, he booby-trapped some fake packages and left them out for thieves to take.
These harmless but highly devious packages contain exploding packets of very fine glitter,
As well as a stink bomb that goes off after the glitter explodes.
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Also inside: camera phones capturing the mayhem.
So like clockwork, after putting the packages on a few porches -- they were stolen. And this is what happened.
Now that's a Christmas gift that keeps on giving. I could watch that forever.
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But more important, it's a gift with a lesson: a risk of punishment can reduce crime, especially if you think the package you steal might blow up in your face.
And that makes my Christmas a little bit brighter. Sometimes a lump of coal can bring a little light -- and joy -- to our holidays.
Adapted from Greg Gutfeld’s monologue on “The Greg Gutfeld Show” on December 19, 2018.