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Blood From Mosquito Traps Car Thief
Frosty Piss writes "Police in Finland have made an arrest for car theft based on a DNA sample taken from the blood found inside a mosquito. 'A police patrol carried out an inspection of the car and they noticed a mosquito that had sucked blood. It was sent to the laboratory for testing, which showed the blood belonged to a man who was in the police registers,' a police officer told reporters. The suspect, who has been interrogated, has insisted he did not steal the car, saying he had hitchhiked and was given a lift by a man driving the car. I'm wondering if the suspect should have denied any association with the car at all. After all, who knows where that mosquito had been?"
[ Intro to latest CSI: Miami episode as ripped from the headlines: ]
Police officer: "We were able to extract the suspect's blood from a mosquito found in the car."
David Caruso: "Heh heh heh..."
David Caruso: "SUCKERRRRR!"
[ YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ]
or first blood?
My girlfriend
[citation needed]
My girlfriend's car was stolen a number of years ago, and when it was recovered, the police weren't even interested in taking fingerprints, despite the fact that there was damage inside the car and property was stolen out of it.
Good for you, Finland.
Not like Finnish police have anything better to do. There are no good donut shops in Finland.
I am the richest astronaut ever to win the superbowl.
...that mosquito could have come from almost anywhere...
Considering the medium, it could have come from a tax official.
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
Seriously. She's my wife now. I was very young when I met her... This is our first date
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Did you just insult mosquitoes?
how do you tie someone to 8-1/2 gallons of liquid??
True, there were plenty of bloodsuckers on the OJ Simpson legal staff, but I'm not sure how testing their DNA would have helped much.
I knew I couldn't trust those Skeeters! They swore they just wanted a taste of the red stuff. A now look, turning states evidence! Little blood-thieving bastards!
Seems like a simple case...
extract blood
grow clone
compare characteristics
???
justice!
can i add one more bullet?
make raptors!
There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
Maybe he would have talked?
Or maybe the poor critter is enjoying a vacation at a resort in Cuba now.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
No, it was an actual mosquito.
Cool, let's just drop police altogether and hire a bunch of thugs to protect us. Then we can happily go back to the Middle Ages.
Everyone is missing the VITAL question here!
Did the mosquito live?!
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damn, global warning is worse than i thought.
"To stop the terrorists."
Although it gives me an interesting idea... see, I live just south of a large Libertarian enclave (let's just call it "New Hampshire") with vastly inferior numbers and resources than my own place of residence (we'll pretend it's Massachusetts), as well as holding a close political and ideological alliance with our common neighbor (that would be Vermont). My proposal is that we test their dedication to the abolition of federal government by raising a large militia, possibly including high priced Carolinian mercenaries, and looting the shit out of them. It will be the ultimate test: their lax gun regulations versus our actual ability to purchase weapons and possession of at least two active military bases... I expect the conflict to be almost as epic and drawn out as the invasion of Iraq.
Try not to take me more seriously than I take myself.