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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 4 months ago

Idaho man accused of using soup barcode hidden in ring for Walmart theft scheme

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Idaho man accused of using soup barcode hidden in ring for Walmart theft scheme

www.nbcnews.com

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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 4 months ago

Police say the suspect used a ring on his finger with a tomato soup barcode to surreptitiously scan expensive items at a fraction of the cost, including a $300 grill.

Soup to nuts

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literal crime ring

Now that’s some hilarious and apropos journalism
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  a soup barcode just landed him in the can

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