Brickbat: What Are You Looking At?

Charles Oliver | 12.16.2013 6:00 AM

A man in Barcelona, Spain, claims police fined him 90 euros for looking at a discarded painting. Public defender Maria Assumpció Vilàs says cops charged him with rummaging through trash but the painting had actually been left next to a bin.

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Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Police assumptions is the strongest evidence there is.
1. invisible furry hand 11 years ago
  
  Police assumpci?s, surely
  1. Snark Plissken 11 years ago
    
    Caundo assumpcio you make a burro out of tu a yo
    1. Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
      
      Y no me llames Shirley.
UnCivilServant 11 years ago

The fine was beacuse they couldn't find a violation for liking trashy art

/pun
RishJoMo 11 years ago

Sounds like a solid plan to me dude.

http://www.AnonGoes.tk
BakedPenguin 11 years ago

Stay classy, Spain.
1. SugarFree 11 years ago
  
  I get "Server overloaded." Since it's Spain, I assume by "server" they mean a wheezing desktop from 1998 with dial-up.
  1. JW 11 years ago
    
    It's just server siesta.
    1. SugarFree 11 years ago
      
      The server didn't have dinner until almost midnight. And it lives with its mom.
  2. BakedPenguin 11 years ago
    
    That's a shame. It was an article about Christmas decorations - little statuettes of world leaders pooping.
    
    Overloaded, indeed.
    1. SugarFree 11 years ago
      
      It's back up. It's like someone has been inside Warty's dreams.
JW 11 years ago

"I know trash when I see it."

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