We understand that a lot of people have hobbies — I like to bake bread; I’ve also been known to craft elaborate leather outfits for my carrier pigeons — but while it may be acceptable to knit as you stroll the aisles of your local retailer, cooking up a batch of meth in your purse is really just going to end badly.
For example… Police in Missouri evacuated a Walmart store last night after store employees discovered that a woman suspected of shoplifting had an adorable little meth lab inside a 20 oz. soda bottle.
“It was a volatile situation because the meth lab was actively working,” a police lieutenant tells KMOV-TV, “but I don’t think anyone was in danger with the way the were able to move everyone out. It was still volatile, but everybody was kept at a safe distance.”
He added that police are coming across more and more of these “one-pot” cookers, and that they are generally intended for people making meth for their own use and not cooking up some sort of Breaking Bad-size mega batch.
Woman caught cooking meth inside a south St. Louis County Walmart [StLtoday.com]
Mobile meth lab causes evacuation at South County Walmart [KMOV.com]
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If they’d only checked the receipt this probably never would’ve happened!
Lets see… I’ve got my shoplifting list, keys, purse, aluminum foil… What am I forgeting… Oh yeah my meth lab!!!
You forgot to bring the baby with you.
Walter White’s new lab assistant was immediately fired.
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.
Here you go:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/mars-one-one-way-ticket-red-planet-192011042.html
Thanks, Cat! Hopefully the stupid won’t follow…
Other option: Send the stupid.
I hope you have your toxic metal eating nanobots.
Too bad she didn’t forget what was in the bottle and take a sip
Will they condemn the store and demolish it because they found a meth lab in it?
No, they will just roll-back the prices on affected items at a BLOWOUT sale.
no they’ll seize it and auction it off to pad their budget.
I wish, but they just did finish remodeling and building the store out some. It’s a really crappy place to shop unless you go sometime after 11pm at night (24 hour location).
I could see these portable labs being a big hit on eBay.
The most insane part is she decided to cook up her meth WHILE she was waiting for the POLICE to come and arrest her for shoplifting.
Is it wrong that it makes some sense to me? I guess she figured “Hell, I’m already going to jail, there’s no denying it, might as well have one last bit of fun before I go.”
It’s like those people who would get trashed at the airport on Intervention. One last drink for the road, sort of thing.
I should note that I have previously lived in South County so maybe this poor logic is resulting from something in the water.
Who else wants to see photos of Chris’ carrier pigeons in their leather outfits?
Just… No.
LOLCATS, MOVE THE EFF OVER!
Under Bloomberg this may not have happened as no one will be able to buy a beverage over 16 ounces.
Idiocracy is coming to life, more and more every day. It won’t be long until the rest of us are overwhelmed by people like this.
Starburns [from Community] died due to a meth lab setup at the trunk of his car. Be warned.
Wouldn’t the smell have warned anybody? Or did they just think she really needed to bathe?
Lol what an over reaction. While obviously not completely safe, making meth in a soda bottle is much safer than making meth in a real lab, no need to evacuate, just dump the stuff in the trash. Gotta love them calling a 20oz soda bottle a meth lab. I bet they catch a kid with an ounce of pot and put out a statement saying they busted a distribution center as well.
I’d hire the kid who made the racist statements over the Wal-Mart PA system, so long as he agrees to change the message to, “Attention Walmart Shoppers: All people carrying portable meth labs must leave the store immediately!
This is why I make my meth at home. In the bathroom, next to the kid’s room.