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14 August 2015

Friday question NOT from the Book of Questions If you were a career criminal, what crime would it be?

post by: bearwife at: 10:53 | 15 comments

I'm pretty sure I'd be a burglar, because I admit to an unsavory liking for the idea of unprivileged snooping. I'd be a failure because I like the idea of the snooping, not the stealing.

posted by bearwife 14 August | 10:56

Outlando d'amour.

posted by arse_hat 14 August | 12:17

Art forgery definitely has its appeal.
If not that, then hitman. But, hey, why not both?

posted by Thorzdad 14 August | 12:20

International jewel thief.

posted by Senyar 14 August | 12:54

I'd be employeed by KAOS and do all sorts of madcap unsavory things.

posted by mightshould 14 August | 16:11

Black hat financial industry marauder, in the style of Fight Club, but with computers instead of bombs and fists.

posted by msali 14 August | 16:29

With my luck, I'd be an inmate :-(

posted by dg 15 August | 08:08

White collar fraud/embezzlement. There are a lot of loopholes out there and I think I'd be good at exploiting them.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 15 August | 09:20

Bank robber. Jewel thief.

posted by Splunge 15 August | 16:03

Grifter.

posted by JanetLand 15 August | 20:44

Lyrical gangster, murderer, hot stepper.

posted by Hugh Janus 17 August | 03:55

I'd be a fixer.

posted by gaspode 17 August | 06:34

adultery. or a career revolutionary.

posted by Eideteker 17 August | 11:01

Espionage.

posted by Miko 19 August | 22:19

Sanctioned vigilante.

posted by ethylene 23 August | 06:16

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