Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoItalian burglar caught after sitting down with bookwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down13cross-posted to: nottheonion@zerobytes.monsternottheonion@zerobytes.monsternottheonion@zerobytes.monsternottheonion@zerobytes.monsterinterestingshare@lemmy.zipandfinallybbc@rss.ponder.cat
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minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·4 months ago Mr Nucci said his personal favourite deity was Hermes, the god of thieves. “He is also the god of literature. It is clear: everything fits,” he joked.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·4 months agoCan you think of a greater honor for an author than “your book is so good that a guy stopped burglarizing a home just to read it?”
minus-squareSockenklaus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoAlso: He is said to have told police he had climbed the building to visit a person he knew. “I thought I had ended up in a B&B, saw the book and started to read it.” Im not sure whether this guy really is a burglar or a troll.
Can you think of a greater honor for an author than “your book is so good that a guy stopped burglarizing a home just to read it?”
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Im not sure whether this guy really is a burglar or a troll.