I Guess a Pry Bar, Bolt Cutters and Pliers are Part of This Guy's Drum Kit

[It's 96 degrees in Georgia today, and I know many of you in other parts of the US are experiencing the same "balmy" temps too. After all it is summer. It's the circle of life, the ebb and flow of the seasons, the yin to the seasonal yang. So in homage to cooler weather (and mostly because I haven't had time lately to breathe, let alone come up with an original post) here's an article from our local newspaper which ran on January 3 of this year. I promise this was an actual article, but I just couldn't resist adding my own commentary which in written in green. And just you wait, we'll all be pining for these warm days come December.]

ATM attack blamed on snowfall mania

Story updated at 1:01 AM on Thursday, January 3, 2008

A man who beat on an ATM Tuesday night claimed he was excited about a light snowfall, but police think he and his friends may have been trying to break into the machine, Athens-Clarke police said. Officers were dispatched at about 11 p.m. to the Bank of America at the corner of Hawthorne and Prince avenues on a report of three suspicious men who were banging on an ATM, police said.
Brian B., 21, told officers he was "hitting on (the ATM) because he is a drummer and this was the first time he had ever seen snow fall," according to police. [So am I missing the obvious connection here? Snowfall = impromptu ATM jam session??] B. and one of his companions, 18-year-old Simon C., each had a backpack containing a pry bar, bolt cutters, screwdrivers, pliers, a razor knife and a flashlight, police said, and both were charged with possession of burglary tools. [That is a little odd, even for a college town. Usually in the South the mere mention of the word "snow" causes tremendous panic and otherwise rational people rush out in droves to buy mass quantities of bread and milk. Perhaps this was a milk run gone awry? Furthermore, why do people just go for bread and milk? Why not crackers and cheese. Or curds and whey? Or bolt cutters and razors? Maybe one man's bread is another man's pry bar. I'm just sayin'. . . .] The third man, 20-year-old Frank O., said if he knew his friends had the tools he wouldn't have been with them because he is trying to become a police officer, police said. [Uh, ya think?! He probably thought they were carrying loads of bread and milk. Nice detective work Sherlock.]
The three men were charged with loitering or prowling, police said.