On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:43:03 -0500, Kurt Ullman wrote:

In article ,
The Daring Dufas wrote:


Years ago in downtown Birmingham a goblin (as friend HB calls them)
tried to rob a barber shop. An old fellow stuck a 25 caliber pistol
in the robbers ear and pulled the trigger. Scratch one bad guy and
the only cost to the county was a pine box placed in a 6' deep hole
in the ground. It was a real money saver for the taxpayers. ^_^

TDD

Well there WAS the cost of the investigation. Still, though, much
cheaper than a homicide investigation.

....and *way* less than prison.