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[Tessie]

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Slippery Grease Bandits Make Slick Getaway

Fri May 14, 7:53 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma police are looking for grease bandits who made off with 5,000 pounds (2268 kg) of used cooking oil and grease from three restaurants.

Police in Edmond, north of Oklahoma City, said on Thursday the grease bandits have hit an area of Mexican, Chinese and steak restaurants over the past three months.

The robbers took the used cooking grease that was stored in large cylinders in back of the restaurants.

The restaurants were planning to sell the grease to a recycling company and the total value of the stolen goods was about $380.

Glynda Chu, a spokeswoman for the Edmond police said the bandits had a good idea of how to get money in the used grease market, but she thinks it odd that anyone would put so much effort into making off with so much cooking byproduct.

"It would be a big chore to haul that smelly stuff away," Chu said. "They did, however, make a slick getaway."

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Some people.... http://www.soapchat.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[lucy ewing]

Very interesting.........

[Laurie!]

Sounds disgusting!! I worked at a fast food restaurant in high school and on a hot day, nobody wanted to go anywhere near that damn grease trap! http://images.bravenet.com/brpics/smilie/22_yikes.gif

However, did you know that diesel cars and trucks can run on vegetable oil instead of petroleum? I suspect with the high gas prices right now, somebody is trying it.

http://matteroftrust.org/pages/programs/natural/ener_schoolbus.html

[Tessie]

Just seems like a lot of trouble to go to for $400.

[Laurie!]

Well...some people have to work 60 hours or more just to make $400. It probably only took a couple of hours to steal the grease. Besides, they were thinking of the environment when they took it. http://www.soapchat.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Tessie]

LOL, environmental activists, that's a great defense! http://www.soapchat.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Laurie!]

http://www.soapchat.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif The prosecution won't like us now! http://www.soapchat.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
They can just call Greenpeace and they'll be off those charges in no time.

http://www.soapchat.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif I had a horrible flashback of high school and minimum wage and working so long for $400.