How much is too much?

This news item appeared in the local weekly paper a short time ago and is just too funny not to share - it really is much, much better without any pictures.

The image of sparks flying up off of the road surface as the thief makes his get-away is just priceless - almost as priceless as the idea of copper plumbing being stripped out of about-to-be-foreclosed homes in the Midwest just before the owner mails the keys back to the bank.