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souperdave
Did I miss the point that a mime became involved in this story?
Now if this point becomes MOOT, meaning disingenuous to the gist of the storyline or basis of occurrence, then there's no need for a mime at all.
Signed, "uneducated, store-level dick"!
Last I checked, an arcticle of mechandise Learn how to spell or at least use spell check before you make remarks about other people's spelling,punctuation or word usage. "ripped" from its original packaging and rendered unsaleable You are making an assumption. The item might not be "rendered unsaleable. We were not there, so we are just guessing as to its condition before/after this dude tried to steal it. is, in fact, depriving the retailer of said item. Doesn't take Einstien to figure out that the item cannot be sold as new. Not being able to sell something as new doesn't mean that the merchant was deprived of the item. Retailers sell stuff "used" or "open box" all the time, so this is irrelevant.