It was a brilliant scheme: send in someone to shoplift goods, then come in as an undercover cop to arrest him, then make off with the goods free and clear. It worked in Hollywood movies all the time ...
But things went awry with this "fake arrest" scheme at a Florida (where else?) Walmart:
The young perps--who hatched the “fake arrest” plot as a cover for swiping four decks of trading cards--were arrested after a suspicious store manager, Laura Dougherty, followed them from the Port St. Lucie retailer and watched as Brandon Rhoads, 17, unlocked a set of toy handcuffs from the wrists of his 14-year-old cohort.
According to a police report, the bizarre incident occurred Monday at around 3 AM. Rhoads, pictured above, entered the Walmart with a “gun in a holster on his hip” and “quickly opened and closed his wallet, showing the 52-year-old Dougherty a badge,” noted investigators.
The teen then approached his friend and “placed handcuffs on him” before walking him out of the store (with the Yu-Gi-Oh! cards). When the duo realized that Dougherty was following them, they fled on foot.
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No numbers greater than five? Wow! How do they manage in the jungle with only half the usual supply of fingers and toes?
The desired knowledge comes from -- get this -- reading the damned article.
I just find it hard to believe there are any more truly untouched tribes in the wilds of anywhere. Supposedly the Tasaday had no word for blue. A color they never encountered despite being able to see the sky. These people supposedly went undiscovered until 1970, living in a cave a three hour hike from town.
I am not surprised that there are cultures that see things differently. That is normal. Pick up a bible. ever wonder why 40 keeps showing in days of rain and years in the wilderness? Or Methusela living 900 years?
They were the preliterate middle easterners' descriptions of a "shiteload." But to not pick up on base ten?
Pierre Pica's reluctance to discuss specific facts and figures in the article almost screams "Kippendorf's Tribe" to me.
And the Munduruku have been living peacefully within Brazil since their last makor tribal wars in about 1800.
Maybe of the article linked originated somewhere besides that paragon of journalism, The Guardian, it would have been easier to buy
Instead of our frantic measuring, pacing, dividing...
Ah what bliss---
There is no beginnig, there is no end........
For whatever reason, this reminds me of how our brain is hardwired to overestimate angle of inclination, probably so we don't try to climb steep hills.
So, it seems that the ability to count more than 5 isn't particularly important in evolution, but the ability to discourage oneself from climbing steep hills was (yes, I know that's not how evolution works, so no hate mails, mmkay?)