Food Crimes
UPDATE! It seems that by pure coincidence I decided to update the Limburglar with a more modern, stylish appearance at the very same time McDonald’s attempted the same thing with their similar but very different “Ham-Burglary Man.” Strange, huh?
You can see McDonald’s shameless rip-off here: money.cnn.com/2015/05/06/news/companies/mcdonalds-new-hamburglar
Even evil (or marginal annoyance) has standards.
I know who the first three are parodies of, but I’ll confess the Plum Smuggler and Pickle Pickpocket elude me. And sound vaguely dirty to boot.
Smuggling plums is definitely dirty.
I think Plum Smuggler is from the game Clue, and Pickle Pickpocket may or may not be Peter Piper. As for being dirty, isn’t all crime dirty in the end?
Frito Bandito and… something from Strawberry Shortcake?
He’s my own original Strawberry Shortcake fan villain Do Not Steal. Only he can steal. Steal plums.
Fajita Bandita. I like that one.
Thanks! Now I’m hungry for fajitas…
He joins the list of other diner related criminals too evil for The Overly Specific Food Thief Syndicate (TOSFTS):
The Salt Snatcher
Pepper Pilferer
The Hot Sauce Boss
Orange Garnish Absconder
The Parsley Pincher
and the Butterpad Bootlegger
These are pretty great! Hopefully they don’t converge on a single diner at one time.