Arrests Following Fight Over Crab Legs

[Plain Old Petunia]

The article does not mention whether anyone was attempting to stuff crab legs into their Coach purse.

fox61.com/2016/04/03/two-arrested-after-fight-over-crab-legs-at-manchester-buffet/

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

We talked to a security guard at one of the casinos here.  He told us about a family who went to the buffet with a baby stroller. .. but no baby.   They watched them and stopped the family when they started leaving with the stroller now covered.  The family had stuffed the stroller full of crab legs.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

I was wondering if this pertained to the semi that overturned in Seattle earlier this week.

The semi was full of king crab legs (they showed this on the news and you could see the crab legs spilling out of the boxes) and the boxes were spilling out over the highway.  I told TD that we needed to get our butt to Seattle and grab a few of these boxes!  They had trucks picking up the boxes.

I wonder what happened to those crab legs......


komonews.com/news/local/semi-overturns-on-alaskan-way-viaduct-threatening-large-traffic-snarls

[zibazinski]

[NoNamePerson]

Apr 7, 2016 19:19:35 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

[NoNamePerson]

What is about crab legs that people would steal and fight over them?? Do some folks consider them a luxury. I eat them but they aren't made of gold or anything valuable.

[zibazinski]

I had a dream about crab legs all over a highway and people fighting each other over them while the legs ran away.

[NoNamePerson]

Apr 8, 2016 7:13:00 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

I had a dream about crab legs all over a highway and people fighting each other over them while the legs ran away.

Lordy, I want some of what you are smoking. That's some dream

[zibazinski]

Last thing I read before sleeping. 

[yogiii]

Thank you!  I needed a laugh today.

[TheHaitian]

Apr 7, 2016 22:17:10 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

What is about crab legs that people would steal and fight over them?? Do some folks consider them a luxury. I eat them but they aren't made of gold or anything valuable.

Thank you because I wonder the same thing.... I see people lining up for them at my favorite sushi buffet place and I don't get the "craze".

[Miss Tequila]

Apr 8, 2016 10:33:59 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

Apr 7, 2016 22:17:10 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

What is about crab legs that people would steal and fight over them?? Do some folks consider them a luxury. I eat them but they aren't made of gold or anything valuable.

Thank you because I wonder the same thing.... I see people lining up for them at my favorite sushi buffet place and I don't get the "craze".

That's because you aren't on foodstamps!  Based on what I've learned at YM, the foodstamp queens love the crab legs!

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Apr 8, 2016 10:33:59 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

Apr 7, 2016 22:17:10 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

What is about crab legs that people would steal and fight over them?? Do some folks consider them a luxury. I eat them but they aren't made of gold or anything valuable.

Thank you because I wonder the same thing.... I see people lining up for them at my favorite sushi buffet place and I don't get the "craze".

The crab legs at those buffets are usually a lot of work for very little.  Not sure I get it myself.  I prefer the king crab legs - which around here runs about $10-15/lb when we can get them on sale.  Normally, I'll buy about 3 lbs and we'll have a crab feast, but it winds up being an expensive meal.

[cronewitch]

I only like king or dungeness crab. King are very expensive but I worked with a guy who could get us some from the boat frozen on board so really good and fresh got 20 lbs for $100 or so don't remember exactly. The dungeness are live in tanks for about 5.99lb. They are good but not something worth fighting for. Buffets usually have snow crab, I don't like snow crab and they don't cook them right so they are tough.

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Apr 8, 2016 14:15:42 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Apr 8, 2016 10:33:59 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

Thank you because I wonder the same thing.... I see people lining up for them at my favorite sushi buffet place and I don't get the "craze".

The crab legs at those buffets are usually a lot of work for very little.  Not sure I get it myself.  I prefer the king crab legs - which around here runs about $10-15/lb when we can get them on sale.  Normally, I'll buy about 3 lbs and we'll have a crab feast, but it winds up being an expensive meal.

I've never tried crab legs at a buffet, but I've tasted them when other people ordered them at restaurants and I never thought the work was worth the effort. People act like I broke a law or something when I say I don't like crab legs. Or lobster. Maybe I haven't had the right kind or something, but I can do without both. Lobster tastes really fishy to me and crab legs are too much work. Plus they aren't visually appealing to me.

[NoNamePerson]

Apr 8, 2016 18:07:50 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

"Deals" for all-inclusive food festivals are popping up on coupon websites around the country, but beware -- some are scams.

A new Consumer Reports finding says that people in Houston and other cities have been tricked into paying nearly $50 for crab festivals that never happened. They bought the tickets after seeing them advertised from trusted places like Groupon, local radio stations and newspapers.

They couldn't get refunds on the fake tickets.

Consumer Reports warns to watch out for festivals with names like: "Hot Garlic Crab Feed," "The Super Crab Festival" and "The Dungeness Crab Association." and similarly questionable events have been touted in 21 cities around the United States.

www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/03/fake_crab_and_other_food_festi.html#incart_most-read_dining_article

I'm going to start a twitter feed called "crab crimes."

[tloonya]

Apr 8, 2016 18:07:50 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

"Deals" for all-inclusive food festivals are popping up on coupon websites around the country, but beware -- some are scams.

A new Consumer Reports finding says that people in Houston and other cities have been tricked into paying nearly $50 for crab festivals that never happened. They bought the tickets after seeing them advertised from trusted places like Groupon, local radio stations and newspapers.

They couldn't get refunds on the fake tickets.

Consumer Reports warns to watch out for festivals with names like: "Hot Garlic Crab Feed," "The Super Crab Festival" and "The Dungeness Crab Association." and similarly questionable events have been touted in 21 cities around the United States.

www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/03/fake_crab_and_other_food_festi.html#incart_most-read_dining_article

I'm going to start a twitter feed called "crab crimes."

I am convinced now that the only way of finding a dough nowadays is to create a new scam...

[tloonya]

Apr 7, 2016 16:34:52 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

Crab legs bring out the worst in people.

I think if they were $1.99lb - people would move onto egg salad...

[beergut]

Apr 8, 2016 18:07:50 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

"Deals" for all-inclusive food festivals are popping up on coupon websites around the country, but beware -- some are scams.

A new Consumer Reports finding says that people in Houston and other cities have been tricked into paying nearly $50 for crab festivals that never happened. They bought the tickets after seeing them advertised from trusted places like Groupon, local radio stations and newspapers.

They couldn't get refunds on the fake tickets.

Consumer Reports warns to watch out for festivals with names like: "Hot Garlic Crab Feed," "The Super Crab Festival" and "The Dungeness Crab Association." and similarly questionable events have been touted in 21 cities around the United States.

www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/03/fake_crab_and_other_food_festi.html#incart_most-read_dining_article

I'm going to start a twitter feed called "crab crimes."

Is Robin Thicke going to sing the theme song? 

[NancysSummerSip]

Apr 8, 2016 18:07:50 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

"Deals" for all-inclusive food festivals are popping up on coupon websites around the country, but beware -- some are scams.

A new Consumer Reports finding says that people in Houston and other cities have been tricked into paying nearly $50 for crab festivals that never happened. They bought the tickets after seeing them advertised from trusted places like Groupon, local radio stations and newspapers.

They couldn't get refunds on the fake tickets.

Consumer Reports warns to watch out for festivals with names like: "Hot Garlic Crab Feed," "The Super Crab Festival" and "The Dungeness Crab Association." and similarly questionable events have been touted in 21 cities around the United States.

www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/03/fake_crab_and_other_food_festi.html#incart_most-read_dining_article

I'm going to start a twitter feed called "crab crimes."

I would totally subscribe to it. And I'm in the "don't get it" camp when it comes to crab legs. Too much work for too little food.

[wvugurl26]

Usually when trucks crash like that the whole load is trashed. I had a coworker when I first went back to grad school her dad ran a towing company. He'd end up with the contents of crashed trucks. We got Pop Tarts and Breyers ice cream, no crab legs.

I'm very meh on crab. I'll eat crab cakes from one local place and if my stepbrother makes them. That's about it. I have allergies to the preservatives in sea food and at many places they don't know where it came from.

They think I'm crazy in MD because sitting around picking crabs is just not my thing. Too much nasty work. Of course I also hate old bay seasoning which is blasphemy around here.