--good point. Hell, who in a pawnshop will even know what a krumhorn IS?? They'll think it's the weirdest bong they ever saw. Or they'll try to "fix" it ("hey, this trumpet is all bent, man.") Here's hoping that the idiots DO hock it. Here's what you do--go to ALL the pawn shops in the area with a drawing or sketch of what it looks like, and tell them, "When this comes in, if it does, call me," and explain. They may not want to do a police sting, but at least you can buy it back for a fraction of what it should cost (probably). As the previous poster said, what use could they have for it? And this IS funny enough that you could use it in a screenplay . . . the part about the SF con and the cop responding . . . being completely clueless. And DO check that car insurance policy. One of you probably has coverage!
Y'know, I've got this mental file of lines and situations for "if I ever write a movie or a novel", and it hadn't occurred to me to add this. Though now that you've put the idea there, the scene with the thief and the pawn sop owner could be funnier than the scene with me and the cop.
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