Gurney, I get your point. Yes, we do put fences around our dumps here and scavenging is definitely not allowed, while vermin are aggressively discouraged. I therefore amend my previous statement. Protecting Shane would actually make a lot less sense than protecting garbage! Protecting Shane would be more like protecting vermin.

I'll say this, though. He's proven more entertaining than most vermin. The excuses he dreams up for his antisocial acts are side-splittingly funny, not to mention the way he carries on when we don't believe him. We've got a pool going on what he'll say the next time we arrest him.

- E. Walsh