Where in the world are Joe Paterno's glasses?

by NewJackCity on Jan 7, 2009 7:47 PM EST

Well, it looks like rascals have once again stolen the glasses from the 900-pound bronze Joe Paterno statue outside Beaver Stadium.

Some time between 11 a.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday the glasses went missing. An Amber Alert has been issued.

If I remember correctly this also happened a few years ago. Shouldn't it be harder to steal oversize bronze glasses? This is why we can't have nice things.

What would you do with 20-pound bronze glasses?

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i'd weld them back onto the damn statue

seriously, those things come off?

it’s state college, if it’s not nailed down and wrapped in barb wire, don’t expect it to be there in the morning.

by millzners on Jan 7, 2009 8:31 PM EST reply actions

And all this time....

….I thought my cojones were in my wife’s purse. Damn, does anyone have some nails and barbed wire?

by Pentimental on Jan 7, 2009 9:07 PM EST up reply actions

Dirty Ohio State, they sent a rogue agent to try to get some knowledge from the statue

But all he did was steal the glasses, and quite frankly he thinks they look pretty good:

We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley

by psu on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

+100

WE ARE.......PENN STATE!

by Nick7 on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions

If those were rose colored glasses.....

….he might not have tossed so many ducks.

by Pentimental on Jan 7, 2009 9:08 PM EST up reply actions

My name is Pryor...T Pryor

by letsgopsu on Jan 7, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions

w a y__t og o_P S U ! ! !__N i c e_p o s t ! ! !

( I tried to space accordingly should anyone actually be wearing the specs while reading this)

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

by TheMightyErik on Jan 8, 2009 3:30 AM EST up reply actions

Thanks! I got the green treatment, yes!

We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley

by psu on Jan 8, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions

Ah!

So, that’s the problem. Pryor couldn’t throw the ball downfield to save his life because he needed glasses.

by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 8, 2009 12:12 PM EST up reply actions

i read this

and might I add that i love the time frame that it could’ve been stolen, 11 am friday and 11 am saturday…really? 24 hours? those 2.5s have something better to do. they could’ve at least lied and given us a 6 hour time frame, make us think they’re doing something with our money. the glasses thing has been done before, but the timeframe makes the article.

For the glory

by lionalum05 on Jan 7, 2009 10:38 PM EST reply actions

this is just

freaking fantastic…LOL

i’m laughing so hard i’m crying…i didn’t realize they came off. if i would have known that…

by amandakt on Jan 8, 2009 10:39 AM EST reply actions

It's ironic

As if these showed up on ebay or something; absolutely no one would know where they are from!

When I worked as a park ranger (many, many, years ago) people would steal signs from the park. Of course, no one could possibly know where they came from, even though the park name was on the signs!

I know its just a prank and if you steal something, at least, be smart about it. Don’t people think about these things before they do this? (Please be aware that I am being sarcastic; in no way do I advocate committing a crime)

Lastly, shouldn’t these be attached somehow? I’m surprised that they aren’t.

by unitboy on Jan 8, 2009 11:30 AM EST reply actions