What's the worst that could happen...

[foxgrrl]

Single woman, wandering around the streets of downtown San Diego, with $2000 in camera gear, at three A.M. Saturday morning, very noticeably taking pictures... What's the worst that could happen?

A group of hackers, driving 100km into Mexico, in my new car, with no passports, and no one who speaks Spanish, at one AM on Sunday morning... What's the worst that could happen?

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[digitalsidhe.livejournal.com]

A group of hackers, driving 100km into Mexico, in my new car, with no passports, and no one who speaks Spanish, at one AM on Sunday morning... What's the worst that could happen?

An international incident.

[hasufin.livejournal.com]

"What's the worst that could happen?"

would you like that answer in weekly installments?

[casidhe.livejournal.com]

Good god... you're kidding me right?

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

HILARITY ENSUES!

[digitalsidhe.livejournal.com]

No, that's the funnest that could happen. But a good answer, nonetheless!

[databeast.livejournal.com]

heya, guess it's quasi-intro time. saw you added me a few weeks back, i'm guessing I'm a random-interesting-person-on-LJ add and we've never met previously, I just realized that I was in San Diego this weekend myself, and will probably be running through Mountain View at some point too, I'm also a lost englishman in California most of the time, you should gimme a shout on IM and drag me away from work sometime to meet the locals.

[foxgrrl]

... and we've never met previously

Actually, we have; By pool number three at the Alexis Park, at Defcon 7,8,9 or thereabouts. We talked about Skinny Puppy, and New Orleans, and leather pants, and I took a picture of you as the sun came up. Then I sort of lost contact with you. I ran across your livejournal recently, and I recognized who you were.

Anyway, I'm still in San Diego right now, but not for much longer. I'll be in Mountain view tonight and tomorrow, and then up in SF Wed. and Thurs., and back in Mountain View on Friday.

[databeast.livejournal.com]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh!! got a photo anywhere I can xref my brain with?

I'm back in Santa Barbara right now, will be here until the end of october, If you're driving up 101 to SF, you should give me a shout and drop in and say Hi along the way - 202-631-2137

[arethinn]

...I don't want to know!

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

1) You get FI'd by San Diego PD, who drop your camera on the concrete and forget to provide you badge numbers even though you ask several times. No police report, no insurance claim. Bye bye camera.

2) Your bodies are never found.

Jesus!

[kitten-goddess.livejournal.com]

The worst that could happen? Here goes:

You could get stopped by the police, have your camera gear confiscated, and get arrested as a threat to national security.

Or...you could get mugged. Or worse, which I don't need to elaborate.

[ioerror.livejournal.com]

You have fun. I know I did.

[oygevalte.livejournal.com]

I used to prowl SD at those hours with about the same value in camera gear. Cops never bothered me; if you freaked out at a cop car coming by, with expensive camera gear, they'd come find out why you turned tail, but they can't really be bothered with people who A) are not freaked out because they're doing nothing wrong, and B) obviously have enough $$$ for nice camera gear, and are clearly not dressed in a manner that denotes extreme poverty.

Worst that ever happened to me was some drunk frat boy insisted I take a drunken picture of him. I complied, he drove off into the sunset (rise?), not running over anything or anyone as he left...