Responsible Adults

I don't usually comment on the news, mostly because I try not to pay any attention to it. This one caught my eye though. A twenty year old hopeful performer had her violin stolen. It was recovered by a good Samaritan who is of course being investigated by the police for their trouble. If the cops can't pin the original crime on him he is going to get a ten thousand dollar reward that was put up by the parents of the future star.

They put up a ten thousand dollar reward for the return of the violin because it is one of only thirty of its kind and worth approximately eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars! You may wonder how a twenty year old comes to be in possession of such an instrument. I certainly would. It was loaned to her by a collector. Loaned!

The collector's insurance specifically does not cover theft from a vehicle. He apparently didn't bother to tell her that. Maybe he assumed when he loaned her the irreplaceable instrument that she would have better sense than to leave it on the seat of her car.