In September I had a bunch of CD's stolen from my car, along with two mostly-melted Snickers bars and a genuine surplus Blackwatch kilt.
The theif emptied out my entire CD rack except for two discs. One is a mix my friend burned for me and it has zero resale value. I can understand leaving this one behind.
Seeing the other CD he left behind, however, made me LOL. The theif chose not to steal "It's Not Funny" by David Cross.
It had the digi-pak and everything, the disc is in good condition, it doesn't have any distinguishing marks. The thief just couldn't be bothered to take it, which I would take as an insult if I were David Cross.
The perpetrator had already crossed moral lines by entering my car, pilfering my recorded music and ethnic costume and stealing some delicious chocolate bars from the center armrest console. It's not like taking the Cross CD would have put him over the top in the eyes of the law, so I can only assume that the thief took what he did because he liked it and he left what he did because he didn't like it.
There isn't much of a market for "Dr. Scott's Best of 2003 Mix," even at the least picky of record stores, so I can see leaving that behind.
But a near-mint copy of It's Not Funny? It makes me think a particular thief was making some kind of statement.
"I'll take these two melted Snickers bars and I'll take an odd garment that probably won't fit anyone I know, and I'll even take is ridiculous Andrew WK CD, but I'm not about to lower myself to David Cross' level," I bet he thought as he picked up the CD, read the (admittedly misleading) track listing on the inside cover, and put it back where he found it.
Whatever. At least I still have something to listen to in the car, and having this backstory now makes the CD even funnier.