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fingerprint obfuscation   (+12)  [vote for, against]
Elves have left the building

Wear off your fingerprints an have tiny footprints embossed on each fingertip. You can commit any crime you want and police will assume it was elves.
-- bob, Jan 13 2018

Excellent.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 13 2018


// police will assume it was elves //

Depending on the locality, the police will assume it was either someone black or Irish (see also Lephrechauns).

Again, depending on locality, these assumptions may not actually be incorrect; we seek merely to illustrate how their minds, if any, work.
-- 8th of 7, Jan 13 2018


Alternatively, have tiny fingerprints embossed on your feet.

When the police study the crime scene, they'll conclude that you must have been walking on your hands, and therefore could not possibly have carried the stolen goods to the getaway vehicle.
-- Wrongfellow, Jan 13 2018


Won't anyone think of the Imps?
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 13 2018


That would be impossible in any part of the Iberian peninsula, because Nobody Expects The Spanish Imp Position ...

Besides, the're armed. Their principal weapon is Fear; Fear and Surprise... their two principal weapons are Fear, Surprise and Ruthless Efficiency....
-- 8th of 7, Jan 13 2018


Yes those things have always been Imp portent.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 14 2018


Alternative version has glove with foot print detail on finger tip(s). [+]
-- xenzag, Jan 14 2018


Would it not make more sense to have someone else's fingerprints embossed onto yours?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 14 2018


Baked. Fingerprints (someone else's, or completely synthetic) 3D printed onto PVC gloves.

First suggested in movies, now a Thing.
-- 8th of 7, Jan 14 2018


Tiny finger versions available for micro hands Trump.
-- xenzag, Jan 14 2018


Trump suffers from Arkless-Graham syndrome.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 14 2018


Hmm, 1+ but jealous I hadn't thought of this myself.

<starts working on miniaturising little footprints into DNA>
-- not_morrison_rm, Jan 17 2018


I thought it was feckless man syndrome?
-- RayfordSteele, Jan 17 2018


Great, another project goblin up the budget ...
-- 8th of 7, Jan 18 2018



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