In Polanski's first film "Knife in the Water" (1962, shot in Poland) the married couple worries that their windshield wipers will be stolen as they go out on their boat and leave their car unattended. At the end the wipers are stolen and it's never explained.
So looking around online I found two interesting reasons why this is happening today.
One is Ravens. Apparently some people claim that the birds steal the rubber parts to use for nesting material. The confusion here is that some people call the whole thing, metal and all the wiper, while others call just the rubber part the wiper.
Two are lock picks. People make lock picks out of the strong yet flexible metal that holds the rubber wiper.
There. Mystery solved.
A third reason would be likely the same reason people take things like this: as a gag. It's unlikely you'll notice they're gone (on some cars anyway) until you need them.
No comments:
Post a Comment