ShopliftingWhen I was young and impressionable and on holiday in France, I followed some friends into a sweet shop and we each stole something. I was so mortified by this, I returned them.
My lack of French hampered this somewhat - they had no idea why the small English boy wanted to add some chews to the open box, and saw it as an attempt by a nasty foreigner oik to contaminate their stock. Not my best day.
What have you lifted?
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chthonic, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:13)
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Please......could people stop saying "kleptomania" when they actually mean "mindless petty thievery"?
(, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 14:17, 3 replies)
Pedantic...Kleptomania proper, being an impulsive thing, is quite plausibly more mindless than petty thievery, which at least involves a line of thought along the lines of "I want that; I don't want to pay; but I'll have it anyway."
I know what you mean, but shoplifting is often pretty mindful.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 14:41,
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KleptomaniaHave you stolen a dictionary?
(, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 15:29, closed)
Please......could people stop being such "grammar nazis" when they actually mean "petty pedantry"?
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jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 10 Jan 2008, 15:40,
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