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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Half-bat.A post below about light-fingered smackheads reminded me...
A few years back, there were several folk known to friends of friends (I don't directly associate with that sort!) as Half-bats. These were usually described to me by peers as smackheads / alcoholics etc who were so brazen about their shoplifting that they would visit friends homes or the pub taking orders and return with any desired item within 24 hours having pilfered 'X' on request. The standard price obviously being 'half-bat'.
One guy I knew actually got a half-bat to procure him a bouncy-castle inflator when going into (dubious) business. I had visions of a rubber bouncing emporium collapsing on some kiddies while some skank runs down the road with a 'blower' the size of a medium television in his arms.
(, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 16:09, Reply)
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