
swiftyisNOTevil writes, "I have recently become obsessed with the BBC Three show 'The Real Hustle' - personally, I think of it as a 'How To' show for aspiring con artists."
Have you carried out a successful con? Perhaps you hustled a few quid off a stranger, or defrauded a multi-national company. Or have you been taken for the wide-eyed, naive rube that you are?
( , Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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I spent the entire summer with a bunch of Russian interns, only one of them was 21 (this takes place in America by the by), but naturally I was the driver (I was 20) so whenever we wanted to have a night of опьянение (drunkenness) we'd drive over to the liquor store. Fearful of being carded despite only being amongst a group and not doing the actual buying, I would put on my impeccable Russian accent (and not-so-impeccable grasp of the language) and blend in rather well.
I actually did get asked for I.D. at one point and gave the guy a look of confusion and hurt. "He doesn't have them, he lost his passport" my comrades would then say; "I am just wanting beers, I am sorry" I would cheerfully pipe in.
Off the hook, certainly, but not without a sizeable amount of poor-quality Russian-sounding vodkas that I still haven't gotten around to drinking/pouring down the sink...
( , Mon 22 Oct 2007, 5:23, Reply)
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