MuggedYour Ginger Fuhrer was telling me the other night about going out in Birmingham after finishing a shift working in a bar. Very drunk, still dressed in his bar uniform, our fearless leader was mugged.
They stole his green stick-on bow tie.
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chthonic, Thu 15 Jun 2006, 14:58)
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The Jo'Burg KidI got kinda mugged in Johannesburg in 1990, I think it was. I had stopped for a few seconds to look at a poster, and this passing kid went straight in to my pocket and grabbed my keys. It was hardly subtle or skilful, and I immediately spun round and advanced on the kid, slamming down the drink I had been carrying, probably roaring.
The kid was like a rabbit in the headlights, and looked about 12, which is probably what saved his neck. He stuck his hand in his pocket and did a gun shape with his hand, still crapping himself. It didn't really fool me, but he was so young and it was only a few keys, so I stopped, and he ran off.
That was the first time I had any trouble, over several years of visits. I haven't been back to South Africa since 1991, but if I do I know what parts of Johannesburg to avoid: just about the whole of the city and southern suburbs. Hillbrow in particular is a no-go area.
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bnt what, me worry?, Fri 16 Jun 2006, 21:35,
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