Mugging a mugger.
Thanks to all these stories I'm now petrified, thanks chaps. I even tucked the money from my wallet into the key pocket in my jeans when I was walking home from the pub at the weekend. Tucking my phone into my boxers however proved to be less effective as it slid down the leg of my jeans and ended up skidding across the pavement.

Anyway no story from me but my mate Doug used to live in Addington near Croydon. He was sitting on a bus when a rude boy sat down next to him and whispered "Give me your phone".
"I don't have a phone" replied Doug (this was true).
"Oh" replied the rude boy. A few minutes passed and Doug's stop was coming up.
"Do you have a cigarette?" asked Doug
The rude boy actually offered him a cigarette, he grabbed 5 and got off the bus. Superb.


Another story, Doug, on a tram this time was approached by a youth from a group of about 5 sitting at the back, "Give me your phone and your money".
"I don't have either" (again, mostly true).
"Don't mess me around" warned the youth, flashing the blade of a knife. At this point the bus was approaching the centre of Croydon where a small group of Police officers were standing near the stop.
"POLICE!" shouted Doug. They didn't hear but the group of youths got up and ran off anyway.


(Conversations translated from Croydon Patois with swearing removed for your convenience).

Length? Not enough to stop my phone from escaping.
(smuj83, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 11:27, Reply)