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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In the final years of the last milleniumI went to university in Wales. At the time the Five Nations (as it was then) was sponsored by Guinness. The Student Union building had a *huge* banner on the side of the wall advertising it. One evening, at chucking out time, a friend decided he wanted the banner. He got a boost and managed to haul himself up the banner until he got to the top. When he got there he started trying to wrestle it off the wall.
A crowd started to gather of people watching his progress in the kind of detached curiosity you see at car accidents and the like. Including a bouncer.
Bouncer: "Excuse me mate, are you trying to steal that?"
Friend (looking down): "Er, no, I was just trying to climb up it."
B: "..."
F: "..."
B: "Get down."
He got down.
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Kroney, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 13:33,
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