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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Mmm...pie!During the 1991 Inter-rail trip, we turned up in Brussels one night. I don't know if these things still exist in the Low Countries, but at the time there were vending machines on the streets selling hot savoury snacks. They consisted of a polygonal glass case, inside which a multi-layered carousel rotated. This was divided into segments, and in each segment a tasty snack resided.
The idea was, you put your Francs into a slot, waited until the savoury treat of your choice appeared at the front and opened the door. The carousel would stop, and you took out the food.
However, we discovered that by opening the door when the partition was in the middle of the opening, the carousel would stop in a position allowing the procurement of two pieces of food.
Belgian economy - please accept my apologies.
Actually the food was of dubious quality, having sat in a semi-hot state for who knows how long. At one point I got something which had the geometry and external breadcrumbing of a fishcake, but the approximate internal chemistry of a white pudding.
(A white pudding is a Scottish delicacy by the way - oatmeal, onions, lots of grease... A bit like a haggis, but without the offal)
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 15:49,
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White puddingLove that stuff - have a *click*
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They do indeedstill have those vending machines.
They're all over the sodding place in Amsterday (funnily enough, they're perfect munchies foodstuffs)
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White pudding and chips ftw!Or, if not for the win, for the coronary bypass...
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 16:20,
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White pudding is greatAnd I'm a poofty southerner - and a proper one too. From Hampshire!
The street vending machine foodstuff sounds like it would quite possibly make me vomit, however.
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