discerning burglars
My basement flat was broken into. I came home to find my flatmate looking stunned and the window looking broken.

"We've been burgled!" she gasped.

"What did they take?" I asked.

She reeled off a list of valuables - jewellery, hi-fi, cash. Sure enough, mine were gone too.

"They went through my CDs and only picked out the ones they liked!" she wailed.

I checked my own CD collection. They had left it in its entirety. Fuck you, burglars! It's not shite, it's eclectic!
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:02, 5 replies)

Same thing happened to me...
They rifled through my DVD collection and took all the little britain stuff, league of gentleman and various other films. They left my borrowed copy of Tommy and When harry met Sally among others.
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:19, closed)

This reminds me of a letter to Viz
Basically thieves had stolen all of someone's CD's apart from "There's nothing left to lose" by The Foo Fighters.

Don't know if this is an urban legend of what, but your post reminded me of it so I thought I'd stick it here.
(Bearded Whumpus In chav Britain, schoolgirl offers sweets to YOU!, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:44, closed)

dvds too
they took all the really good zombie ones. :(
(magictorch, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 18:04, closed)

I had a car stereo stolen
they took a selection of the tapes in my car but actually ejected & rejected the tape in the stereo

okay it was Iron Maiden
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 10:01, closed)

Burglars with a message
Back in my student days, some friends got cleaned out, even took some of the furniture and knick-knacks. They left one CD, propped on the now empty mantelpiece.

Dark Side of the Moon.

I think the CD message pissed my friends off more than the burglary!
(ShowPony, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 12:12, closed)