In the mid nineties my local had CCTV installed overlooking the car park.
It was there a week before every camera was nicked
had knickers nicked off the washing line once !!
Reminds me of a shop near us that had their guard dog nicked a few years back.
There's some good images going around of thieves nicking CCTV, without realising the recorder is independent.
I love this one.
had knickers nicked off the washing line once !!
Some years ago,sitting in the reception area of The George Hotel in Penrith,I watched a seriously incontinent chap make his way urgently to the loo and the n return outside to his car.Each time,on his return he was doubled up and clutching his stomach.Being a trained observer this seemed odd,wrong way round thinks I to myself.Shortly after his performance came a female,similarly afflicted.How odd?The conundrum was solved by a solid Cumbrian farm lass working as a Receptionist who marched them both back into the hotel, along with all the loo rolls theyd pinched!Okay, theft is wrong, but there can be a funny side to it on occasions.
Reading another thead on here, where someone said people would steal your back teeth, reminded me of a couple of odd things I heard of being nicked.
The first was a lad I knew that had his teeth stolen in our local.
He was a bit of an oddity anyway that saved money by nicking the lamps out of streetlights back in the days when they used ordinary lamps. It seems he was worried about someone nicking his pint when he went to the toilet, so he dropped his false teeth in it. When he came back, his pint was there, but no dentures.
Another involved an initiative by the local crime prevention team. They sited life size cut out images of Police men in stores to remind thieves they were being watched, and encourage people to be vigilant.
It was stolen very early on its career. To add to the humour side of it, the Police didn't publicise it, as when the same thing happened in another force, the life size cut out appeared all over social media sites, being photographed at loads of different parties, and the Police still couldn't find it.
I'm sure there are some better ones out there.
Not this record then ?When I was a student our house was broken into.
They stole bits and pieces; going through my record/CD collection and taking one item only . For info: it was a Wilson Phillips CD - both they and I had no taste in 1990.
Others in the house had strange items taken as well!