Have you ever stolen something?

[Wigsie]

I have only ever stolen one thing in my life. The Tom Hanks movie "Batchelor Party" video from Woolworth's when I was around 14 ish (figured its safe to come clean now as they are no more).

I can still remember how bad I felt, I never got caught and still have it to this day and am still feel bad about it!

Well? have any of you ever stolen something! I mean something tangible rather than someone's heart or vaginity

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I got caught stealing some Pick 'n' Mix from Woolies many years ago. They collared me and told my parents who were also in the store and looking for me (I was "hiding" in the shop window!)... maybe we brought the place down between us, Wigsie!!

 

[Joe24]

I have only ever stolen one thing in my life. The Tom Hanks movie "Batchelor Party" video from Woolworth's when I was around 14 ish (figured its safe to come clean now as they are no more).

I can still remember how bad I felt, I never got caught and still have it to this day and am still feel bad about it!

Well? have any of you ever stolen something! I mean something tangible rather than someone's heart or vaginity

So your the reason Woolies went bust then!

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Also stole some magazines from the Newsagents when I was a paperboy there (about he age of 14).... I thought they'd be pretty raunchy stuff but was disappointed to find they were copies of H&E Monthly (naturists magazine!!) and full of wrinklies and not so svelte people.... proper cut up about it I was... but still managed to sell them at school to other spotty oiks who thought similarly!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Also stole some magazines from the Newsagents when I was a paperboy there (about he age of 14).... I thought they'd be pretty raunchy stuff but was disappointed to find they were copies of H&E Monthly (naturists magazine!!) and full of wrinklies and not so svelte people.... proper cut up about it I was... but still managed to sell them at school to other spotty oiks who thought similarly!!

So a thief and a fence - naughty sharky

 

[Fnaar]

Used to shoplift sweets all the time when we were kids... and stamps for my stamp collection, for some reason The odd comic here and there...
I've mended my ways since, and should you ever meet me, you've no need to hang on to your wallet.

 

[Wigsie]

Woolies was a haven for kids shoplifting when I was a kid, tape and CD singles, pick n mix etc Was a small ish town so youwould walk through there after school and you would just see the usual suspects shoving stuff in their bags.

I only did it to impress a girl, think she may have even let me feel her boobs in the car park round the back afterwards....

 

[Fnaar]

I only did it to impress a girl, think she may have even let me feel her boobs in the car park round the back afterwards....

She was after your curly-wurlies, I reckon!

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

So a thief and a fence - naughty sharky

The best bit was getting more than the cover price for them... well, no way a 14 year old is going to get served with porn in the newsagents (except that they weren't really pornographic... just quite scary!).

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Woolies was a haven for kids shoplifting when I was a kid, tape and CD singles, pick n mix etc Was a small ish town so youwould walk through there after school and you would just see the usual suspects shoving stuff in their bags.

I only did it to impress a girl, think she may have even let me feel her boobs in the car park round the back afterwards....

They were probably bags of stolen marshmallows... but the thought was there!

 

[colly]

I confess I am a tealeaf.

Or I was when I was around 7 or 8.

I used to steal small, brightly coloured, plastic and stove enameled marker tags from the outlet pipes of fuel lorries.

I lived near a place where Esso, Shell, BP. and Regent petrol lorries would fill up prior to delivering out to service stations.
Each section of the tanker would have different kinds of fuel in and the outlet pipe under the lorry would have a removable tag attached to remind the driver what was in that particular tank.

Esso tags were 1" x 2" plastic tags ... red, pink, gold, white. with the name of the fuel on Extra, Golden, Derv. etc

BP and Shell would have stove enameled tags that were about 1 1/2" on a side with rounded tops and bottoms really attractive. Heavy and brightly coloured yellows, greens and blues.

Regent were circular about 1 1/4" in dia.

I can't remember the names of all the different type of fuels but there was a thriving swap culture between me and my mates. Some were rarer than others and were much sought after.
The most prized were Regent tags, for two reasons. One because there were very few Regent lorries about and two because their tags were situated in slots right on the tops of the tanker. So to get them meant climbing right up on top.
I gained bragging rights and was 'the man' for some time because I managed to get the rarest Regent petrol tag of all.
I lost it when my mum found my stash and not only gave me a hiding she confiscated the lot.
Under strict instructions ''not to let me hear of you stealing tags again'' I was kept in for a while.

Afterwards I obeyed my mum's instructions.

I made damn sure she never 'heard about it' again.

I wish I could find some now. I would mount them and give them pride of place.

 

[Bigtwin]

One thing in my life.

Got taken to Hamlyns when I was about 10 I guess. And given a pound note to spend. (Yes 1/2 the board, £1s used to come in paper, not metal).

Decided to get some pick-up brushes for my Scalectrix cars. Queued up for ages to pay, knowing that mum was waiting, and decided that if they really couldn't take my money inside 15 mins with me waiting, then too bad.

Ahead of my time I was.

 

[Hover Fly]

I used to swop the price tags on tubs. in Ribble cycles, so I got a pair of Clement Stradas (£9 each) for the price of a pair of Ritmos (about £3).

 

[red_tom]

The only thing I've ever stolen was a packet of chewits from the local newsagent. I was so worried about getting caught that I ran home, hid in the garage and ate them all in one go. I then took the wrappers down to the bottom of the garden and buried them (fingerprints you see).

 

[Globalti]

Once in my life - a Mayfair mag from the newsagents on the platform at Newcastle upon Tyne station, from right under the nose of the newsagent. I paid for a train-spotter's mag, put the Mayfair down on the counter, put the one I'd bought on top and then picked them both up and strolled away. My excuse would be that my parents were going through a bad patch and my sister and I had gone into town to get away from the constant fighting, my hormones were raging, cry for help, etc etc.

I expect nowadays I'd just get some counselling.