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Whats the dumbest thing someone has ever stole from you?
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My house got robbed (in 1999) and they stole my Playstation (Original flavor) one-handed RPG controller, but left the Playstation.
Looked like this:
But they also took my TV, Cable Box, Stereo, Radio, luggage, & VCR.
When I was living in a more crime ridden part of Manchester I had a few incidents.
Someone once broke into my house during the night. They stole about £0.47 in loose change and some orange juice from the fridge. Leaving thousands of pounds worth of computer and hifi equipment untouched.
My housemate also had his car stolen.The thieves wrote it off and dumped it, the car could barely move. Then someone stole it again! Got it about 100 meters and it packed out on them.
Someone once broke into my house during the night. They stole about £0.47 in loose change and some orange juice from the fridge. Leaving thousands of pounds worth of computer and hifi equipment untouched.
My housemate also had his car stolen.The thieves wrote it off and dumped it, the car could barely move. Then someone stole it again! Got it about 100 meters and it packed out on them.
It's a tossup between:
An empty 5 gallon gas can. I had just topped off the car with in and sat it next to the tire while I ran some errands in my other vehicle. Two hours later I come home and it's gone. I live 2 houses down from a dead end and the can was on the dead end side of the car, so either one of my neighbors or someone driving up and down the street took it. I figure they thought it had gas in it and then stole it anyway since they bothered to walk up the driveway by then.
and:
The bottom half of a custom made set of racing leathers. I had the jacket in the house, but the pants portion was hanging in my bike trailer. They broke into the trailer and stole the pants. Their absolutely worthless without the custom fitted jacket. They stole my bike and all my tools too, but at least there was a point to that.
An empty 5 gallon gas can. I had just topped off the car with in and sat it next to the tire while I ran some errands in my other vehicle. Two hours later I come home and it's gone. I live 2 houses down from a dead end and the can was on the dead end side of the car, so either one of my neighbors or someone driving up and down the street took it. I figure they thought it had gas in it and then stole it anyway since they bothered to walk up the driveway by then.
and:
The bottom half of a custom made set of racing leathers. I had the jacket in the house, but the pants portion was hanging in my bike trailer. They broke into the trailer and stole the pants. Their absolutely worthless without the custom fitted jacket. They stole my bike and all my tools too, but at least there was a point to that.
It wasn't stolen it was the 'fence glove fairy'. He goes around collecting gloves and randomly places them on fences. Thats why you always see a fence with a glove on it.
There's a Road Shoe Fairy too.
A number of years ago I was a camp counsellor for a cabin of junior high boys, and one of them stole the batteries out of my flashlight. He replaced them with his own almost-dead batteries, but didn't even put them in the right way, so I knew right away something was wrong. Further, I had marked every one of my batteries with my name, so it was pretty easy to track down who did it. Kind of sad, really, because I would have happily given him spares from my bag if he'd asked nicely.
Then one time my family was vacationing in Florida and went to Disney World. We had a small blue soft-shell cooler with a couple of soft drinks in it. It was put down for just a few moments, and I have the camcorder footage of someone walking off with it. At the time I taped it I thought, "Hey, we have a bag just like that..." and it wasn't until I put the camera down that I realized my family was searching for the cooler. I tried to run after the guy, but in that crowd, he was long gone.
Then one time my family was vacationing in Florida and went to Disney World. We had a small blue soft-shell cooler with a couple of soft drinks in it. It was put down for just a few moments, and I have the camcorder footage of someone walking off with it. At the time I taped it I thought, "Hey, we have a bag just like that..." and it wasn't until I put the camera down that I realized my family was searching for the cooler. I tried to run after the guy, but in that crowd, he was long gone.
As I explained to Manchester police:
A copy of "Computer simulation of Liquids" by Allen and Tildesley.
Edit: stolen by a couple of street urchins in Salford.
A copy of "Computer simulation of Liquids" by Allen and Tildesley.
Edit: stolen by a couple of street urchins in Salford.
Recently, someone stole the rack from my bicycle. The next day, someone stole the small nylon storage bag from my bicycle.
I'm actually more angry at the "thieves" who create a market for these things by paying the people who actually steal them.
I'm actually more angry at the "thieves" who create a market for these things by paying the people who actually steal them.
We had someone steal a five gallon can of diesel fuel. Hopefully they assumed it was gasoline and put it into their car.
I dunno, probably a pair of j. crew sandals. And I know there were stolen for a fact.
Someone stole this robot from my dads work that was patented and had to use without a computer program that was made to work with it.
I know a girl that still uses one of the steering wheel locks on her 20 year old car.
Someone stole this robot from my dads work that was patented and had to use without a computer program that was made to work with it.
I know a girl that still uses one of the steering wheel locks on her 20 year old car.
My used toothbrush with my dentists logo all over it while in bootcamp. let the person using it in her mouth "overhear" that that was my toilet scrubbing brush...
broken hair elastic.
broken compact mirror
expired bottle of T3's
Stupidest things I steal :
push pins from wall displays at school
plastic spoons and forks from cafeteria...
broken hair elastic.
broken compact mirror
expired bottle of T3's
Stupidest things I steal :
push pins from wall displays at school
plastic spoons and forks from cafeteria...
a calculator. i guess it's not the dumbest thing, but the calculator was over ten years old! who'd want that?
I used to be a landscaper during the summers and somebody stole the gasoline/oil mixture we used in weed whackers, leaf blowers and such. I remember an old lady who saw it coming up and asking if we wanted her to wait around to give a statement to the police and we just told her they were getting punishment enough already.
But the absolute stupidest thing I've seen stolen was way back in seventh grade, when Kevin Selkerstrom showed off the bunsen burner hose he had taken from science class. I still wonder to this day what he did with it.
the case with me was the person was dumb what what they stole and chose not to steal. i left my messenger bag at my friends house and that night they had a party where some random girl came and stole my bag. but, she decided to take my ipod out, unwrap the shure earbuds around it, and leave it on the coffee table. she still took the headphones and the bag which had my legal pads full of class notes (finals that week). why, i just dont get it, but im happy i still got to keep my ipod.
We have lots of dummy boxes for games stolen from work.
Someone once stole a dust pan and brush from here...
Someone once stole a dust pan and brush from here...
I once had the removable faceplate of a car radio stolen - but not the radio. It was a total pain because the insurance company didn't reimburse too well.
In a separate incident someone stole the spoiler off my 90 honda accord. I couldn't figure out why until the mechanic told me that the piece alone was worth $150. Cost $80 to have the holes in the body filled in.
But the dumbest theft: garbage can. Twice.
In a separate incident someone stole the spoiler off my 90 honda accord. I couldn't figure out why until the mechanic told me that the piece alone was worth $150. Cost $80 to have the holes in the body filled in.
But the dumbest theft: garbage can. Twice.
A Pokémon card. And not just any Pokémon card! My super cool holographic Venasaur!
If I ever get my hands on that kid, I will hurt him!
If I ever get my hands on that kid, I will hurt him!
the dumbest thing ive ever had stolen was a little aftermarket thermometer for my car. you put the display on your dash and run the cable with the sensor on it (which is all moulded together and cant be unploged from the display) down the seam between the front wing (fender) and bonet (hood) and atatch the sensor to the front bumber, so you can tell the outside temp'. and they broke into the car, ignored a mobile phone, camera and car stereo and took the temp display, ripping off the wires and rendering it a useless bit of plastic. you realy wonder why they bother at times.