dumbest for me. The cover off my letterbox. god knows why but guess somebody really needed a letterbox cover.
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Whats the dumbest thing someone has ever stole from you?
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Around here, scrap metal is a big deal. The scrappers will pick up anything that they think they can sell. Irrigation pipes in farm fields have become the big thing to grab now. They get a couple hundred dollars out of something that costs the farmer thousands to replace.
I left my bike (awhile ago) at my friends front yard, and when I came out to leave, it was gone. I was kinda pissed, but got over it. But then a few months later, I was walking to my other friends house, and noticed that same bike in someones side year (but in the front part, so there is not fence seperating it from the street) and I stole it back 
could understand if was worth anything, but it was plastic and attached to my front door. We don't have those mail boxes like I've seen in USA.
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!
LOL, my son had exactly that same card stolen by a bully on the school bus when he was six (he wasn't supposed to bring them to school at all, but snuck them into his backpack). It still ticks him off to think about it, even seven years later. He never did manage to find another.
a cell biology book back in college. still baffles me to this day. i had my cell bio book along with a couple of other books and some notes and valuables all in my bag (for some reason, most college students don't carry bags on campus) and after i was gone for a few minutes, i check back and saw that my cell bio book was taken out of my closed bag and everything else was there. it's just rude to look into someone else's stuff and just take things like that. after that, i put locks on the backpack to prevent that very weird incident from taking place again.
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The quick release bolt to my girlfriends bike. There was a huge obvious cable going through the wheel so they knew they couldn't steal that but they took the bolt and left the nut. What you need with a specialized bolt without the matching nut for, I don't know.
This one's a little embarrassing to admit but...
As a kid, my parents and older brothers and sisters would all steal my nose.
I could never figure out why they would do that, they already had one.
The most ridiculous part of it all was that they would secretly give it back
to me without me knowing just so they could steal it again.
As a kid, my parents and older brothers and sisters would all steal my nose.
I could never figure out why they would do that, they already had one.
The most ridiculous part of it all was that they would secretly give it back
to me without me knowing just so they could steal it again.
Mine would have to be my packed lunch at work. It has happened more than once. I honestly think I would rather have someone steal my car, it would be less insulting.
Well my car had been broken into about ten years ago, and they stole a great deal of car audio equipment. That wasn't what really peeved me though. They didn't take the following:
* 250CD book (back when people carried around CDs)
* two pairs of Oakley Sunglasses
* two backpacks full of college books
They did take the following:
* Car wash bucket with chamois
* "Friday" on VHS
* the change in my ashtray
I was more upset about the bucket than I was anything, mostly because it was so stupid.
* 250CD book (back when people carried around CDs)
* two pairs of Oakley Sunglasses
* two backpacks full of college books
They did take the following:
* Car wash bucket with chamois
* "Friday" on VHS
* the change in my ashtray
I was more upset about the bucket than I was anything, mostly because it was so stupid.
Clueless
Several years ago some clown(s) broke into my house. I had a bag full of Nikon glass,F2 body, F1 body and several Nikon accessories. They took the F1 body and left the rest! THE least expensive item in the bag, and they took it? They also took a six pack of Bud from the fridge. Then they picked up an old brass fire hose tip I had just polished the day before; left a fabulous set of prints. The cops got them, but not my F1.
Several years ago some clown(s) broke into my house. I had a bag full of Nikon glass,F2 body, F1 body and several Nikon accessories. They took the F1 body and left the rest!
THE least expensive item in the bag, and they took it? They also took a six pack of Bud from the fridge. Then they picked up an old brass fire hose tip I had just polished the day before; left a fabulous set of prints. The cops got them, but not my F1.I had somebody break in and steal a bunch of stuff like our flat screen TV, progressive scan dvd player, ps2, controllers, games, like 80% of my movie collection, digital camera, iPod mini, monster cables (I think this maddened me the most because it was so strange and their price has gone up so much), etc.
But the dumbest thing was also the most embarrassing thing... a porn in a plain DVD case that they probably didn't realize they were taking because it was a thin case... and not just any porn, but a really fetish porn (big hairy musclebears and leather and toys and other taboo I shouldn't talk about here) that I had burned as a joke. I wonder if they watched it to this day.. and what they thought, or if they even liked it.. LOL, after all they were reprobates.. j/k! But we knew who it was and we were pretty sure they weren't gay (though one had just gotten out of jail).
Anyway, glad I don't live in that neighborhood any longer.
But the dumbest thing was also the most embarrassing thing... a porn in a plain DVD case that they probably didn't realize they were taking because it was a thin case... and not just any porn, but a really fetish porn (big hairy musclebears and leather and toys and other taboo I shouldn't talk about here) that I had burned as a joke. I wonder if they watched it to this day.. and what they thought, or if they even liked it.. LOL, after all they were reprobates.. j/k! But we knew who it was and we were pretty sure they weren't gay (though one had just gotten out of jail).
Anyway, glad I don't live in that neighborhood any longer.
Hilarious!
Similar to other car-thefts; I'd made a silly little smiley face magnet and my cousin's ancient '8x Honda Accord was broken into; coins and that magnet were stolen. Nothing else!
And from my own personal belongings, someone stole my gum eraser (art student thing). They cost approximately $0.50.
But didn't steal my much pricier art supplies. WTF?!
I remember when I walked out and saw my doors and trunk open, I said a few other expletives - it happened on my birthday too.
but nice reference.
A rake off the front porch (they left a broken one in exchange), just after the winter when someone took my snow shovel (no exchange that time).
Also, a PC with Windows 98 installed - complete with viruses and trojans! Ha! That'll teach 'em.
Also, a PC with Windows 98 installed - complete with viruses and trojans! Ha! That'll teach 'em.
A bum slept in my car one night (he found out that the right passenger door does not lock). When I came out to my car the next morning to go to the construction site I found that he had stolen my framing hammer and empty tool belt from my trunk.
He left behind my spare change bucket and my graphing calculator.
He left behind my spare change bucket and my graphing calculator.
While I was playing racquetball at my college in the middle of winter, three young guys stole my jacket. This sucked for three major reasons:
1. It had my keys in it. Admittedly very stupid on my part.
2. It was winter, and I had to walk home. A mile.
3. As a cheapskate, it was my only winter coat.
However, things (eventually) turned out alright. Since it was stolen in a high-traffic area, I am sure all the thieves were looking for was money, a cell phone, etc. They DID steal a dollar bill I had in the front pocket that incidentally I had picked up off the street on the way to class that morning. My coat was found by a janitor that evening stuffed into a steam vent just outside one of the exits. My keys were intact.
Total loss to me: $0.00.
Regardless, it was VERY stressful to have all of my keys disappear; they would have no value to anyone else, I didn't own a car, and it didn't have my housekeys on the keychain, all it had was my lab keys.
I think I'd still like to find out who did it. The Spanish Inquisition would grimace at the things I'd do to them.
Theft is sub-human. Period.
1. It had my keys in it. Admittedly very stupid on my part.
2. It was winter, and I had to walk home. A mile.
3. As a cheapskate, it was my only winter coat.
However, things (eventually) turned out alright. Since it was stolen in a high-traffic area, I am sure all the thieves were looking for was money, a cell phone, etc. They DID steal a dollar bill I had in the front pocket that incidentally I had picked up off the street on the way to class that morning. My coat was found by a janitor that evening stuffed into a steam vent just outside one of the exits. My keys were intact.
Total loss to me: $0.00.
Regardless, it was VERY stressful to have all of my keys disappear; they would have no value to anyone else, I didn't own a car, and it didn't have my housekeys on the keychain, all it had was my lab keys.
I think I'd still like to find out who did it. The Spanish Inquisition would grimace at the things I'd do to them.
Theft is sub-human. Period.