in his absence

TOG: you *thick*, careless ****[1].

[1] he's lost his wallet in Barcelona[2].
[2] I wouldn't normally give a ****, but for some fucking stupid
reason the twat had mine and Kiran's 2008 TOG-tour deposit cheques in
it.

 

In communiqué

Got engrossed watching a living statue on Las Ramblas and been dipped
probably.
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I live in London, a place where they're constantly warning you to be
vigilant because "thieves operate in this area". I've been to
Barcelona a few times, and places with equally "bad" reputations for
pickpockets (say, Nice).

I've never been pickpocketed.

 

If you go to the Costa del Sol, try not to look like a tourist.

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CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio)
And a pushbike of some sort.
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24
OMF #15
UKRMMA #30

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I was in Malaga a couple of times in September. I've never been
pickpocketed.

 

Exactly. Any big city has an undesirable element that preys on the
witless and gullible.

 

whilst I love Barcelona, I can't stand that shit.

 

let's not bring up simon cowell in polite conversation.

 

Are we back to talking about TOG?

 

I think they operate mostly on the seafront picking out dozy tourists
that are too busy trying to control the tribe of brats to notice the
tealeaf sticking his hand in the open handbag or whatever.

I've never been pickpocketed either.

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Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio)
And a pushbike of some sort.
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24
OMF #15
UKRMMA #30

Ovejas y buitres:
http://obscuredomainname.org

 

In communiqué

Which? The chocolate turds they sell for 'Día de los Reyes'?
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I think it helps if you look as if you could be a bit handy, if you know
what I mean.

I've travelled on public transport and walked around many cities, inc known
pickpocketing hotspots, and never had an attempted lift.

 

well, obviously. they'd have to bend all the way down to reach. very
suspicious, everyone would notice immediately.

 

Paul Carmichael wibbled:

I had my bollocks grabbed just out side the Ritz hotel in London by a
burd who tried unsucessfully to lift my wallet - does that count?

 

Did you get them back? I'd rather have lost my wallet!

 

Hey, I'm short, but not *that* short.

 

Same here. I've just come back from Barcelona, and despite reading
all the stuff about danger round the Rambla I never encountered any
problems. I did move my wallet to my front trouser pocket and kept my
hand on it, but neither myself or my partner were jostled or asked the
questions (you have bird shit on your jacket etc) that are repeatedly
talked about in the online guides.

 

Seems it's gentle hassle till 2 or 3 o'clock, then the
hookers gang up and get personal.
Of a party of 20 or so, four were robbed last Feb. One had
his trousers pulled down in Las Ramblas and he broke his
shoulder when trying to run away.
I was in bed by 2, the most hassle I got was to be offered
a blow job, fairly insistently, on my way back to the hotel.

Next morning, in brilliant spring sunshine, this "gent"
walked along Las R, tatooed he was, his underpants were
tatooed on and he wore no other clothing.
His long and floppy dick was waving about for all to see.

 

Ahh, we were safely tucked up in bed before 2am, and preferred the
north of the Ramblas anyway (actually most of the streets either side).

 

I don't think I look "handy", but I do think it's possible that I look
like a short irritable bad-tempered litte shit. Which might have the
same effect.