What was the last thing you stole?

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Most of us are not averse to a bit of light fingered pinching - never from an individual, but say, a wee Twix out of W.H Smith, an eyeliner out of Boots, you know the thang...

I've very rarely stolen myself, at the age of fourteen I went through a spate of pinching Creme Eggs out of Tesco and the adrenaline of it all kept me in Creme Eggs for weeks.

I fell away from it (as you do when you mature), but last year I got the urge again. I was standing in line at the cigarette counter when I spied a display of Kinder Beunos. I'd heard mixed reviews about them and didn't want to pay 45p for something I had a feeling I wouldn't like.

So I pocketed it. Bought the fags. Left. I didn't enjot the Beuno and it went in the bin. Now I'm glad I didn't waste my money on it.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Saturday, 16 October 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

a bottle of champagne but it wasn't me.

you should steal a beano, next time.

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 16 October 2004 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I stole a handful of pretty seashells too - a shop was actually trying to sell them for a couple of quid each! You could pick them off the beach next to the shop ferfucksake! It was a cafe come gallery come expensive giftshop, and some of the stuff they were selling was just ridiculous self indulgent tosh. We were charged a fiver each for a substandard bacon sarnie, so I snatched a fistful of shells on the way out the door in an act of defiance.

Kev was bemused by my actions, but God it made me feel good.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Saturday, 16 October 2004 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Pr3stw1ck airport, selling ballpoint pens for a quid a shot or something. In order to do the crossword on the flight I needed it too, so I pocketed the pen and bought a packet of chewing gum instead.

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Saturday, 16 October 2004 08:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Whilst attending college, I occasionally helped a friend on his radio show. The station had an enormous library of CDs and LPs, 99% of them unused because several years before I was there, the radio station had switched from DJs playing whatever they wanted to a strict Top 40 formula, i.e. lots of MB20, 3EB, etc. In the back I found a pristine copy of Yo La Tengo's President LP, and another of their New Wave Hot Dogs album. In their separate, original issue form. Naturally I grabbed them and never looked back.

― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 16 October 2004 08:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Cinnamon tictac's from my sisters house.

...I guess that doesn't really count.

I stole some small craft items from a discount store because they fit easily in my pocket. Aware of the possibility of security cameras, I simply placed the item in my hand with my car keys walked around a bit and then put the keys, and the item in my pocket. I repeated this several times over a period of two months. Then I got bored cause it was too easy.

― papa november (papa november), Saturday, 16 October 2004 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)

uh, a couple of months ago i ripped out an article from a newspaper in my doctor's waiting room.

i haven't shoplifted in years. i think i got my winona ryder tendencies out of my system when i turned 18. besides, i just know that if i ever got caught, it would be for stealing something embarrassing and lame like a box of tampons.

― Cynthia Nixon Now More Than Ever (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 16 October 2004 12:59 (twenty-one years ago)

In my third year at uni I used to live off steak slices and sandwhiches stolen from my local garage.

― Wooden (Wooden), Saturday, 16 October 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

much like an answer above, i once stole a pair of mickey mouse ears at eurodisney in a fit of pique at being charged my week's budget for a cuddly toy mickey for my younger brother.

last thing i actually stole was folders from work. i am a poor student, you know.

― darragh.mac (darragh.mac), Saturday, 16 October 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is the virtual equivalent of those "come and claim your free boat!" initiatives that police forces use to round up petty criminals.

― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 16 October 2004 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I stole a microphone from a church when I was 12.

― A Million Talking Hot Dogs (AaronHz), Saturday, 16 October 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost-

i remember that. i hope those cops got promoted.

― darragh.mac (darragh.mac), Saturday, 16 October 2004 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think I've ever stolen anything tangible.

― Remy (x Jeremy), Saturday, 16 October 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

i stole a kiss this morning, if we're talking intangible.

― darragh.mac (darragh.mac), Saturday, 16 October 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I stole the sun from her heart!

― Remy (x Jeremy), Saturday, 16 October 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"i stole.... carpet. i stole...lamp"

"are you just picking random items and claiming to steal them?"

(defensively now)"I stole lamp!"

i know that's not quite right. sue me.

― darragh.mac (darragh.mac), Saturday, 16 October 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

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