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(BBC) Strange Thieves steal £30,000 of handbags before escaping on mopeds, in what police believe to be an attempt to break the record for World's Least Masculine Crime   (news.bbc.co.uk) divider line 53
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wegro [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 02:48:37 PM  
+1, subby

 
jamspoon 2008-05-17 03:14:01 PM  
Well done Subby, +1

 
Chariset [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 03:43:54 PM  
I guess the Most Masculine Crime would be stealing $400,000 of assault rifles and fleeing on Harleys?5

 
skinbubble 2008-05-17 03:47:59 PM  
Fabulous!

 
unyon [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 03:50:44 PM  
I'm gonna go with 'Gay Mafia' for $200, Alex.

 
Tprpa412 2008-05-17 03:50:45 PM  
I lol'd.

 
TxRabbit 2008-05-17 03:51:08 PM  
I certainly hope the shoes matched.

 
OZZ 2008-05-17 03:52:09 PM  
Nicely played Subby

 
DerekSD 2008-05-17 03:54:52 PM  
depending on the brand, that's 10-12 purses.
easy swag to snag, easy to fence.

 
Elmo Jones 2008-05-17 03:57:35 PM  
Chariset: I guess the Most Masculine Crime would be stealing $400,000 of assault rifles and fleeing, drinking some stolen beer, doing some raping, having a shootout with the cops, doing some raping, then, slowly cruising away on Harleys?

 
TehLydzz 2008-05-17 03:58:14 PM  
Anyone else having a problem with clicking on links and/or TotalFark?

 
Dupa [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 03:58:59 PM  
Jerry: Hey! Officer! Someone took my European carryall!

Cop: Your what?

Jerry: The...black, leather...thing with a strap.

Cop: You mean a purse?

Jerry: Yes, a purse. I carry a purse!

 
Holden C [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 03:59:46 PM  
I, also, LOL'd.

If chased, I picture them shrieking like Ned Flanders

 
jjorsett 2008-05-17 04:00:44 PM  
Certainly the most important part of a crime is looking macho while committing it.

 
Lizard 2008-05-17 04:01:04 PM  
DerekSD 2008-05-17 03:54:52 PM
depending on the brand, that's 10-12 purses.
easy swag to snag, easy to fence.

Yup. My co-worker spent $500ish on a LV purse...then asked for train money that week from us.

 
TxRabbit 2008-05-17 04:04:30 PM  
smartlemming.com
Wanted for questioning.

 
pen_sq 2008-05-17 04:06:41 PM  
Wanted for questioning
img231.imageshack.us

/Shoe store alert level : Burgandy

 
eelcat 2008-05-17 04:07:27 PM  
Chariset: I guess the Most Masculine Crime would be stealing $400,000 of assault rifles and fleeing on Harleys?5

I'm not so sure about that.


Link (new window and not a RR) maybe NSFW

 
40oz_A_Knight 2008-05-17 04:13:07 PM  
+1

 
skrewewe 2008-05-17 04:13:09 PM  
"Outnumbered by six thieves, she said the guard took cover in the stock room. Police believe the gang used two mopeds to escape with the goods."

"After a short scuffle, one of the men ran and the other tried to escape on the moped, at one point running over an officer before being arrested.

The officer was treated in hospital for minor head injuries before being released. "

Doesnt anyone over there have a gun? Here in the USA we would have had 5 clips unloaded into the thief before he made it over the officer and down the street.

 
Some Bass Playing Guy [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 04:13:20 PM  
Where they riding with no helmet on, saying "Ciao"?

 
The Dread Pirate Robertson 2008-05-17 04:15:22 PM  
Oh, sweet lord.

can't... stop... giggling...

Have the headlines of the year nominations started yet?

 
Always Bring A Banana To A Party 2008-05-17 04:15:27 PM  
Unfortunately, the Guinness Book doesn't accept submissions for world records involving illegal acts. I learned that the hard way when I tried contacting them about my attempts at breaking the record for most prostitutes solicited in a 24 period. If only I had called them before making my attempt I could have avoided this damn clap :(


This story reminds me - if anybody has a copy of GTA Vice City for PC, load it up and type in the cheat code 'ahairdresserscar' and see what happens.

 
Day_Old_Dutchie 2008-05-17 04:18:48 PM  
The handbags and the glad rags
that your poor old Grad dad
had to sweat to buy...

 
TheGreatZarquon 2008-05-17 04:18:53 PM  
Chariset: I guess the Most Masculine Crime would be stealing $400,000 of assault rifles and fleeing on Harleys?5

How about blasting your way into Fort Knox in a machinegun-festooned monster truck and hauling off half the worlds' gold supply while you're having a wild orgy with strippers on the hood of the truck?

 
The Dread Pirate Robertson 2008-05-17 04:27:03 PM  
Chariset: I guess the Most Masculine Crime would be stealing $400,000 of assault rifles and fleeing on Harleys?5

Making Chuck Norris be your bottom?

 
kmt11 2008-05-17 04:31:27 PM  
Lizard: DerekSD 2008-05-17 03:54:52 PM
depending on the brand, that's 10-12 purses.
easy swag to snag, easy to fence.

Yup. My co-worker spent $500ish on a LV purse...then asked for train money that week from us.


That's nothing, my sister spent nearly $20,000 on a Birkin Bag. Apparently it is one of the less expensive Birkin Bags.

 
tonguedepressor [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 04:31:50 PM  
ok, thats some funny shiat, good jorb subbie.

 
lenfromak 2008-05-17 04:33:39 PM  
Elmo Jones: Chariset: I guess the Most Masculine Crime would be stealing $400,000 of assault rifles and fleeing, drinking some stolen beer, doing some raping, having a shootout with the cops, doing some raping, then, slowly cruising away on Harleys?

I guess so, 'cause they like rape.

 
Beavosaurus Rex 2008-05-17 04:33:42 PM  
The robbery came a week after the shop was burgled and nine crocodile skin bags valued at £80,000 were taken.

WTF? £8,888 each?

 
tonguedepressor [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 04:37:25 PM  
skinbubble: Fabulous!

No, no skin, you have to stretch out the 1st and 3rd consonants and say it with sing-song and reverb.

Kinda like this: Ahem...Faaabuloouus!!

Ok, now you try it.

 
Gish21 2008-05-17 04:41:42 PM  
£30,000 worth of handbags, which cost $100 to manufacture using Chinese sweat shop labour.

 
Xxplosiv 2008-05-17 04:51:32 PM  
people are still spending more than 20 bucks for a farking bag?!?? no wonder the world economys going down the shiatter, everyones driving inflation themselves. if you have the money to spend 20000 on a tiny bag that can maybe fit that much worth of coke, you are doing it wrong. jesus no wonder everyone hates the west.

 
dwade 2008-05-17 04:52:04 PM  
Gish21: £30,000 worth of handbags, which cost $100 to manufacture using Chinese sweat shop labour.

Did Chinese sweat shop workers get a raise? Be more like $10.

 
GungFu 2008-05-17 05:08:14 PM  
Ciao!

www.geoffparfitt.supanet.com

 
Sumdumfarkr 2008-05-17 05:12:58 PM  
What? No police PURSE-uit?
They'll never BAG the thieves that way.

/reach...

 
Get Lost 2008-05-17 05:28:40 PM  
Thieves steal £30,000 of handbags before escaping on mopeds, in what police believe to be an attempt to break the record for World's Least Masculine Crime

I bet this is related to the cops busting the flea market fakes last week.....

 
Nathan Farr 2008-05-17 05:33:37 PM  
imagebank.ipcmedia.com

Wanted for questioning

 
SpeckledJim 2008-05-17 05:56:59 PM  
skrewewe: Doesnt anyone over there have a gun? Here in the USA we would have had 5 clips unloaded into the thief before he made it over the officer and down the street.

Mall Ninja, is that you?

 
a migrating coconut 2008-05-17 06:07:29 PM  
"After a short scuffle, one of the men ran and the other tried to escape on the moped, at one point running over an officer before being arrested."

Methinks the robbers are fans of GTA4.

 
skrewewe 2008-05-17 06:12:39 PM  
SpeckledJim, no that is not me, and that is a cool link.

 
YouPeopleAreCrazy 2008-05-17 06:21:50 PM  
Outnumbered by six thieves, she said the guard took cover in the stock room. Police believe the gang used two mopeds to escape with the goods.

That must have been one slow speed escape.

 
KidneyStone 2008-05-17 06:30:37 PM  
skrewewe: SpeckledJim, no that is not me, and that is a cool link.

Yes it is - and the original all ninja thread can be found through internetarchive.org's wayback machine. Funnier than the cat/lipstick thread.

 
havingfun 2008-05-17 07:42:00 PM  
i18.photobucket.com

 
SpeelChuck [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 07:52:41 PM  
DerekSD: depending on the brand, that's 10-12 purses.
easy swag to snag, easy to fence.


Or, uhm, around 75% of one Birkin in Porosus (new stratosphere). Hermes, saving the world from baby crocodiles, one bag at a time.

But shipping is free, so there's that.

 
SpeelChuck [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 07:57:01 PM  
Beavosaurus Rex: The robbery came a week after the shop was burgled and nine crocodile skin bags valued at £80,000 were taken.

WTF? £8,888 each?


Only £8,888? Meh. Gotta be cheap workmanship. See my post above this one. $37,999 for one handbag, now we're starting to talk serious handbaggery.

 
Gish21 2008-05-17 08:21:40 PM  
SpeelChuck:
WTF? £8,888 each?

Only £8,888? Meh. Gotta be cheap workmanship. See my post above this one. $37,999 for one handbag, now we're starting to talk serious handbaggery.


Anyone who pays that much for a handbag deserves to be shot in the head. Crocodiles are grown dirt cheap, and the bags are assembled for a few dollars a piece in sweatshops in China. Of course, people have a right to spend on one bag what would take an entire lifetime for the people who make them to earn, but they also deserve the utter contempt of the rest of world, and a special place in hell, if it were to exist.

 
Cavemankiwi 2008-05-17 08:53:02 PM  
Alright I am going to start selling overpriced handbags now, seems the way to go. I think I will put name on them 'Paul Smith'. I think this could work.

 
Tainted1 2008-05-17 10:08:26 PM  
SpeckledJim: skrewewe: Doesnt anyone over there have a gun? Here in the USA we would have had 5 clips unloaded into the thief before he made it over the officer and down the street.

Mall Ninja, is that you?


My god, that was hilarious. Reminds me of a mall ninja Fark had a while ago named La270Hunter. He tried to pass himself of as a spec ops trooper belonging to some "secret un-named special forces unit". His knowledge of firearms and tactics was laughable even from an armchair general perspective, even more amusing when exposed by the occasional veteran military guy on fark. He was kinda like the Convincingsavants big brother or something. Good times.

 
i_was_never_here 2008-05-17 10:46:37 PM  
Gish21: Anyone who pays that much for a handbag deserves to be shot in the head beat to death with the aforementioned bag.

FTFY

 
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