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Apr 19, 2019
4:47:11pm

mort Playmaker

I warned her about that, but these people were good!

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mort

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Last login: Dec 28, 2021
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So my wife went to Paris on Sunday with my buddies wife for a girls week. On

mort

4/19/19 4:31pm

That's terrible, that's a lot of cash on hand.

4/19/19 4:35pm

I got an email from my spouse asking me to wire a $1000...strange, they were nex

jamesjessestrang

4/19/19 9:54pm

Eurotrash, that stinks.

pegushin

4/19/19 4:35pm

Exactly.

mort

4/19/19 4:36pm

Paris is known for pickpockets. You gotta watch out for them. I'm sorry for your

trom2foot3

4/19/19 4:39pm

I warned her about that, but these people were good!

mort

4/19/19 4:47pm

Well yeah. They are professionals

TNT

4/19/19 4:47pm

Hey, I’m a professional and I suck at my job.

4/19/19 4:54pm

Well you post on a message board all day

TNT

4/19/19 4:56pm

I missed this earlier! That's funny.

mort

4/19/19 5:46pm

I’m sorry to hear that...but you are wrong about one thing

byuguns55

4/19/19 4:45pm

LOL!

mort

4/19/19 4:46pm

assuming that one time is at least 6 months long

byujag

4/19/19 5:29pm

Nope

byuguns55

4/19/19 7:19pm

That is a common Gypsy ploy all over Europe, and our neighbors fell victim

4/19/19 4:47pm

They basically mugged my wife. She didn't stop for anything. She said they

mort

4/19/19 4:50pm

It totally is, they travel in packs.

4/19/19 4:52pm

Yeah that sucks. They usually aren’t as bold in Western Europe, but

4/19/19 4:55pm

Did they look like this?

AZ Coug

4/19/19 6:40pm

When the “gypped” usage drama was going on here

4/19/19 4:50pm

Yeah, my wife’s family has some old Bohemian gypsy blood that they

4/19/19 5:08pm

Ha!

mort

4/19/19 5:32pm

Gypsies really are the worst.

4/19/19 5:46pm

I did get stopped in London a couple of years ago by an older Gypsy

mort

4/19/19 5:02pm

i unknowingly rented 2 apartments to gypsies and tbey just quit paying rent for

Iman23

4/19/19 6:17pm

I read “petition” and knew the end of the story.

4/19/19 4:49pm

I am in Europe at least eight times a year and never heard the petition

mort

4/19/19 4:51pm

Totally saw it multiple times in mid 2000s

4/19/19 4:53pm

In Berlin they were always pretending to be deaf

4/19/19 4:58pm

Was in Paris about 3 weeks ago and saw it

jes2332

4/19/19 7:07pm

Where in Europe? If big cities, then you are just keeping your head down and

byuguns55

4/19/19 7:21pm

Classic ploy. Large distraction while someone takes your stuff. Lessons here:

Medute

4/19/19 5:10pm

Agree! My wife is 5'2" and very pretty and her friend is also attractive. They

mort

4/19/19 5:36pm

Pics?

4/19/19 5:51pm

Anyone else go to Stupidity Briefings where they don't tell us this stuff?

spoxjox

4/19/19 7:14pm

Have to be careful in central London, too.

4/19/19 5:15pm

I got my pocket picked in Paris

sanitarium

4/19/19 5:15pm

Two years ago I flew into Amsterdam and went to check into a four

mort

4/19/19 5:43pm

I haven’t had my wallet in my back pocket since before my first trip to France

LaserCoug

4/19/19 5:46pm

Trip to Paris for "Girls week?" Sheesh, I hope my wife doesn't read this. She's

777

4/19/19 5:36pm

LOL!

mort

4/19/19 5:43pm

So nobody messes with me around the world. I wear exotic cowboy boots and black

mort

4/19/19 5:52pm

This is why we have fanny packs.

mobomanjoe

4/19/19 5:56pm

I was also pickpocketed the last time I was in Paris, a couple of years ago. My

chilango

4/19/19 7:08pm

I don't donate to pick pockets.

CougarThug

4/19/19 7:15pm

John Haddow?

4/19/19 7:28pm

I have traveled quite a bit in europe. Paris is the worst for this. Ruins

runnincoug

4/20/19 1:22am

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