Who on earth would carry a Faberge egg in their handbag?

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And a £2m watch in a pub in Central London?! I’m sure someone will come on here and tell me I’m victim blaming but wtf was she thinking?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/25/faberge-egg-stolen-london-soho-pub

Or it’s all a scam to claim on the insurance!

When I was in retail we had to take the cash from the till down to the bank. If I’d been mugged on the way that would’ve been bad luck, but if I’d been mugged in the pub I probably would’ve been sacked. No way would I want my photo on the news article, now everyone knows I’m a bit careless and might be worth pickpocketing!

I don't know how many people are still old enough to remember a joke from The Simpsons, the episode where Lisa befriends the jazz musician Bleeding Gums Murphy. He was telling her his life story and it included a bit where he couldn't cope with his success and "developed an expensive hobby that nearly killed him". The cut scene then showed him lying in an alley covered with Faberge Eggs.

Since then I can never listen to someone talk about Faberge with a straight face. Even reading the headline of this article had me giggling.

Didn’t someone recently store one in their bum?

I wish I could relate to having a work Faberge egg.

I work in an FE college and have to buy my own sellotape 😅

It's not that unsusual in London, People have started living in Faberge eggs in London now, as property and rental prices are so high it just makes sense to carry one around as a mobile home nowdays.

That's exactly what it is. 😀

An art dealer or someone suspect

I was thinking nestled in the cleavage

(where my phone lives)

Is a Faberge Egg a euphemism for something you get in Ann Summers ?

Oh come on, the fact people aren’t responsible for crimes committed against them doesn’t mean people shouldn’t make any effort to keep themselves and their possessions safe. There’s a reason why most people lock their front doors and don’t leave their wallets or phones sticking out their back pockets on public transport, it’s common bloody sense.

A whole new meaning to "go to work on an egg" !😄

🙌🏻 this is Fab-erge-lous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Like everyone just pops their Fabergé egg into their bag and goes to the pub.

Hmmm, not sure I believe it really, sounds like a con.

Are you Eccentrica Galumbits, the triple breasted whore of Eroticon Six ?

This is why I dont own a birkin or similar...because Id risk my life trying not to get it nicked.

Honestly I'm riveted by this, it's absolute life goals to have a Faberge egg in your handbag imo 😅
I wonder if it was someone a little eccentric and absent minded?
I hope one day it's returned to its owner!

Who doesn't? 🤣🤣🤣

Makes the contents of my handbag seem quite normal now.

I doubt very much whether this, or any other common or garden pick pocket, knew that this was a faberge egg! In fact, I'd be amazed if he knew.

What they ususally do I guess is take stuff into a pawn shop but that would have rung huge alarm bells and the proprietor would have had to call the police. But he didn't take it to a pawn shop. Another reason I believe it's somehow an inside job.

And how was he caught? The plot thickens.

I think if I had a Fabergé egg I'd be tempted to bring it everywhere with me. But I might sew it into the hem of my clothes a la the Russian nobility. Though it could too bulky for that. A conversation starter for sure though.

I feel nervous walking around if I get £300 from the cash point.

Its an Insurance claim Job.

It is so obvious

Possibly, still careless though (to use no stronger term).

I thought the title said “Farage egg”!

I’ve clearly taken far too many opiates this morning!!! 🤪

Not victim blaming at all just pointing out how irresponsible she was taking something of such value to the pub & not having her bag in her sight at all times.