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To want to wring the neck of

107 replies

Bloodyangry · 15/04/2008 18:07

the Easten European scrote who grabbed my sisters hand bag at Holburn station today.
But hayho we have to be nice to these vermin or we are called racist.
Sister now has to cancel all her cards change her locks and was stranded with no money, no cards and no oyster card as that we in the bag.

I hope the fuckwit that took the bag falls under a fucking train.

OP posts:
Febes · 15/04/2008 18:08

Harsh to the point of scary!!

WinkyWinkola · 15/04/2008 18:09

Did he steal the bag because he's Eastern European then? Born to steal that lot. It's in their DNA.

Kathyis6incheshigh · 15/04/2008 18:09

I don't think anyone is saying you have to be nice to Eastern European bagsnatchers

constancereader · 15/04/2008 18:10

Good god - I hope you realise that his race was irrelevant? You are called racist because you are being racist.

OverMyDeadBody · 15/04/2008 18:10

Nice.

I think where they came from is besides the point, there are plenty of home-grown 'vermin' who do this sort of thing too

MsPontipine · 15/04/2008 18:11

British scrotes steal hand bags too.

catzy · 15/04/2008 18:12

You poor sister. I feel for her. My friend had her bag snatched a while back and was very shacken up. Wasn't Eastern European though.

JeremyVile · 15/04/2008 18:14

Oh yes, I hear that 'Bag Nicking' is part of the national curriculum in , erm, Eastern Europe.

BTW, if you really dont think you are saying anything worthy of a bollocking, why have ou namechanged for what should be a fairly straightforward post about your sister having her bag nicked?

Chaotica · 15/04/2008 18:14

And you know he was eastern european? Was he wearing a cossack hat and singing in albanian?? (Not that his origins matter in the slightest...)

Twiglett · 15/04/2008 18:16

are you sure he was eastern european ... and not a bicycle rider? you can never trust bicycle riders you know ... EVIL BUNCH

Janni · 15/04/2008 18:16

Yes, real sympathies re. the snatched bag but I balk at the term 'vermin' applied to any particular race.

LynetteScavo · 15/04/2008 18:17

How did she know the bag snatcher was Eastern European?

JeremyVile · 15/04/2008 18:18

I should imagine, after pinching the bag, he went on to pinch the job of some hard working Brit.

Chequers · 15/04/2008 18:19

Message withdrawn

WallOfSilence · 15/04/2008 18:20

You racist.

How can she be sure it was an Eastern European who stole it?

British bag thieves are scum too, as are Scottish, Irish & all bag thieves.......

WallOfSilence · 15/04/2008 18:21

Ah shit Ignore my last post, I meant English not British... etc... am half asleep.

Coca · 15/04/2008 18:22

"vermin" is particularly unpleasant

SueBaroo · 15/04/2008 18:22

Did he identify himself as Eastern European as he nicked her bag? Perhaps gave a home address? This could all work in your favour, you know.

MoreSpamThanGlam · 15/04/2008 18:23

Probably thought that posh white middle class bird has got a few quid...wtf??

southeastastra · 15/04/2008 18:23

the tolerance on this site atm is unbelievable. such a supportive site .

maybe, just, he was an eastern european. it's only a descriptive term.

glucose · 15/04/2008 18:25

did he look swarthy?

girlfrommars · 15/04/2008 18:27

SEA, maybe it was descriptive, but she lost me at, "But hayho we have to be nice to these vermin or we are called racist."

CorrieDale · 15/04/2008 18:28

I think the reference to 'or we are called racist' takes the OP posting out of the descriptive term league, SEA.

SueBaroo · 15/04/2008 18:31

Oh please, 'only a descriptive term'. And if we'd replaced it with 'Indian' as a descriptive term, particularly with the following line about vermin, we'd all be just falling over ourselves to encourage the poor wee thing.

I'm sorry your sister's bag was nicked, it's horrid, it's happened to me. But the origins of her assailant are absolutely nothing to do with it.

Although I do hope no good comes to him from nicking it.

southeastastra · 15/04/2008 18:35

well i can't find one post since the op that is supportive to her. if someone nicked my bag i don't think i'd sit here and word it politically correctly is i was angry.

does it really take approx 20 posters saying the same thing?