Digital Nightfall on 30/11/2007 at 02:23
While it seems that the thread starter intended for some type of FM relevance to this conversation, that was a long time ago... and if people want to continue to read/post in it, I think it's more fitting in Thief General.
Holy Thief on 30/11/2007 at 14:04
There was in fact a Tom Garrett who was a highwayman and house breaker.
The History of Highwaymen, Footpads, Shoplifters and Cheats of both sexes by Captain Alexander Smith.
The inscrutable po on 5/12/2007 at 19:06
I would have used a noise arrow.
Quote:
BERLIN (Reuters) - A thief in Germany used a flower pot to steal a 150,000 euro ($221,000) Porsche.
Reversing out of his open garage, the car's owner heard a scraping noise and got out to investigate, police in the western city of Bonn said Tuesday.
As the 56-year-old was bending down to remove a flower pot jammed against a tire, a man pushed him aside, leaped behind the wheel and drove off in his grey Porsche 997 Turbo.
"All the shocked man could do was jump to one side to avoid being run over," police said.
Probably shouting, "I'm gonna make a pin cushion out of you, taffer!" in German of course.
DarkMax on 16/4/2010 at 08:09
Quote Posted by Lightningline
Other famous thieves include:Juan Peron
Can you tell me in which sense are you calling him a Thief?
theBlackman on 16/4/2010 at 09:04
Quote Posted by DarkMax
Can you tell me in which sense are you calling him a Thief?
Maybe because he raped the <s>Venezuelan</s> treasury, (JAH is right, my feeble brain skipped a country ARGENTINA is the place) much as most dictators are found to have done.
And, getting back to the topic, how do Maria Callas, and some of these others qualify as thieves. Acting a part in a play, opera, or movie, does not qualify any of them for the title of thief.
If road robbers (highwaymen) are considered, then "Black Bart" of early California history qualifies. John Dillinger for bank robbery, but not thievery as defined. As it turns out 2/3 of the personages mentioned, are holdupmen/women or robbers, not thieves. This includes my mention of Willy Sutton earlier.
The literary mentions are also imaginary, so they also don't qualify. Arsene Lupin, Raffles, Professor Moriarty, and The Saint as well as other characters in novels and plays fill the imagination but not the definition.
Jah on 16/4/2010 at 09:23
Quote Posted by theBlackman
Maybe because he raped the Venezuelan treasury
Or the Argentinian treasury, perhaps?
theBlackman on 16/4/2010 at 09:44
Quote Posted by Jah
Or the Argentinian treasury, perhaps?
You got me. :thumb: See correction above. :o I was just on my way back to correct that and you beat me to the punch. :)
DarkMax on 16/4/2010 at 14:24
Quote Posted by theBlackman
as most dictators are found to have done.
Are you saying Perón was a dictator? if yes, sorry, he was not a dictator, and being an argentinian myself, i admit that he was a "Thief" in some sense, but he was not a dictator, nor made people dissapear, i hope it is clear.
Hey, and sorry for leaving the Topic of the thread, but i don't like the brain washing...
