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I was walking to the shops and saw these two old ladies stealing someone's garden plant from in front of someone's letterbox, roots and all, then they walked off with it. I was kind of shocked, so I said "Did you just steal that person's plant? That's not very nice is it?" but they didn't reply. I don't think they understood English. I was thinking about going up to the person's front door to tell them two old ladies had just stolen their plant, but then I thought they might say "So? I don't care" and I'd feel stink.

Anyone else seen apparently sweet old people nicking stuff? I thought it was pretty rude!
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I once saw an old lady (probably in her 80's) steal a blender from a department store in London. I was that amazed I just let her go about her business.
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an old lady in London once flashed me through a pub window in Bayswater

life has never been the same since
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Im not suprised to hear this. Theres been articles in the paper recently about the "stoned grandparent" phenomenon. Apparently theres heaps of flower power children from the 60's still puffing away and hitting the LSD. ...wait heres the article


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10776213

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They include 60-plus grandmothers spaced out on LSD and 70-year-olds in court for dealing dope: Germany is struggling to cope with a rapid increase in "pensioner hippies" who are still hooked on drugs nearly half a century after the end of the "flower power" era.

The "stoned grandparent" phenomenon has begun to alarm legal and welfare authorities in the country's most populous state, North Rhine Westphalia, where the number of pensioners convicted of drug offences has almost doubled over the past decade to about 120 a year.

Gaby Schnell, of the regional senior citizens' association, told Der Spiegel magazine, "Older people are increasingly turning to illegal drugs. This is a new development which has only surfaced over the past few years."

Most cases have involved pension-age hippies convicted of drug-related offences.


LSD right. Pretty heavy for old folks. What you saw could of been a couple of them thinking they were saving that plants life or something

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For a second it looked like you were about to go down the path of associating pot smoking with crime.
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old people these days Rolling Eyes
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davil said:
old people these days Rolling Eyes

lol, if you say 'these days' then you're already getting close to being one.
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peat you just did that old person thing of accidentally dissecting the joke.
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Old people stealing is definitely a scene, anyone who has ever worked at a supermarket will tell you that..

Its an interesting combo of a low fixed-income, loss of marbles, a cheap thrill, as well as taking advantage of peoples naivety. Those in the know though, definitely know it happens.

Confronting a pensioner who has shoplifted $4 worth of soap is an interesting ethical conundrum. The recent story in the UK about an old lady busted by hidden camera stealing the flowers from the grave of a child every week for two years, is the other end of the spectrum.

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Smiley said:
peat you just did that old person thing of accidentally dissecting the joke.


Laughing
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I'll be smoking dope next!
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http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57705000/jpg/_57705580_013633743-1.jpg

old dj's too!
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omg old people

just die... quietly please

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Smiley said:
peat you just did that old person thing of accidentally dissecting the joke.



Laughing Laughing
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if both me and QT leave there'll be no one left.
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Are you calling me fat?
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no
how did i do that?
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QTRARO said:
Are you calling me fat?


Laughing whut?

Good on the old folks still cracking into the drugs imo...fuck all else to keep life interesting at that stage...reckon I'll take up heroin when I retire
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wondering if it might be one of those jokes I didnt get
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Either a joke (which made me lol) or she's even crazier than I've been lead to believe Razz
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QTRARO said:
Are you calling me fat?


wtf Laughing
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I think he was calling you phat actually.
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haha nah I'm totes serious.

Actual not you eggs
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errr that was supposed to be "small" font.

god sakes. Laughing
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Who's an egg now au?!
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are you implying that the egg is me?
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Not directly....Cute old people must be like meh what are you gonna do Im old and can get away with it LOL. Im gonna get the worst elderly person its gonna be great....you can drive slow piss people off, go toddle around the shops with your mates, and get sweet discounts on things....
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Brain function declines from 45
http://bbc.in/zzCQGj
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The old guys I used to drink with at my local in Bethnal Green would steal pretty much anything... Bog roll, cutlery, one guy showed up with a skateboard he'd pinched from outside someone's house just because it was there. I remember one kid getting knocked the fuck out in a fight and a couple of the old timers helping him up, pickpocketing his wallet and phone in the process. One of them asked to borrow £5 until the following day, and never came back tot he pub again. He abandoned his local pub of 20 years for the the sake of 5 fucking quid.
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That's pretty much how everyone is in Bethnal Green; I wouldn't limit to old people.