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Old Jun 12th, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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Albanian pickpockets
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Old Jun 13th, 2007 | 01:48 AM
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If it's true, that pickpocket will dine out on it for years.
Still, it just shows that however many precautions you take, a really skilled operator can succeed if he really wants to.
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Old Jun 13th, 2007 | 02:01 AM
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It's not been unnoticed here that the other great Western hero for Albanians was Norman Wisdom.


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Old Jun 13th, 2007 | 03:21 AM
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They showed this on Dutch TV too, and also showed that he was wearing it again when he boarded his plane, so I think he really did just put it in his pocket.
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Old Jun 13th, 2007 | 03:36 AM
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He took it off so it wouldn't be taken by Albanian pickpockets

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Old Jun 13th, 2007 | 03:41 AM
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I somehow cannot imagine George knowing about Albania much less that it might have pickpockets.

What he probably should have done is take a bunch of cheap Timex watches and every time one got stolen he could put another one on.
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Old Jun 13th, 2007 | 03:44 AM
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Maybe that's exactly what he did! He could have had on a Secret Service Agent's watch when getting on the plane.
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Are we sure that...

oh no, let's not go there.
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