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@Snarble
Some time ago I Went swimming and locked my coyote outside pool-forgot key. 5 hrs later Snarble instigated late night stealth mission to reclaim bike. Blunt hacksaw blade led to quite some minutes in sawing motion, whilst engaged I noticed down road some lads on mobiles. Microseconds later blue lights, stomping feet and poor young snarbs encircled by 3 giant plods. Questions, questions! Is this your bike? This isn't your bike is it?-mew mew it is, it is!! Whats does the tiny writing say on the forks? Things started to get serious, talk of criminal records, bike being impounded (it had cost me £20 from a charity shop). They tried calling my flatmate, which is what saved me in the end. Luckily she returned, but didn't really appreciate the gravity of the situation. A fact which a very stentorian copper reminded her of, but between stifled titters she confirmed snarbles angelic innocence.
The ticket was that they ended up sawing through the lock for me (hacksaw blade was kept due to it being a dangerous weapon) and I couldn't help but raise the issue, that if I was thief they had just saved me a good deal of work. Black, cloudy looks directed at me as I ventured forth this leetle cheeky bon mot of conversation, I tried a cheeky smile, instantly regretting the opening of my mouf.