Dealing with bike thieves...

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  • Having read on here the stories about bike being nicked, I thought I'd share a story of what happened to my mum's partner...

    My mum's a bit of an ageing hippy (I'm 37) and about 15 years ago she backpacked around the world. On her travels she met a bloke from Nepal (about 5' 3" and built like a brick shithouse) and to cut a long story short, came back to the UK with him (yes they are still together!). Obviously he can't drive in the UK, so my mum buys him a cheap mountain bike, which is his pride and joy. One day he cycles to work and pops into a newsagents to buy some fags, leans his bike against window and the next moment sees it vanishing down the road. Well what do you do? He's Nepalese and his understanding of UK law is a bit rusty... So he does what every law abiding citizen would do, he tries to flag down a passing car. As you can imagine everyone ignores him, but a car does eventually stop and without asking he gets in and tells the driver in broken English his bikes been nicked. The startled driver agrees to go down the road and eventually the bike is spotted turning into a local estate. By the time they get there, the bike has disappeared, so my mums boyfriend gets out of the car and runs down an alley... Just at the moment he gets to the end of the alley the nicked bike with rider turns the corner and cycles past my mums boyfriend. At this moment bike and rider are suddenly parted. Thief has a sudden moment of enlightenment at which point he says "sorry mate", following which he gets a quick kick to the face described as "nose go crack and much blood". Owner and bike reunited...

  • that's the spirit!

  • Simple animal justice !

    Excellent !

    I want a Nepalese dad !

  • justice served, a great story! :D

  • haha, got what he deserved!

  • I want a Nepalese dad !

    er..I think it's about time you were told the truth about Daddy..

  • er..I think it's about time you were told the truth about Daddy..

    That's 'uncle' Tony ! Where did you get the picture !!

  • Simple animal justice !

    Excellent !

    I want a Nepalese dad !

    Wasnt it only yesterday you wanted a bespoke frame builder daddy?

  • Wasnt it only yesterday you wanted a bespoke frame builder daddy?

    Not fussy.

  • Was he once a Gurka by any chance?

  • "Was he once a Gurka by any chance?"

    No, but he does know some Gurkha's! He's actually a Sherpa...

  • fuckin nails ,them geezers.

    spec.

  • Haha, WAC. Love the way he is squirming around on the floor like he has been properly shot!

  • that is quite awesome, if very reckless. did he get pepper sprayed at the end?

  • so wish I had the balls to do that

  • when my bike gets nicked I think I might grow a pair

  • There's lots of Nepalese dads round my way, and my bikes never been nicked. Now I know why.

  • Your mum's not Joanna Lumley by any chance?

  • "Was he once a Gurka by any chance?"

    No, but he does know some Gurkha's! He's actually a Sherpa...

    Are they the only two jobs in Nepal?

  • Two more than there are in the UK given the state of the economy.

    Will ask my mum to visit Kathmandu job centre+ the next time she visits Nepal.

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