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hairyasswelder:
note to self : dont annoy barmie brummie  :wink:


Had similar in Salford many years ago, we were visiting a mate there and coming back from the pub (4 of us 18-19) slightly wobbly  :wink: a young lad came from nowhere shouting 'give me your money or I'll stab you'
Well he was about 12 and the knife was about 2" long  :lol:
He was told less than politely to go away before he got hurt, then he left, crying  :roll:  :roll:

datalas:
Lets see,  I was walking back home from Uni with a friend of mine called Mark,  we were approached by a large group of people who asked us for the contents of our pockets,  it was suggested that they just go away,  at which point they threw me to the floor and proceeded to kick the [something] out of me whilst Mark had a gun pointed in his face.

Mark, being the brighter sort of individual handed them his wallet and they ran off (complete with the 36p it contained)

We spent the rest of the evening being escorted round in an armoured police van seeing if we could find them...

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "barmiebrumie" ---Had something similar happen a few years ago, coming out of the Cinema two lads (16-18) said give us you chains at which I told thenm to **** **f one lifted his clenched fist so I hit him clean on the jaw & knocked him out  :lol: then his mate put his hands up & said I don't want any trouble mister  :twisted: so he got it as well  :cry: ,
--- End quote ---

Love it!  This sort of thing does brighten up my day...  :D

Jake:
Sounds like some of you have done alright and others not so  :shock:
I have only once been close to being mugged.
I was 14 and on my BMX with a couple of mates on skateboards in a skatepark in Kennington, South London (Near Brixton)
There was a couple of guys hangin around but we payed them no heed.
When we left on our way back to Elephant & Castle station they stopped us and asked for our money and bike/skateboards (we didn't have mobiles in those days  :wink: )
My mate hit one of them with his skateboard and we legged it.
We ran down the stairs (carrying a bike btw) into Elephant & Castle tube station and onto the platform.
They caught us up and produced a knife.
As you can imagine at 14 we were quite scarred at this point.
Then the tube train pulled in and we jumped on, so did they, so we jumped back off again
We managed to get the guards attention and he shut the doors and trapped them on the train.
Off they went and we ran back upstairs, got in a taxi to Waterloo train station and jumped straight on the first train home (still shaking)
I always went out skating or riding in London in groups of 5 after that  :wink:
 :)

Disco Matt:
The original post sounds like a couple of chancers hoping to intimidate, who were scared off when their intended victim stood up to them. The problem is, how do you tell them from the ones who'll pull a gun? I'm glad I've never been in that situation because I just somehow know I wouldn't give in easily and there seem to be increasing numbers of people who are quite happy to stab or shoot.

Deliberately carrying a weapon is asking for trouble and could look very bad if the case later went to court. Also worth bearing in mind: would you be willing to use that weapon on another person? If you couldn't (and most of us couldn't) then the attacker is very likely to take it from you and use it against you. By far the better bet is to talk your way out. One trick I've read about is to have a "dummy" wallet which is in reality stuffed with fake cards and strips of newspaper - you can hand that over, then fall about laughing after they run off!

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