Gingerbread Man on 27/2/2006 at 06:37
Quote Posted by Havvoc
...it's the crazies that use them. I keep a knife on me at all times because I'm paranoid (and hopeful) that someone will attack me.
Alrighty then.
Scots Taffer on 27/2/2006 at 06:44
Quote Posted by Havvoc
it's the crazies that use them. I keep a knife on me at all times
because I'm paranoid (and hopeful) that someone will attack me.
Are those knives made of irony or steel?
aguywhoplaysthief on 27/2/2006 at 07:29
...but that would have been so much edgier if you didn't misspell "of", and therefore require a double reading that sucked away all the magic. :(
DarkViper on 27/2/2006 at 07:43
I would suspect that the 'average' person just flying through the sentence and not reading it word by word would not notice the misspelling. I am pretty big on spelling/grammar [usually] and it didn't bother me the first go 'round, well, not until I left the page open for a few minutes and it stood out like a SORE THUMB!!!
ememberr het holew ritingw ithw het irstf nda astl ettersl witcheds? erm, I think that's how it goes..
SubJeff on 27/2/2006 at 08:42
If he had a knife then running was the best plan. I lived in London for 7 years and the only times someone made any agressive moves towards me I just stared silently and stood my ground. Muggers are mostly cowards and if this guy had no knife (and it was indeed a phone) then turning to face him might well have have put him off, which would only be a good idea if you had no choice. Always run from a knife though.
It's a real shame that you had to experience this so soon after arriving. I do think that the DLR stations are slightly less manned than the UG stations.
Headphones on 27/2/2006 at 08:44
You totally walk around differently when you're new in a big city too I reckon.
I mean, when you're new you probably look new, if you know what I mean. Unsure of yourself. Muggers love that.
Give it a month and your body language will be completely different and muggers won't touch you.
Hesche on 27/2/2006 at 09:36
Yeah man, that´s the big drawback of college education: you just look too intellectual and like easy prey. Unless you are the captain of the football team.
Best advice I can give: stop thinking about it. It only makes you bitter. You start to despise yourself for not being courageous enough, you start hating chavs, foreigners or whatever category this guy fits in...
You are alive and got out of that situation without a scratch. Well done. :thumb:
jay pettitt on 27/2/2006 at 10:03
Quote Posted by Phydeaux
Your story just goes to show that for all the namby-pamby idiotic legislation in UK about banning anything that could ever be considered dangerous (there's people who are lobbying to ban pointy kitchen knives), none of it does the slightest fucking bit of good to stop crime.
No. But then, the namby-pamby idiotic legislation in UKland isn't designed to stop crime. The namby-pamby idiotic legislation is designed to make policing and judiciary easier. Which they do. Phew. Noticing that all the namby-pamby idiotic laws in the US don't stop crime either. Who'd have thunk? BAN CRIME NOW!
OnionBob on 27/2/2006 at 10:06
I travel from West to East London every day and back (on the tube) and haven't encountered anything yet (since sept) but sounds like you handled it well dude :sly:
Headphones on 27/2/2006 at 10:13
i think the longer i live in london the more often i only use public transport when im drnk
you wont get mugged and sometimes you see ghosts!
drunk at work : D
AND IM A PARAMEDIC
