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Fess up! I liberated a root beer mug from the A&W in Delaware, Ohio in 1963! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 OP
I peed on the commodore's carpet EYESORE 9001 Aug 2023 #1
Dude! That rug really tied the room together! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #2
You beat me to it! Glamrock Aug 2023 #3
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #17
The first time I saw The Big Lebowski EYESORE 9001 Aug 2023 #5
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #18
And I got a pair of A&W mugs circa 1988 Glamrock Aug 2023 #4
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #19
I tried to steal "Steal This Book" at the U of Akron bookstore. They had someone just watching ... marble falls Aug 2023 #6
Abby Hoffman's book, no? "But officer, I had the author's written permission". RussellCattle Aug 2023 #12
One of Abby Hoffman's several good books. It wasn't an officer, but an older (25?) semi hip grad ... marble falls Aug 2023 #16
🥵 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #20
I actually succeeded justaprogressive Aug 2023 #41
I'd read it in high school. I thought both Jerry Rubin and Abby Hoffman were both on the times ... marble falls Aug 2023 #45
I tossed the dead fish behind the corner shelves in the school library..... lastlib Aug 2023 #7
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #21
I think they sold them in later years...? hlthe2b Aug 2023 #8
🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #23
I stole a food tray from Penn State dorm cafeteria circa 1974. Used it for sled riding. debm55 Aug 2023 #9
😳 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #24
I stole a box of tampax in 1976 from a convenience store at midnight jmbar2 Aug 2023 #10
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #25
I stole the instruction book for my ice cream maker in 1980. Mine didn't come sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #11
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #26
Ashtray from the Condor Club in SF 1970. Sneederbunk Aug 2023 #13
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #27
i SPIT on HenryVIII'S headstone IN 2001 because..... I. CAN'T STAND HIM. Trueblue1968 Aug 2023 #14
🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #28
and i took some pieces of Hampton Court home with me. Trueblue1968 Aug 2023 #49
stole a metal wastebasket from this old hotel/now senior appartments Kali Aug 2023 #15
😱 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #29
10 years ago I ripped the label off my mattress Major Nikon Aug 2023 #22
🫣 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #30
I stole a heavy brass key fob from Netherland Hilton in Cinncinnati, OH, 1972 Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 #31
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #32
I stole change from my ex husband's coin collection. wnylib Aug 2023 #33
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #34
A 200 Pill Bottle Of Aspirin ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #35
A likely explanation! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #36
Best I Could Come Up With! ProfessorGAC Aug 2023 #37
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #39
Empty classroom in 3rd or 4th gade. lifted box of pencils from teachers desk. Prairie_Seagull Aug 2023 #38
They always know! 😬 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #40
Yes we do. Former teacher of 42 years, We also have eyes in the back of our heads so we can see who debm55 Aug 2023 #43
😱 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #50
We always know, Prairie. debm55 Aug 2023 #44
Did you ever liberate a candy bar???? debm55 Aug 2023 #42
Snickers! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #51
Mine was a Milky Way. debm55 Aug 2023 #54
I have an adorable little blue bowl with fish on it Unwind Your Mind Aug 2023 #46
That's how we got our Sweet and Low. debm55 Aug 2023 #47
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #52
When I Was In RobinA Aug 2023 #48
😏 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #53
I got a mug from a local joint just the other day AKwannabe Aug 2023 #55
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #58
I kept up a very bad habit of liberating pencils from the balance room in a lab where I worked. NNadir Aug 2023 #56
We had pens from our bank. debm55 Aug 2023 #57
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author Conjuay Aug 2023 #60
Against my better judgement, and influenced by my college roommate (and beer), I... LudwigPastorius Aug 2023 #61
😨 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #62
I have a 1967 Steak-n-Shake coffee cup. Emile Aug 2023 #63
🤫 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #65
I strung toilet paper smeared with peanut butter across a main access road to our neighborhood. retread Aug 2023 #64
😱 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2023 #66

EYESORE 9001

(29,458 posts)
1. I peed on the commodore's carpet
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 08:35 PM
Aug 2023

It’s a long story that ends up with me taking a drunken piss in the Squadron Commander’s office in the middle of the night, just before my enlistment was up.

Glamrock

(12,003 posts)
4. And I got a pair of A&W mugs circa 1988
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 08:48 PM
Aug 2023

I’m not saying I lifted em….but I lifted em! 🤣

marble falls

(71,104 posts)
6. I tried to steal "Steal This Book" at the U of Akron bookstore. They had someone just watching ...
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 08:56 PM
Aug 2023

... this bookcase, I never stood a chance. They let me walk.

marble falls

(71,104 posts)
16. One of Abby Hoffman's several good books. It wasn't an officer, but an older (25?) semi hip grad ...
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 06:38 AM
Aug 2023

... student who was tired of and bored with all we freshman revolutionaries that he caught one or two a day for less than five bucks an hour.

justaprogressive

(6,300 posts)
41. I actually succeeded
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 12:21 PM
Aug 2023

in stealing a copy of "Steal this Book" a wonderful read, still have a copy

jus' sayin'

marble falls

(71,104 posts)
45. I'd read it in high school. I thought both Jerry Rubin and Abby Hoffman were both on the times ...
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 01:48 PM
Aug 2023

... I think I decided to grab Steal This Book on a buzzed whim, to give to someone.

lastlib

(27,551 posts)
7. I tossed the dead fish behind the corner shelves in the school library.....
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 09:04 PM
Aug 2023

It couldn't be removed without removing one of the shelves, which took three days. They were weeks getting the smell out of the place, especially the carpet.

My bad........

jmbar2

(7,636 posts)
10. I stole a box of tampax in 1976 from a convenience store at midnight
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 09:11 PM
Aug 2023

Because it was full of frat boys buying beer before the deadline.

sinkingfeeling

(57,229 posts)
11. I stole the instruction book for my ice cream maker in 1980. Mine didn't come
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 09:32 PM
Aug 2023

with one, so I took one from another box.

Major Nikon

(36,925 posts)
22. 10 years ago I ripped the label off my mattress
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 07:05 AM
Aug 2023

I never slept soundly after that. Learn from my mistake. It just isn’t worth it.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
31. I stole a heavy brass key fob from Netherland Hilton in Cinncinnati, OH, 1972
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 08:07 AM
Aug 2023

It's not my fault! What were they thinking, sending a bunch of high school teens to such a place?!? (Wonder if they ever got the Seagram's 7 out of the carpet).

I know they're still out there, looking for me. They have their own covert security forces, y'know.

wnylib

(25,355 posts)
33. I stole change from my ex husband's coin collection.
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 09:01 AM
Aug 2023

None of them were rare or valuable, just had older dates from when he had a paper route as a child.

He was abusive and controlled every penny, so I sneaked the change from the glass jar where he kept his "old" coins in order to buy milk, soup, etc.

After I left him, I sold my engagement and wedding rings, despite his order to keep them forever. They helped to pay my divorce lawyer.

ProfessorGAC

(75,852 posts)
35. A 200 Pill Bottle Of Aspirin
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 11:57 AM
Aug 2023

From a Walmart about 20 years ago. I missed it taking stuff out of the cart when checking out.
Got all the way to the car & found it under the big bag of dog food.
I was too lazy to walk all the way back in to return it.

Prairie_Seagull

(4,598 posts)
38. Empty classroom in 3rd or 4th gade. lifted box of pencils from teachers desk.
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 12:11 PM
Aug 2023

I am convinced she knew but said nothing. Strange I feel the guilt to this day. Did she know something?

debm55

(55,773 posts)
43. Yes we do. Former teacher of 42 years, We also have eyes in the back of our heads so we can see who
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 12:59 PM
Aug 2023

is shooting spitballs.

Unwind Your Mind

(2,322 posts)
46. I have an adorable little blue bowl with fish on it
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 01:51 PM
Aug 2023

From Red Lobster

It would be long broken by now if I didn’t rescue it, right?

RobinA

(10,471 posts)
48. When I Was In
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 02:51 PM
Aug 2023

1st or 2nd grade my friend had a pin that was in the shape of a bird. It had little green rhinestone eyes. The bird's head was white and it had a little nick in the paint. To me that meant that the bird wasn't getting good care, so I stole the pin so it could come live with someone who loved and would care for it. I think I still have it in a drawer somewhere, I'm 65.

PS - No, I'm not psychotic. I knew it wasn't a real bird.

NNadir

(37,303 posts)
56. I kept up a very bad habit of liberating pencils from the balance room in a lab where I worked.
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 04:17 PM
Aug 2023

Looking back on it, their shouldn't be pencils in the lab, so perhaps it was a justifiable crime.

The pencils showed up in my home, eventually there was quite a number of them around my apartment, all with nice green stickers on them that said "balance."

One day I came into the lab early, and balanced all the balance pencils on the clamps in my boss's hood. Eventually, though not immediately, he was amused.

Response to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

LudwigPastorius

(14,174 posts)
61. Against my better judgement, and influenced by my college roommate (and beer), I...
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 10:20 PM
Aug 2023

was an accessory to breaking and entering the administration building, where we toured the bell tower and returned to the dorm with some stylish traffic signs. It goes without saying that this was before there were cameras everywhere.

retread

(3,889 posts)
64. I strung toilet paper smeared with peanut butter across a main access road to our neighborhood.
Thu Aug 24, 2023, 10:13 AM
Aug 2023
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