Posted on 01/23/2008 5:49:12 AM PST by Stoat
Little person ... a dwarf
A GANG of crooks is robbing long-distance coaches by smuggling dwarves into their holds inside sports bags.
Once inside the buses the tiny thieves slip out from their hiding place to rifle through the belongings of travellers above them.
They then take their loot back to their hiding place and wait to be collected by another gang member when the coach reaches its destination.
The gang has stolen thousands of pounds in cash, gems and other valuables over the past several months.
Swebus, which operates coach services across Sweden, confirmed the losses.
“We think it is a short, young person, dwarves or perhaps children,” said Ingvar Ryggasjo, sales manager for Swebus.
“We are taking extra security measures and are thinking of installing video surveillance cameras.”
He said on one occasion a light-fingered little person was smuggled aboard a bus in a hockey bag.
One woman reported seeing two men squeezing the large, heavy bag into the luggage space under the bus. After arriving she found a camera, purse and other items missing.
Police are quizzing “people of limited stature” with criminal records, according to a spokesman in Stockholm.
The spelling?
FOUND HIM!
Daschle is really taking unemployment hard.
SOUNDS LIKE PROFILING TO ME.........ALERT THE ACLU!
No big deal — it’s only petite larceny...
Ouch! Still, not a bad idea.
If all those shows on the Discovery Channel are right, a midget is someone with a pituitary problem who is basically just really small. It can now be corrected in childhood with growth hormones and actual midgets today are rare.
Dwarfism is a medical condition that cannot be corrected and there are many types of dwarfism.
That's horrible!
What is the differnce between a dwarf pickpocket and Rosie Ruiz?
Well, one is a cunning runt......
I think they're onto us Yen.
“people of limited stature”
Not to be confused with people of unlimited stature.
I have a old pair of socks that would put a end to this!
Uffda! Swedish dwarves gone wild! Where is Ingmar Bergman when we need him?
They suspect these are trial runs to perfect a plot to steal the King's secret Yule stollen recipe.
That one isn't mine.
Mine isn't as well dressed and he's also locked up all the time.
Unless out for exercise, when he's leashed.
Someone who is 18" tall, has no arms and a hat made out of an inverted sno-cone holder is not someone whom you want to turn your back on.
I guess I need some coffee. I first read that as "cock roach reaches its destination".. LOL
Upon reflection, I would wish to politely suggest that your interpretation is quite valid, when you consider what was actually going on. It's all grand fun to laugh and make fun of miscreant dwarves, but they were stealing people's valuable possessions and in my view that makes them no better than cockroaches. Hopefully they will all be caught and placed in tiny little jails and fed only tiny sandwiches made with green bologna.
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