Oooh these handcuffs chafe

@p1kef1sh (45681)
April 23, 2008 3:22am CST
Confession is good for the soul allegedly. I am going to make a confession. I am or was a thief. Admittedly it was 40 or so years ago and it didn't make the newspapers, but one afternoon the attraction of a packet of Callard & Bowsers' Butterscotch Toffee caught my eye and I sneaked it into my coat. Unfortunately I got caught. There and then I decided that a life of crime was not for me. So confess all my children. Have you ever stolen? Did you get caught?
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@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
23 Apr 08
yes i was a theif as well p1ke.it was about 100 years ago (it feels like it)when i was about 6 years old and i stole a packet of musk life savers.i was caught red handed.it gave me such a shock that i never stole another thing in my life.cheers sue
@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
Come and share the Sin Bin with me Sue. Goodie will keep an eye on us. Make sure that we don't get into any more trouble!
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@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
23 Apr 08
oh goodie wet noodles,i suppose its worth it to go to new zealand with you and p1ke
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
23 Apr 08
I think most of us at one time or another took something that didn't belong to us or something without paying for it. I know i have many times for different reasons when i was a child. but as i tell my children, when you know better you do better. Thank you Lord i know better now
@34momma (13882)
• United States
23 Apr 08
wait a minute!!!!!!!! wait one damn minute!!! is that you in the bra???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Now way!! is that really you in the bra????
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
Thank you Momma. I knew better. I just wanted to see if I could get away with it. I didn't and did my backside pay. LOL.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
Certainly is. I am paying my dues for losing the challenge.
• United States
23 Apr 08
I have to admit I once shoplifted a lipstick, now in my own defense I was 9 and my mother adamantly refused to let me even wear a bit of lip gloss and all my young friends were already getting to experiment with their mothers toss away cosmetics. I was with my mother at the five and dime, Ben Franklin at that if anyone happens to remember that store from soo long ago, when I spied a cherry red lipstick display with in my reach. I looked about me and crammed the lipstick into my pants. All was well untill I got home and took off my coat, mother was hanging it up and I proceeded to run off to my room. Well horrors of horrors the package slipped out of my pant leg onto the floor. my ship sunk faster than the Titanic. I was spanked growled at and marched right back to the five and dime only to face more humiliation in front of the manager. Sobbing, I was forced to apologize. I did not hear the end of my little thieving for quite sometime. Yes that was the last time I five fingered anything in my life!
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• United States
23 Apr 08
Hey being sent to Kenya on safari, would have been preferable to my mother wrath! Chit faced with hungry wild lions would have been a treat... LMAO
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
Your wickedness was found out, a spot of public humiliation and you never did it again. Old fashioned but it works. The modern way in the UK would be to send you on a fortnights holiday to Kenya on safari!! We are a mad society here. Thank you Angel.
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@dangnabit67 (2021)
• United States
23 Apr 08
Once when I was 3 I took some chicklet gum. My parents made me take it back-I have never stolen again. I was mortified as a child. I have a feeling my daughter is a theif. She hasnt been caught yet. How do I catch her and stop her before she does get caught?
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• United States
23 Apr 08
Well I'm noticing, hand lotion, change purses, make-up, perfum. So from stores. Ive learned talking in the car is easiest. I'll have to plan a road trip. Thank you.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
I hope that it all goes well.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
I guess it depends on why you think that she is a thief and if she is what has she been taking. Is she stealing from stores, or friends, or you? If you cannot prove anything then it may be timely to talk about how disappointed you would be if any of the family were to be caught stealing. The usual moral stuff etc. If she is stealing, then a sharp lesson. Although it is not quite the same thing: When I was about 12 I crossed some railway tracks on a busy main line because I had evaded my train fare. I got caught by a friend's father and later on that evening I was taken to the Station Master's house to apologise to him and pay the fare. I received no allowance for the rest of the month either. I never did it again. Every day I saw the Station Master and he never said a word But we both knew that I had learned a lesson.
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@novataylor (6570)
• United States
23 Apr 08
Hey, if confession is good for YOUR soul, darling, then go on ahead and confess, by all means. But I'm pleading the fifth! Throughout my life, when I've gotten it in my head to steal something, I've done it, and I've never gotten caught. It's a terrible thing, but I'm very good at it. It's all in what you steal and how you do it. Remember the scene in Breakfast at Tiffany's where they steal the masks from the five and dime? I would liken my thievery to that. Sale earrings. That's all I'll say. So you've gotten my confession after all, p1ke. What shall my penance be? And my thievery will likely be ongoing, so I would expect my punishment to be too. I await your judgment.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
23 Apr 08
girl i am still trying to figure out what your avatar is. you naughty naughty girl Nova!! LOL
• United States
23 Apr 08
It's exactly what it looks like, momma. But not on first glance. I think you're being a bad girl, momma. P1ke will have to come up with punishment for the both of us. I think he might like that idea....
@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
I am sure that i can think of a way for you both to SMART......
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
25 Apr 08
talking about stealing,its funny that while growing up one way or the other one would have had to do just that,i remember i do steal cookies and chocolate but never did that in a store before,i wonder how it will be to be caught red handed in a big store,am sure its not a pleasant experience,but i have been caught while helping myself with some meat from the pot of course i tried hiding the hot chunk in my mouth but its too hot i had to spill it out,hahahaah,stealing has its rewards ,isnt it?
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
26 Apr 08
not just gtting told off,i also got some spanking and i didnt get to eat meat that night,double punishment ,
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
25 Apr 08
I bet that you got told off for that. Thank you Byola.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
24 Apr 08
No comment!, on the grounds that I may convict myself,..lol Well, I believe that all of us has atleast one point in our lives or another. Whether we were a child or adult, knowingly or unknowingly. A spoon? I wish that is all I got when I got into trouble as a youngster, We always got a switch or a 1x4 inch board accross our hindends if we so much as stepped a toe out of bounds. Which as a child it was hard to toe the line, it usually was my stepdad doing the punishing if he gave you 2 minutes to do something and you took 2-1/2 you got a lesson with the ouch board to pick up your pace next time. And a limb was always handy and in hand. Sometimes even when good we got a swap just because he felt like it if we were walking past. My mom broke up plenty of limbs but being in the country that didn't hlp much. She did burn the whip he got and started using though. Because I was given 2 minutes to get a 1/2 mile and didn't quite make it due to no fault of my own and got a whipping I won't ever soon forget with it. So to stole and get caught at it would have sent the man overboard and we were always told if we did that we would be walked back no matter how far and with every step we would have gained a new stripe with a switch. He has mellowed with age now thankfully but he still has his moments but now I will stand toe to toe and not back down, when I did that when I was 15 I got a punch in the jaw for my troubles. My sister in law though used to use a plastic spatula and wait till right after bathes when they just got out.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
24 Apr 08
Yeah they probably would, although they are still alot of that type of punishment gong on atleast here in Kentucky where they think it's there own rules. Some kids speak up some don't because they are afraid. I don't agree with spanking I figure nowdays they are more better ways of punishment like no frineds over,no phone,no game or television, or computer time. That seems to work better then spanking would especially since almost everything has went electronically.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
24 Apr 08
Those were the days. I think that anybody that tried that sort of treatment these day would be looking at a 5-10 stretch. Certainly in the UK. But I can see that it was an incentive not to err from the straight and narrow.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
23 Apr 08
Nope I haven't I was to scared of my Mum But hey most Kids go through that lol but I am so glad that you decided the Life of Crime is not for you or we would not have met you on here as you would be behind Bars lol
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
23 Apr 08
Well I am glad about that so keep being good and we will keep you company there Yep my Mum had a Temper and by god when she hit believe me I knew about it now remember to be good so that we can keep you company and I hope the Food and Coffee is not to bad
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
The Warden lets me have my laptop when I've been good! I was scared of my Mum too. When I look at her now I wonder what there was to be scared of. Oh. I remember now. Her temper. She lost that years ago and our World got a lot better.
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• Canada
10 May 08
I have never stolen, and I never will. I wouldn't want to risk getting caught, but even more than that, why would I want to or need to steal anyway? If I don't have the money for something, I really ought to save up for it, so that I can aquire what I want, honestly!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
10 May 08
That's precisely the right attitude I think. Stealing i my view gives a short term gain followed by long term guilt or worse.
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@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
23 Apr 08
And here I was thinking handcuffs yeah they do chafe but thats a whole other discusion lol. I did steal some cheap earrings once and didnt get caught but the fear got to me I never did it again.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
I may well do that discussion too. LOL. Glad that you are going straight!
@J_Dawgs (217)
• United States
23 Apr 08
ok ok ok im gonna half confess here as people on here know me lmao. I HAVE before but not from anyone who knows me and nothing 'major' lol. No I was never 'caught' but I have actually used the stuff in front of the person I took it from before and they didnt even realize it (several times) lol. thats about all im going to say about that one without digging my own grave lol. (was mainly in school and I grew out of it) my two cents worth there for ya lol ~*~J_Dawgs~*~
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@J_Dawgs (217)
• United States
23 Apr 08
ok just read the previous post if your gonna count hotels thenn im in for it lol....i always clean them out (though I normally leave the towels lol) haha though I think I got that from my mom lmao we always were on the road when we were younger and were taught to think ahead. Never know when you will need that roll of toilet paper lol. ~*~J_Dawgs~*~
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
Hotel toiletries are fair game. But not towels or robes. Toilet paper? I have never thought to pinch that. Thank you for your confession.
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@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
3 Jul 08
I have stolen a few things from time to time, when I was a child. I came from a family of 8 kids and we were so poor we never got to have any junk food because the money was better spent on food. But occasionally I would steal a candy for Safeway, those bulk ones. One day I got caught stealing one and they phoned the police, just to put a real good scare into me, and it worked. I never stole another candy or anything else for that matter, since. I hate thieves and I don't condone stealing at all, no matter what the reason.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
3 Jul 08
Clearly a salutary lesson for you. Thanks for sharing.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 08
I shoplifted a few times when I was a kid. Yep, handcuffs are no fun. Scared it right out of me....
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
Sometimes a little "heaviness" is all that it takes.
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@ruby222 (4847)
23 Apr 08
Wow Callard an abaowsers..only the best for you eh??...well suprisingly enough ive done many other things ..but I never actually took anything...but....my daughter did!!!!..we lived near a little paper shop..which sold sweets...and she did exactly the same as you!!..but..the shop assistant..who knew me..caught her...OH..the shame!!!..and said that if it ever happened again that she woul tell me!!...I found out about this just a few years ago...lol she could never bring herself to tell me!!!!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
I didn't have that option. Our village was so small that my Mum knew before I got home. I received a very sound thrashing! Couldn't sit down for a week. Far more effective than a visit to the court. Not that I wold advocate any such thing these days!!
@ruby222 (4847)
24 Apr 08
My little cherubs had a few little slaps around the legs..and it certainly didnt hurt them .Definately not into anything more than a slap...but thats a good deterrent.The trouble is if you do it in public lol..well you may end u in court..how darned daft!!
@derek_a (10874)
24 Apr 08
Crime was never for me either. I found that out at 10-years-old. My friends encouraged me to steal a coconut and not wanting to be appear a scaredy-cat I did, but the storekeeper saw me, chased me down the road and caught me. He then gave me a choice, be taken to the police station or to my father. I opted for my father, thinking that if I went to the police station he would find out anyway and it would be worse for me. My father was angry, and he made me pay for the coconut out of my allowance even though I never got to eat any of it.
@derek_a (10874)
24 Apr 08
LOL.. That's exactly what my dad said at the time and what I have said since to my kids.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
24 Apr 08
Funny how the friends that were so keen for you to do wrong, are so much less enthusiastic to support you when you get caught. Thank you for that Derek. As we say here "every one a coconut". Ouch!!
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• United States
27 Apr 08
I was 6 or 7, we lived with an elderly man who ran a neighborhood store. Everyday we got to have one treat from the store. My Aunt who was nor much older than me was staying with us that summer, we had all gotten an ice cream. When I finished mine, she said "If you want another one go get it just don't let anyone see it. Me being young and dumb went in got another ice cream, no where to hide it, I stuck it down the front of my shorts elastic band. Everyone was sitting on the porch I sat down, the longer I sat the colder the ice cream got and I finally had to take it out. I got one of the only spankings I ever got from my Dad. I am 51 now and still feel guilty about that time, about 12 years ago I had to take a lie detector for a job, when they asked if I had ever stolen anything, I had answered no, it came up rgat I was lying, the police knew about the ice cream I had told them, so they asked the question again, and this time said other than ice cream have you ever stolen anything, I passed that time with flying colors, the police said they were amazed I felt that guilty over something that happened when I was so young. They just didn't know how hard my Dad spanked my hiney LOL.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
27 Apr 08
I am imagining the sight of you sitting there with your ice cream stuffed down your shorts. Glad that you go through the lie detector eventually. I bet they had a laugh over that. Thank you.
• Regina, Saskatchewan
23 Apr 08
I could pick your pocket P1ke and you wouldn't feel a thing. Foster homes teach youngsters so many useful tricks - although I considered them survival skills. But it's been almost as many years for me since I employed those skills. No need to now. Except for the soon to be ex, I just have to bat my eyelashes and pout and I get whatever I want! ROFL Here's a few for you, just to make your day *pout,pout,pout* LOL Now - I need a new dress, new undies (conical bra's ok too), new shoes and some lipstick!
• Regina, Saskatchewan
23 Apr 08
Oh post it! Post it! I'll wear to my Mayoral inaugeration! Give the old ladies a right giggle! ROFL
@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Apr 08
You can have the bra. I'll post it to you. You only have to say the word. 34DD with slight customisation. Remove that though and you will have a peephole bra. Very large peepholes though!!
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@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
26 Apr 08
i never stole any things that can harm myself if in case i am caught. i am afraid to be caught and lost my reputation to my family and friends. i made some mistakes but not from being thief.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
26 Apr 08
Honesty is the best policy. Well done Julyteen. Thank you.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Jul 08
hi pikefish oh yes it was a handful of balloons in atoy shop and I was about six maybe five. my mom found out after we were outside and she made me go back in and tell the manager what I had done, he wanted to give them to me because I had told him the truth but my mom not wanting me to become a crook, refused to let him do so. I learned right then that my mom was right and I was not suited for being a crook at all.even tho I whined and begged she would not buy them for me either. my mom wasthe one who caught me, and she was honesty itself.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
7 Jul 08
I good lesson for you Hatley. Although a little part of me thinks that she might have let you keep one. But then I guess that the lesson would not have been quite so effective! Glad to hear that you've been on the straight and narrow ever since.
@Breath (1297)
• United States
26 Apr 08
Shame on you p1kef1sh!I thought I was going to read a good sexy story...So yes your a thief by taking away the promise of a early afternoon love fest kind of story..lol...When I was a kid I did have sticky fingers just onec or twice maybe three times...Who is counting.I got little stuff like a pack of gum one time another time it was a small bottle of bubbles until my Mama caught me and I found out her hand on my butt hurt worse then the handcuffs..lol...Crime was nto for me or my poor butt...
@p1kef1sh (45681)
26 Apr 08
I am sorry Breath. Why does everybody think that my discussion titles herald a saucy story? I am as pure a the driven slush my dear. There are stories but they are just too rude for a family show like myLot. I too have experienced a very sore backside courtesy of my mother's disapproval of my thieving. Way more effective than the cops at the time.