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Adoring Fan Steals Dubya's Watch

When I saw this footage yesterday I thought that it may have simply fallen off. I once had a (not entirely inexpensive) watch that had a problem with the pin that held the watch to the strap. It would pop out fairly easily. I didn’t think of the possibility he may have taken it off willingly.

Further, it would seem quite a gamble to lie about something like that due to the considerable risk of being caught. It would have been a lot safer, from a public relations perspective, for them to have claimed it fell off, but, Bush being such an amenable guy, didn’t worry about it too much.
 
Jon Stewart's comment on the whole thing was to point out that the Albanians (?) were allowed to rub the president's head, but we aren't allowed close enough to ask some questions.
 
I think he did put it in his pocket or hand it to a Secret Service guy. I just watched the footage on The Colbert Report, and it looks that way to me. His arm (with watch) is reaching out to people, then down by his side, then back up greeting people, no watch.
 
Lisa Simpson said:
I think he did put it in his pocket or hand it to a Secret Service guy. I just watched the footage on The Colbert Report, and it looks that way to me. His arm (with watch) is reaching out to people, then down by his side, then back up greeting people, no watch.
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Upchurch said:
Jon Stewart's comment on the whole thing was to point out that the Albanians (?) were allowed to rub the president's head, but we aren't allowed close enough to ask some questions.
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Indeed. When he came to Germany two years ago, the area around him in a one-mile radius was basically turned in to a German-free zone - and now he is mixing with the masses?

This is one more factor making the hypothesis very convincing that the US government and its members are actively trying to piss off countries that don´t say "yes" and "amen" to everything out of pure, petty spite.
 
The Secret Service has issued a photo of the President's missing watch:
 

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Whether it was stolen or not, I think there are plenty of people who will testify that if a mob of ragged-looking kids swarms you in any European city, you will likely lose your wallet/purse, your watch, and anything in your pockets faster than you can say, "Holy [rule8]!"
 
BPSCG said:
Whether it was stolen or not, I think there are plenty of people who will testify that if a mob of ragged-looking kids swarms you in any European city, you will likely lose your wallet/purse, your watch, and anything in your pockets faster than you can say, "Holy [rule8]!"
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I'm puzzled. In what European city would one be "swarmed" by "ragged-looking kids"?
 
Dr Adequate said:
I'm puzzled. In what European city would one be "swarmed" by "ragged-looking kids"?
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Rome.

Been there, got out with my wallet, but only due to active measures taken to do so. I still like Rome, but one needs to keep a wary eye out.

DR
 
Dr Adequate said:
I'm puzzled. In what European city would one be "swarmed" by "ragged-looking kids"?
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I don't know- I've seen a lot of pathetic-looking beggars in eastern European cities such as Kyiv and Budapest (although there weren't nearly as many the last time I was there), but I've never seen a swarm of urchins.

Victorian London, perhaps?
 
ETA: FWIW, I probably shouldn't have said "any" European city.
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Besides Rome you can be pickpocketed and have your watch lifted in a number of Spanish cities, in Athens and even in some areas in Amsterdam.
Not that some heavily (foot) trafficked areas in
NYC don't expose you to the same sorts of things either.
 
Ah Beeps, you meant "Gypsy" kids, didn't you. The ultimate pickpockets. So it is not actually any particular city, such as Rome, it is any place there are Gypsy kids being organised as pickpockets. Which could be anywhere.
 
In a world where you can't say "gypped" without being labeled a racist, will Zep's comments fly?
 
joobie said:
washington, DC.
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No. I've lived and worked in and around DC for almost 25 years. Never came close to getting swarmed like that, and never heard of a tourist getting swarmed like that.

We do have annoying, pestilential swarms of congressmen and lawyers, though.
 
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