The Artful Dodger strikes

That’s right. After nearly 2 years here and a blissful thirty (plus some) years of pickpocket avoidance some scum bag decides to strike. Had it been a wallet that wouldn’t be so hard to take. You just cancel the cards (annoying yes) and more than likely you probably end up on some credit blacklist because your identity has been stolen (OK not so easy to fix) but no, they went for the Canon IXUS 75. This was a dream camera. A tool that we use daily to capture so much of what we see around us. It is an instrument that we enjoy using and provides us with incredible pleasure. Do you get the feeling we enjoy photography? Anyway, some scummy pooh head decided to lighten our pocket! Note to reader – I can tell you now that “scummy pooh head” is my censored version of a more colourful rant that occurred on the evening.

We had been browsing through IKEA. We sometimes do this just for general inspiration and somewhere dry to escape too. Actually if I’m truly honest its because I LOVE their meatballs with loganberry sauce. We were kidding around, jumping on the furniture, enticing other children to break free of their parents and do the same but generally probably not being wary enough of our surroundings. By the time we got home, the camera was gone. Lifted without even being noticed. All I can say is that they were darn good at it. Pity they don’t put that kind of effort into a real honest job. Fagan would be proud of him/her anyway. With any luck they will get enjoyment out of the camera but in all honesty I get the feeling it was probably sold for a fiver in order to get a hit of some mind altering substance that can only work to further decrease the brain cells they already have.

We realised pretty quickly that we needed to replace it ASAP so after an intense internet search we finally came across one place in the South West that had one in stock. It was on special as it was a shop demo version. We barrelled over to Cribbs Causeway to pick it up and are again the proud owners of another Canon IXUS 75! What was the lesson I learnt from this? Booby trapped pockets – a practical new fashion trend.