http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/03/pockets-and-purses/ or, High and Dry on the Streets of Elsewhere Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/03/pockets-and-purses/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Connie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:05:10 +0000 http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/03/pockets-and-purses/#comment-930 Maybe this scenario is purseology 102: A woman comes up to me in Bologna and thrusts a newspaper in front of me, right over my purse which is on a cross-chest strap and hanging in front of my stomach nice & close to my body. "Buy this paper!". Her real aim was to reach into my purse while it was hidden beneath the paper. She was violating my personal space, which got my guard up so nothing happened. After that, I tried to remember to actually use the little hook on this purse that secures the zipper(!) Maybe this scenario is purseology 102: A woman comes up to me in Bologna and thrusts a newspaper in front of me, right over my purse which is on a cross-chest strap and hanging in front of my stomach nice & close to my body. “Buy this paper!”. Her real aim was to reach into my purse while it was hidden beneath the paper. She was violating my personal space, which got my guard up so nothing happened. After that, I tried to remember to actually use the little hook on this purse that secures the zipper(!)

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