Does this really happen?

gavindowd

I heard a story of a guy who was selling a car on a paid Irish ads website. When he arrived to sell them the car, 5 guys jumped out of the car beside him and smashed the windows of the car. He tried to stop them, but they threw him into the boot of another vehicle. He was found, beaten up, somewhere in the Dublin Mountains 18 hours later.


Do these things really happen, or are they just urban myths?

mconigol

What? The people who found him beat him up?

gavindowd

No, he was found by his friends

Cookie_Monster

maybe he beat himself up for the insurance money

MugMugs

gavindowd wrote: »

Do these things really happen, or is it just hearsay?

If it did happen and somebody told somebody else about it, wouldn't it still be hear say?

hollster2

THE HANGOVER PART 3 :D

kneemos

They shoot horses apparently.

Interceptor

I'm sure that has happened but its unlikely he was chosen at random and my bet is he was dipping his wick in someone elses candle. Nod nod, wink wink...

'c

Cee-Jay-Cee

Interceptor wrote: »

I'm sure that has happened but its unlikely he was chosen at random and my bet is he was dipping his wick in someone elses candle. Nod nod, wink wink...

'c

He was selling a car not a candle. Get with the program!

OP of course it happens, it's the latest craze. It's taken over from planking.

razorblunt

Yeah happened to a friend, not beaten up, she was told get out of the car, she took her purse with her and phone, he drove off, she called the police, he was caught within 20 minutes.
Obviously she was silling going to a private sale a) on her own b) away from home and c) in a crappy place.

joe stodge

Something similar happened to a lad i know, he had an ad in the buy and sell for his car, a man turned up on a motorbike to his house to view, he asked for a test drive. my friend had his kids with him so said yeah as long as you leave the keys off the bike.

20 minutes go by no sign of the lad returning, he rings his mobile to contact him. the motorbike lad tells him ,"it's my car now, you can keep the bike". so he rings the gardai to report the lad, turns out the bike was also stolen.

kneemos

joe stodge wrote: »

Something similar happened to a lad i know, he had an ad in the buy and sell for his car, a man turnedup on a motorbike to his house to veiw, he asked for a testdrive. my friend had his kids with him so said yeah as long as you leave the keys off the bike.

20 minutes go by no sign of the lad returning, he rings his mobile to contact him. the motorbike tells him ,"it's my car now, you can keep the bike". so he rings the gardai to report the lad, turns out the bike was also stolen.

The very cheek!

Caveman1

joe stodge wrote: »

Something similar happened to a lad i know, he had an ad in the buy and sell for his car, a man turnedup on a motorbike to his house to veiw, he asked for a testdrive. my friend had his kids with him so said yeah as long as you leave the keys off the bike.

20 minutes go by no sign of the lad returning, he rings his mobile to contact him. the motorbike tells him ,"it's my car now, you can keep the bike". so he rings the gardai to report the lad, turns out the bike was also stolen.

I'd much prefer a talking motorbike to a car anyday, joke's on the thief :pac:

IceFjoem

joe stodge wrote: »

Something similar happened to a lad i know, he had an ad in the buy and sell for his car, a man turnedup on a motorbike to his house to veiw, he asked for a testdrive. my friend had his kids with him so said yeah as long as you leave the keys off the bike.

20 minutes go by no sign of the lad returning, he rings his mobile to contact him. the motorbike tells him ,"it's my car now, you can keep the bike". so he rings the gardai to report the lad, turns out the bike was also stolen.

A talking motorbike sounds like a pretty sweet deal to be fair.

Edit: Goddamnit Caveman!

OldGoat

Interceptor wrote: »

he was dipping his wick in someone elses candle.

That makes no sense. He'd be dipping his wick into someones elses molten wax. A candle would be solid wax - unless it's lit and the tip is molten but then who would want to dip their wick next to a live flame? Having your wick burnt would be pretty detramental to your candle making endevors.

Now, if you'd said he was driving his train into someone elses tunnel...

biko

gavindowd wrote: »

I heard a story of a guy who was selling a car on a paid Irish ads website. When he arrived to sell them the car, 5 guys jumped out of the car beside him and smashed the windows of the car. He tried to stop them, but they threw him into the boot of another vehicle. He was found, beaten up, somewhere in the Dublin Mountains 18 hours later.


Do these things really happen, or is it just hearsay?

You answered your own question.

kneemos

OldGoat wrote: »

That makes no sense. He'd be dipping his wick into someones elses molten wax. A candle would be solid wax - unless it's lit and the tip is molten but then who would want to dip their wick next to a live flame? Having your wick burnt would be pretty detramental to your candle making endevors.

Now, if you'd said he was driving his train into someone elses tunnel...

I don't think driving your into someone elses tunnel would be advisable you never know what's coming the other way,unless it's a two track tunnel drive through the one less travelled.

syklops

OldGoat wrote: »

That makes no sense. He'd be dipping his wick into someones elses molten wax. A candle would be solid wax - unless it's lit and the tip is molten but then who would want to dip their wick next to a live flame? Having your wick burnt would be pretty detramental to your candle making endevors.

Now, if you'd said he was driving his train into someone elses tunnel...

Since when do trains own their own tunnels?

OldGoat

Point taken.
What about "Ploughing someone elses field."?

kneemos

OldGoat wrote: »

Point taken.
What about "Ploughing someone elses field."?

GET OFF MY LAND.

gavindowd

biko wrote: »

You answered your own question.

Sorry, I meant:

Is it just an urban myth?

books4sale

As a seller, you get the buyer to come and view the goods, not the other way around

....otherwise you'd have a tank of fuel wasted driving round to meet buyers.

Rented Mule

kneemos wrote: »

They shoot horses apparently.

Just the tasty ones.

BigFatGiant

gavindowd wrote: »

I heard a story of a guy who was selling a car on a paid Irish ads website. When he arrived to sell them the car, 5 guys jumped out of the car beside him and smashed the windows of the car. He tried to stop them, but they threw him into the boot of another vehicle. He was found, beaten up, somewhere in the Dublin Mountains 18 hours later.


Do these things really happen, or are they just urban myths?

Any fire breathing dragons involved??

hames

What I want to know is where the urban myth of the kid's haircut in tesco came from.

You know the one. A woman is wheeling her kid girl around some regional Tesco; she takes her eye off the trolley for a minute and the kid vanishes. Panic ensues. Eventually the child is found in a bathroom, by some accounts wearing a boy's clothes, always with her hair cut.

I mean this must have come from somewhere, but what a shit urban myth... who would even bother making it up?

recylingbin

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meoklmrk91

hames wrote: »

What I want to know is where the urban myth of the kid's haircut in tesco came from.

You know the one. A woman is wheeling her kid girl around some regional Tesco; she takes her eye off the trolley for a minute and the kid vanishes. Panic ensues. Eventually the child is found in a bathroom, by some accounts wearing a boy's clothes, always with her hair cut.

I mean this must have come from somewhere, but what a sh[COLOR="Black"]i[/COLOR]t urban myth... who would even bother making it up?

Yeah I've heard that one, also usually the kidnappers are gypsies.

newport2

gavindowd wrote: »

I heard a story of a guy who was selling a car on a paid Irish ads website. When he arrived to sell them the car, 5 guys jumped out of the car beside him and smashed the windows of the car. He tried to stop them, but they threw him into the boot of another vehicle. He was found, beaten up, somewhere in the Dublin Mountains 18 hours later.


Do these things really happen, or are they just urban myths?

mconigol wrote: »

What? The people who found him beat him up?

gavindowd wrote: »

No, he was found by his friends

He was very lucky his friends happened to be passing in the Dublin mountains 18 hours later so.

BizzyC

hames wrote: »

What I want to know is where the urban myth of the kid's haircut in tesco came from.

You know the one. A woman is wheeling her kid girl around some regional Tesco; she takes her eye off the trolley for a minute and the kid vanishes. Panic ensues. Eventually the child is found in a bathroom, by some accounts wearing a boy's clothes, always with her hair cut.

I mean this must have come from somewhere, but what a shit urban myth... who would even bother making it up?

I saw that on a tv show once....
The guy redressed the kid as a boy and cut her hair, so they could run off with the kid and they wouldn't match the profile of the missing kid.