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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 10, March 4, 2001, Article 13

STRING FLING

"An 80-year-old man in Frankfurt-on-Main protected himself from thieves in an amazingly simple way by attaching his wallet to his jacket with 2 metres of string. This safety measure worked excellently. Immediately after a pickpocket's attack the thief tried to flee but was captured by the crowd, since the clever old pensioner had attached a little bell to the string to draw attention to his situation."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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