Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Michael Kuettner" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Either this is the new public sport in Italy or I ran into the same man.
>> Met him in Liechtenstein. Said he came from a fashion fair and had
>> a leather jacket left that would be too expensive to take through customs.
>> He'd give it to me for free; he just needed money for gas to go back to
>> Rome.
>> The world is a small place ;-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael Kuettner
>
> Probably the same guy working his way home. If Dave would have given the guy
> a few Euros, he'd be home with his family. Oh, the poor guy. Maybe I'll fax
> him some money.
>
>


Yep. It's all my fault LOL
It was amusing to hear the guy. First he just loved Americans, but then
he loved Canadians. He was so friendly. But then when I caught on to his
scam and said "Nice try" He went postal and screamed at me. I still
chuckle when I think of that guy and his scam.

Europe seems to have lots of people with interesting schemes to get
money from suckers. One time when we were in Paris I cam across a
family in distress. Mom was lying on the ground have convulsions. Dad
and two kills are looking frantic. Parisians are walking around them
and ignoring them. Having had first aid training, I was thinking that I
should go over and offer to help, though there would be a language
problem. Then I realized that things just didn't look right. The kids
were only acting upset. So I sat back and watched for a bit. After a few
minutes they realized their game was working, Mom got up without any
help and they walked away.

Over the years I have watched cats teaching their kittens to catch and
kill mice. This was a Gypsy family teaching the young how to steal.
Preying on Good Samaritans is exceptionally tacky.