Two women friends of a colleague of mine were walking through Glasgow Central Station when an Arab gentleman dropped his wallet.
Returning it to him they were met with the one good turn leads to another line
Then the message Stay out of Glasgow City Centre on Christmas Eve
Guess who is working in the City Centre tomorrow
And guess whose using public transport tomorrow as well
OMG!
You thinking he's in the know about summat?
Heard this exact same story a few times when I was unlucky enough to still be working in London.
Except, obviously, in the stories I heard the Arab gentleman wasn't in Glasgow, he was in <insert London place name here>.
edit: edited to avoid misinterpretation.
Weird and a little scary!!
Fucking propaganda??? or what!
City centres 5 mins from where I live!
This same story has been doing the rounds since 9/11. It's just a wind up!!!!
I heard something simular, but the story went like this.........
Yesterday, a friend was travelling on the tube in London.
A dodgy looking man of Arabic appearance got off the plane and my friend noticed that he had left his bag behind. She grabbed the bag and ran after him, caught up with him and handed him back his bag.
He was extremely grateful and reached into his bag which appeared to contain large bundles of money. He looked around to make sure nobody was looking and whispered"I can never repay your kindness, but I will try to....with a word of advice for you: "Stay away from Watford".
My friend was genuinely terrified. "Is there going to be an attack?" she asked him."No ... ", he whispered back...... "It's a shithole."
have to say i have heard this one so many times!
Yes, this sort of warning is a well-established urban myth - see:
Mike.
hmmmmmmmmmmm!
well i'm stunned at the naivety of some of you lot . . .
it strikes me, any terrorist worth his salt, would have spent years, nay even decades, propagating urban myths to lull you all into a false sense of security. i for one will *not* be visiting glasgow tomorrow evening just in case!
if anyone does happen across a half-irish / half-vaguely-arab-looking type person dropping a wallet, or being a quid or so short for his shopping in sainsbury's, in a town near you, i have found the following short film advising on the appropriate course of action . . . . unfortunately it's from the 1950's, which might not be that relevant, and truth be told it don't make a huge amount of sense, but hey.
remember . . . make like a turtle . . . protect and survive!
n x x x :P