The Real Italian Job - $20 Million Heist

[Furtherman]

I can't condone thievery, but damn if this isn't cool and reads like right out of a movie!

Thieves pulled an Oscar-night heist by tunneling into a famous jewelry store in Milan, Italy, to swipe $20 million in gems - as company bosses partied thousands of miles away in Tinseltown.

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The thieves spent weeks digging into the store from this unused cellar.

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They got into Damiani's, dressed as policemen, through this small hole.

The Damiani robbery had been in the works since Christmas, cops said, with thieves taking advantage of a nearby construction site just behind the showroom.

The brazen, night-shoveling robbers dug their tunnel inside the empty building under construction - but raised no eyebrows because of the ongoing hard-hat work.

I wonder if the thieves are in some abandoned warehouse right now, drinking champaign and all smiles.

[A.J.]

drinking champaign

"Champagne...champagne cocktails."

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[Tallman388]

I wonder if they got their idea from that show "Underworld"

[King Hippos Bandaid]

you sir are a closet thievery condoner

thievery condoner


I am too, wooooo crooks

[Furtherman]

you sir are a closet thievery condoner

You're right! If I could be involved in an operation like that where no one gets hurt or caught - I think I might go for it. It's not like the rich are going to miss a few gems. Just the adrenaline rush would be intense.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

You're right! If I could be involved in an operation like that where no one gets hurt or caught - I think I might go for it. It's not like the rich are going to miss a few gems. Just the adrenaline rush would be intense.

I fear buttsecks in teh prison

that stops me from following through on my thoughts. this seems like it could bequite the rush

[Furtherman]

where no one gets hurt or caught


Well, that's why I said that. No possibility of getting caught? Why not?

But that wouldn't happen of course, so I'll never be involved in such a caper.

[Drunky McBetidont]

I fear buttsecks in teh prison

that stops me from following through on my thoughts. this seems like it could bequite the rush

they really should promote male rape in prison. instead of always denying the ass poking they should advertise and encourage it because that often seems to be the common denominator for avoiding felony crime. i know i have second guessed crazy thoughts based on the prospct of being drilled in my rectum by some monster in a damp corner of attica.:nono:

[MadMatt]

Wow - that is certainly a dramatic robbery.

I was thinking they might be screwed if they tried to fence the jewelry, but if they pull the individual gems out of the settings and sell them loose I expect they could get away with it.

Since it was Damiani's the gems have to be super high quality. That could be a tipoff in the end.

Good luck crooks. No harm, no foul. That's why Damiani's has insurance...

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Well, that's why I said that. No possibility of getting caught? Why not?

But that wouldn't happen of course, so I'll never be involved in such a caper.

u wuldnt get caught


but you've met me, I'm a blabber mouth

I would so get caught, plus I'm not what they call in shape

Id be passed around like currency in the joint

[topless_mike]

I fear buttsecks in teh prison

that stops me from following through on my thoughts. this seems like it could bequite the rush

that and you sweat bacon grease, that would be a dead give-away.

[topless_mike]

I would so get caught, plus I'm not what they call in shape



they'd TF you till the cows came home.

[Furtherman]

but you've met me, I'm a blabber mouth

Hippo gotta go. He's gotta go.