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Quote: Ben @ August 6 2010, 7:21 PM BST

What was broke? His sphincter?!

Ive definitely seen that one on the real Hustle.I think it's called the Colong Con

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 6 2010, 7:32 PM BST

Ive definitely seen that one on the real Hustle.I think it's called the Colong Con

Was that the episode with Gyles Brandreth?

Quote: Oldrocker @ August 6 2010, 12:19 AM BST

Serves him right for being trendy and joining a gym !

What's wrong with running along towpaths, footpaths etc

Just to go on some poncey equipment and 'work out with my iPod on'

Dickheads.

Is it trendy to join a gym? There are NO trendy people in my gym - mainly overweight middle-aged people (like me) and the odd bodybuilder type.

And yes, I do use an iPod. Because the gym experience is so very, very boring.

Can we keep all the "Is the gym gay?" stuff to another thread please?!

* Searches for the How gay is your Gym thread

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 6 2010, 7:32 PM BST

I think it's called the Colong Con

Yay, for that pun! :D

Quote: Leevil @ August 16 2010, 10:20 PM BST

Yay, for that pun! :D

I see Marc P and Steve having to draw pistols at sundown over this...

I was hoping that one day he would make me his Punawan.

Quote: Oldrocker @ August 6 2010, 12:19 AM BST

Serves him right for being trendy and joining a gym !

What's wrong with running along towpaths, footpaths etc

Just to go on some poncey equipment and 'work out with my iPod on'

'Cos you can watch TV in a gym!

I have been tricked before.
My first boyfriend told me Polo mints were a contraceptive.
I sucked through a whole packet during sex & gave birth 9 months later.
Anyway I am sure I have mentioned this on here already.

Quote: Aaron @ August 16 2010, 11:43 PM BST

'Cos you can watch TV in a gym!

I can watch TV at home with a cold beer !

Quote: Charley @ August 17 2010, 12:01 AM BST

I sucked through a whole packet during sex & gave birth 9 months later.

Bloody hell - he was a goer wasn't he?

I was in Barcelaona with a mate and a group of young ladies came walking up the steet in obvious party mood. One of them walked straight up to me raised her top to reveal a lovely set of tits which I of course then fettled. That fettle cost me a 100 euro's. Quite expensive really. And I only realised it was gone when I went to pay the taxi driver when we arrived at the hotel. I know a lot of Spanish swear words now.

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 5 2010, 11:24 PM BST

Have you ever been victim to a con trick or scam?
Or even been caught out with a clever wind up?

Or do the Real Hustle make it all up?

Not long after moving to London, aged 20, I was admiring the view along the Westminster/Embankment area, when a well-dressed and well-spoken man in his 30s - looking for the dumbest person he could find - approached me and spun me a story about how he was a famous Scottish amateur golfer who had left his wallet in a taxi and needed 200 quid to get to a tournament somewhere (possibly abroad). He would borrow the money from me and repay me by mail as soon as the tournament was over. I told him I didn't have the cash on me, but we could go to my place in Fulham, so I could get a couple of traveller's cheques and cash them. During the train ride to Fulham Broadway, he asked too many questions about whom I lived with (a barrister, a solicitor and a Channel 4 TV producer, I told him) and would they be at home at the moment (yes, the lawyer would be home). He advised me not to bother the lawyer, which finally shattered the spell and raised my suspicions. I told him the lawyer would be having tea with a local policeman concerning a case. At this point, the famous Scottish amateur golfer got off the train, saying he didn't want to bother anyone and just remembered he could borrow the money from a friend near Earls Court. I wondered how many people he managed to con in a week. A year later I was sharing a place in South Kensington with a Lancastrian con-man and magician, who had fascinating tales about duping people. Such as selling vacuum cleaners and washing machines that didn't work to immigrants.

Quote: Charley @ August 17 2010, 12:01 AM BST

I have been tricked before.
My first boyfriend told me Polo mints were a contraceptive.
I sucked through a whole packet during sex & gave birth 9 months later.
Anyway I am sure I have mentioned this on here already.

It was turnabout for saying your minge was as narrow as a polo mint.

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