York Press: Boy devastated after BMX bike stolenHey, kid. Christmas is coming, so look on the bright side. I'll give you five quid for the helmet and the day-glo jacket.
UPDATE!
York Press: Formerly angry boy re-united with stolen bikeOK, be like that. The fiver's staying in my pocket.
Spotter: Joanne York
The YP missed headling this "BMX bandits"* . As for the "absolutely" "devastated", "distraught", "gutted" and "heartbroken" careless boy, as a Yorkshireman he could find those padlocks he wants on his pockets.
ReplyDelete* or "My White Bicycle" for those of us over fifty (altogether now: "My...whi-te...bi-cycle...").