http://www.vagabondish.com/colombias-underground-school-for-pickpockets/ Dubious tips & essential ephemera for today's curious traveler Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.vagabondish.com/colombias-underground-school-for-pickpockets/comment-page-1/#comment-10012 John Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:21:50 +0000 http://www.vagabondish.com/colombias-underground-school-for-pickpockets/#comment-10012 I heard this exact same story told about Roma gypsies in Italy, bells and all, way back in the '70s, and then I read it in one of those awful "ninja training" books in the '80s, claiming it was a school in Japan for the shadowy figures. The school even had the same name in both stories. Funny how these things continue to live on pretty much intact with the exception of name, location, and outcome as they pass from region to region. I heard this exact same story told about Roma gypsies in Italy, bells and all, way back in the ’70s, and then I read it in one of those awful “ninja training” books in the ’80s, claiming it was a school in Japan for the shadowy figures. The school even had the same name in both stories. Funny how these things continue to live on pretty much intact with the exception of name, location, and outcome as they pass from region to region.

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