Originally Posted by FlyingNone

Somewhat unrelated but many years ago my mother had her passport lifted out of her bag in a department store in London. Thankfully we discovered it right away (shortly after she was jostled on an escalator), got information on the U.S. Consul from the store and got her a replacement passport the same day. The passport was in a wallet-like case. Strangely enough about a year later the passport and case it was in was sent back from the U.K. (London police) via the U.S. Passport Bureau and was still in the "wallet" case. Apparently the thief tossed the whole thing when no money was found in that case - the only thing he/she would have found besides the passport were the (foot) corn-pads that were in the wallet case as well. They too came back in the case. We're still laughing at that craziness - what did those London Bobbies think - those crazy Americans, corn pads ??? Nevertheless, glad that those civilized Brits sent it back and didn't destroy it. Souvenir of an otherwise great trip with my mom.