Originally Posted by
CDTraveler
Not entirely an urban legend.
Years ago in Hong Kong I had a thick leather shoulder bag firmly pinned between my arm and side while shopping and it was sliced open and my wallet taken. Even scarier was the short slice in my jacket...
The joke was on them, tho. I was a freshman in high school and my wallet contained a library card, a student ID card, a radio fan club card and HK $7.
Yikes! Thank goodness you were wearing that jacket!