£1.2m valued Stradivarius has been stolen...

... along with two bows worth £60,000.

How gutted would you be if this happened to you?

Spare a thought for Min-Jin Kym then.

Reply 1

Scubar

wow, people will go to some lengths for firewood won't they...

Reply 2

joey11223

Such things can happen in Pret A Manger!? Well I never! :eek:

Reply 3

Potally_Tissed

Sky News Online understands the 304-year-old Stradivarius was taken from South Korean-born violinist Min-Jin Kym while she was in a branch of Pret A Manger outside Euston train station in London.

Police did not confirm who the victim was, but said she stopped for a bite to eat at the station last Monday evening while she was carrying the instrument.

Half-an-hour later the 32-year-old realised the 1696 violin, which was in a black case, was gone. Also taken were two bows, together worth more than £60,000.

Reply 4

Mr. Orange

Original post by Scubar

wow, people will go to some lengths for firewood won't they...

Don't say that!!! :cry:

I just had an image of my violin (admittedly not a strad but a beautiful design anyway) burning in a fire :frown:

Reply 5

jaheen22

Wow, that's a crazy amount of money for a violin!

Reply 6

Fusion

Lets just hope it tunes out well

Reply 7

Scubar

well, look at it this way, what's the difference between a violin and a trampoline?

you take your shoes off before you jump on a trampoline

thank you, I'll be here all week!

Reply 8

munn

1.2 million is a generous estimate
i know somebody that got one for free

Reply 9

Tech

Wow. I know it wasn't really her fault (though I won't even take my eyes off my sandwich when I'm at Euston, let alone my violin) but that's still quite an achievment.

It's like the time my brothers mate got so drunk he left his epiphone les paul in a kebab shop, but a lot classier.

I do hope she gets it back though, she must be crushed

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 10

Mr. Orange

Original post by Scubar

well, look at it this way, what's the difference between a violin and a trampoline?

you take your shoes off before you jump on a trampoline

thank you, I'll be here all week!

i am going to neg you if you carry on like that :tongue:

i heard a half decent joke the other day

"What do you call 200 banjos at the bottom of the sea?"

"Not enough."

:biggrin:

Reply 11

Scubar

ha!

how can you tell when the floors of a stage are level?

the drummer drools out both sides of his mouth

Reply 12

Mr. Orange

Original post by Potally_Tissed

well spotted :cool:

i first saw this story in the Daily Fail but decided against linking that as a source due to the sheer amount of ridicule it gets on this site, so i opted for Sky News instead...

.... backfired a bit there

Reply 13

unknownking321

Maybe it was the US and they'll be exposed by Wikileaks. :iiam:

Reply 14

Tech

Original post by Scubar

ha!

how can you tell when the floors of a stage are level?

the drummer drools out both sides of his mouth

how many bass players does it take to change a lightbulb?

none, the keyboard player can do it with his left hand. :cool:

Reply 15

Scubar

how can you tell when a drummer is at the door?

the knock speeds up and he doesn't know when to come in!

don't forget to tip your waitresses, try the fish!