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Man arrested over theft of 5,800 bicycle seats

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Another idiot that thinks stealing something, or hurting someone, relieves stress.

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Makes a pleasant change from panty thieves I guess.

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"I began to steal bike seats about 25 years ago in Tokyo and Osaka to relieve stress at work and, gradually, collecting them turned out to be fun."

Cleptomania for fun? This clown is in serious need of some counselling for his mental illness.

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Kleptomania for the thrill. I thought he’d try to sell them.

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With all the cameras around, I am surprised he wasn't caught earlier. This jerk needs to take up cycling instead.

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That has to be the most annoying petty crime around. 5800 people had to walk their bike to the nearest bike shop to buy a new seat. Its just inconvenient enough to be infuriating, and widespread enough to collectively create a massive amount of annoyance.

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Maybe it'll "relieve his stress" if he pays about 5,000 yen per seat that he stole. You know, to ease his conscious and stuff.

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Here's a picture of some of the bicycle seats he stole.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/02/e203b9aeba5d-police-seize-5800-bike-seats-arrest-man-in-theft-case.html

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What this guy needs is not counseling for mental illness but a prison term during which to reflect upon his folly.

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Someone used to take mine off and throw it in a field. I could find it but was tough in the dark.

so, I super glued broken razor blades under it. The theft stopped but I had to clean a lot of blood off my bike seat and handles. Gross.

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I’m laughing because when I saw the headline I thought “if this was in Osaka....”

Many years ago, TWICE, I got the seat taken off my mountain bikes and once in a hurry I nearly sat myself on the bare post!

I think we finally got the man!

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The seats in the photo all look to have one thing in common...

They seem to be from “girls” cycles.

So maybe he moved on from stealing underwear.

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You absolutely can ride a bicycle without a seat. Just stand on the pedals and... well... pedal. It's not classy but it's doable.

Of course one would have to have a bicycle and actually ride it to know this.

I’ve commuted by bicycle almost every day for the last twenty years. Yup, you can do that if you prefer it to walking. Its not at all safe when you have to slow down or stop and is extremely annoying and uncomfortable. Of course one would have to have a bicycle and actually ride it to know this.

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This guy didn’t sell the seats but collected them as hobby ! He needs to see a shrink fast. Really fast

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Stealing 5,800 seats in 25 years without getting caught is just mind boggling. It said the loot was found in a rental storage so has he been renting the storage for 25 years. If not how did he move them around? Packing and moving all of them is no easy task.

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collecting them turned out to be fun

Thank god for that. I thought it was going to read:

collecting them turned him on.

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Talk about a career criminal. That's quite a portfolio.

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What a demented fellow. Glad they finally caught him.

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I'd like to see this guy, share is storage tips on BBC HARDtalk with Stephen Stachler.

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Hopefully with the help of a sniffer dog they may be able to return the seats to their forlorn owners.

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Cop that panty thieves!

Always good to see my hometown leading in something..and hey, everyone needs a hobby!

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Gives new meaning to the term 'Take a seat.' Wonder how long and how much he was paying for the storage facility? "Yes, I need the facility to store some seats as I've run out of room in my one DK. No, not sofas but bicycle seats. Oh, about a couple thousand or so." Some people have serious problems out there!

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I just have to wonder if that is what happened to my bike seat from over 15 yrs ago? hmmm. Always wondered about that seat. Much better than killing someone because of stress though one should not steal either.

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a fine connoisseur...all were leather seats ;-)

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He is “relieving stress” ahem..... probably while sniffing...

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he won't be in the driver's seat anymore :-)

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I think the Smell of the seats is what turned him on about the seats and that was the fun part ...

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