# How to Steal a Wallet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588 "2018-08-31T23:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/1 "2018-08-31T23:27:14Z")
Put your hand in a man’s back pocket and remove it. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/2 "2018-08-31T23:29:37Z")
That’s a bunch of crap, doctor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/3 "2018-09-01T00:07:17Z")
Okay, I got my hand back. Now what? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/4 "2018-09-01T00:16:58Z")
Shake it all about. ---
**Author:** ![Map\_Ylow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/map_ylow/32/85_2.png) [@Map\_Ylow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Map_Ylow)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/5 "2018-09-01T00:20:56Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Shake it all about. It’s true. The Hokey Pokey really _is_ what it’s all about. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/6 "2018-09-01T00:21:17Z")
This sounds like a way to steal a used wallet. If I’m going to all the trouble of stealing a wallet I’ll break into a haberdashery and steal a brand new one. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/7 "2018-09-01T00:24:03Z")
So we can’t tell people how to bypass a paywall, but you can give step-by-step instructions for larceny? You are so reported. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/8 "2018-09-01T01:56:12Z")
Y’all are just a bunch of thieves and ne’er-do-wells.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/9 "2018-09-01T02:05:53Z")
Here you go > **[Pimp: The Story Of My Life](https://books.google.com/books?id=aclG4hHpbRwC&pg=PA233&lpg=PA233&dq=iceberg%2Bslim%2Bsteal%2Ba%2Bwallet%2Bstory&source=bl&ots=1HlOOe13Sy&sig=FKL3r2RfJBAN0UDoc92gj9BGaM0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdgMfv25jdAhWiz4MKHaQXCTYQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=iceberg%20slim%20steal%20a%20wallet%20story&f=false)** > > In this astonishing account, Iceberg Slim reveals the secret inner world of the pimp, and the smells, sounds, fears and petty triumphs of his world. A legendary figure of the Chicago underworld, this is his story: from defending his mother against... ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/10 "2018-09-01T02:06:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Y’all are just a bunch of thieves and ne’er-do-wells.🙂 Says Madam Graffiti. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/11 "2018-09-01T02:14:22Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Says Madam Graffiti. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/12 "2018-09-01T02:14:58Z")
Joke’s on you—I carry my wallet in my front pocket. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/13 "2018-09-01T03:17:35Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VogHwP0C5VY) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/14 "2018-09-01T03:53:28Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Joke’s on you—I carry my wallet in my front pocket. Then that’s not a wallet, it’s bait. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/15 "2018-09-01T04:36:45Z")
> [@Dr.Crap](#): > > Put your hand in a man’s back pocket and remove it. Oh, crap. I put my hand in the pocket, but I thought when you said “and remove it”, you meant the hand. I mean, that was the only direct objec…'scuse me, gotta find that guy and pickpocket my hand back. Come ON. Would it’ve killed you to say "Put your hand in a man’s back pocket and remove _the wallet"?_ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/16 "2018-09-01T06:37:10Z")
Only men leave their wallet in the back pocket. Women don’t do it because it makes their bums look big. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-steal-a-wallet/820588/17 "2018-09-01T17:53:37Z")
Women don’t do it because clothing manufacturers make the pockets in women’s clothes utterly useless for anything bigger than a chapstick.