Peg Leg Pilferage

I got a girl, her name is Peg
She looks kind of pretty but she's got a wooden leg
She's got a leg shaped like the leg of a chair
But when it comes to dancing, no one can compare

Peg Leg Peggy she really knows how to hop
She really knows how to hop
She really knows how to hop
When it comes to dancing she's the queen
She sounds just like a sewing machine
Peg Leg Peggy she really knows how to hop
She really knows how to hop
She really knows how to hop
(John Entwistle, Peg Leg Peggy, Rigor Mortis Sets In, 1973)

(Okay, the story hasn't got anyone named Peggy or any dancing, but how often will I get a chance to at least tie in the peg leg part and refer to this rather obscure John Entwistle tune?) It seems that store security in a store in Tallinn, Estonia were positive that a man had shoplifted some cosmetics. They were pretty familiar with the guy and knew he was a shoplifter. But they couldn't find the loot when they searched. They finally did find it, though. Inside his hollowed out wooden leg.

A limping customer, whom security staff said they recognised as a seasoned thief, entered the shop in the Estonian capital Tallinn, the Falck security company said Tuesday.

"The security staff member followed the experienced shoplifter through a surveillance camera and saw him entering a changing booth with a lot of cosmetic goods in his shopping basket," Katrin Paas, spokeswoman for Falck, said.

"He then left the changing room, but with an empty basket."

When security guards stopped the man for a check at the door, they eventually found women's beauty products worth 885 kroons (57 euros, 73 dollars) hidden in a hole carved in his wooden leg.

Well, it's not like we've never seen this particular trick before, either.