A friend of mine was leaving a gig and leaned his guitar up against his car to unlock the trunk. Someone called out to my friend from the doorway of the venue. It distracted him just enough that he - you got it - drove away without actually putting the guitar INTO the car. (He did get it safely back, after another several hour round trip back)

Another instance, at an open mike: One woman, who generally plays guitar, had just gotten a flute. She brought it to show people, but never played it that night. At the end of the night, as we were cleaning up, we noticed a flute case left on a table. We all assumed it was hers - nobody else had played a flute that night either. A friend of hers took it home to give to her the next day. Ten minutes after the friend left, the bar phone rang. It was a frantic woman - a different woman - who had been in the bar on her way home from a music lesson or something. It was difficult to assure her her "kidnapped" flute was safe and would be returned as soon as possible - she wanted the friend's address so she could go get it - at 3 am.

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