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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, May 12 2004
Cat Burglar Roulette
The town nearest to our little corner of the world seems to be plagued with a cat burglar, though I don't think he's nipped off with any cats.
Whenever I hear the term "cat burglar", I remember the old Beverly Hillbillies episode, where handsome John Ashley (who passed away a few years ago) played a cat burglar who had the Clampetts thinking he was there to keep their kitties safe, when in truth, he was the real cat burglar.
Does this particular cat burglar want to be caught? Maybe. He doesn't always take things, and he seems to delight in entering homes that are occupied. Police are telling people to lock their doors and windows, which is advice that always aggravates me, unless it is also accompanied by a recommendation to take active steps to protect oneself, one's family and one's property. Why should people be imprisoned in their homes because some intruder feels he has a right to invade their space? He's been entering through a lot of open windows, and so far, he's been lucky to have escaped injury. It's possible that one of these nights he's going to pop into a window of a house which is quietly occupied by someone who didn't lock their window, and decided instead to keep a two-by-four ready, or to have their firearm handy and ready to send the cat burglar into oblivion. And the occupant might not bother to warn the burglar with that sign I've seen that reads,
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The town nearest to our little corner of the world seems to be plagued with a cat burglar, though I don't think he's nipped off with any cats.
Whenever I hear the term "cat burglar", I remember the old Beverly Hillbillies episode, where handsome John Ashley (who passed away a few years ago) played a cat burglar who had the Clampetts thinking he was there to keep their kitties safe, when in truth, he was the real cat burglar.
Does this particular cat burglar want to be caught? Maybe. He doesn't always take things, and he seems to delight in entering homes that are occupied. Police are telling people to lock their doors and windows, which is advice that always aggravates me, unless it is also accompanied by a recommendation to take active steps to protect oneself, one's family and one's property. Why should people be imprisoned in their homes because some intruder feels he has a right to invade their space? He's been entering through a lot of open windows, and so far, he's been lucky to have escaped injury. It's possible that one of these nights he's going to pop into a window of a house which is quietly occupied by someone who didn't lock their window, and decided instead to keep a two-by-four ready, or to have their firearm handy and ready to send the cat burglar into oblivion. And the occupant might not bother to warn the burglar with that sign I've seen that reads,
"This house protected by Smith and Wesson three days a week. You guess which three."
posted at: 09:19 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
