Not the Best or the Brightest in any sense.
So there is a woman who called the police to report that her house had been burglarized. The police appear on her doorstep where she proceeds to tell them all of her furniture and electronics were stolen. The police have a look around and things seem a bit off. They ask her a few questions. Very quickly she admits that her house had not been broken into and nothing was stolen, she staged the whole thing.

So what do the police do next? (Aside from arresting her for filing a false report that is.) Why, they do what they are required to do any time they have contact with a member of the public....they run her for warrants.

Wouldn't you know it, she just happens to have an outstanding warrant for a felony theft.

The irony abounds.



And this is an example of the type lovely person idiot I deal with every day. At least they are good for a laugh.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Mon 15 Dec 2008, 19:10, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

In a country that seems not to have heard of the word 'burgled', or doesn't like it because it hasn't got a zee in, or something,
what do you honestly expect?
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Mon 15 Dec 2008, 21:47, Reply)

@ Sam
You do realize we spell things differently over here, right?
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Mon 15 Dec 2008, 21:48, Reply)

I certainly do
But 'burglarize' always makes me laugh, it's a lot more comical than some of the other Merkinisations.

I can't decide whether it's 1950s American sitcom, or misappropriated British Victorian police language with the s replaced by a z. I think that's why I find it so funny.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Mon 15 Dec 2008, 22:02, Reply)

wait
burglarize is an actual word?
I thought it was a b3ta word!
( ascorbate, Mon 15 Dec 2008, 22:24, Reply)

Yes Vitamin C, it is a word
it means 'to commit a burglary'.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Tue 16 Dec 2008, 1:25, Reply)