This is from this mornings Spokesman Review, the local newspaper here in
Spokane.
It also made the 11 oclock news last night,
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Cops collar cardboard cutout in garage burglary
Spokane Valley Police Department officers descended
on a home in the Ponderosa neighborhood Thursday
morning, guns drawn, and successfully detained a life-size
cardboard cutout of Norm Abrams without incident.
Officers were called to the home on East 48th shortly
after 10 a.m. for a reported burglary in progress A.
woman called Crime Check and said her garage door was
open and she could see a man standing there, said police
department spokesman Cpl. Dave Reagan.
The woman said her dog was barking, but the man was
not moving. She described him as thin 6 feet tall and
wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans.
Officers Aaron Childress and Jim Reed responded with
Sgt. Martin O'Leary. After they closed in on the garage,
they discovered the suspect burglar was a cardboard
representation of Abram, the popular carpenter on the
"This Old House" and "The New Yankee Workshop:
television shows.
The woman apparently did not know the cutout was in
the garage, Reagan said.
In article <[email protected]>, Rick
Sherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> The woman apparently did not know the cutout was in
> the garage, Reagan said.
And she's been parking there *how* long?
Important point: cars should stay in the driveway, and not be allowed
in your shop. :-)
Kevin
Car-free double garage since 1992
Donnie Vazquez wrote:
> I was at an outdoor party once where I briefly fell in love with a
> cardboard cutout of Daisy Fuentes that seemed to be leaning up against a
> tree talking to some other partygoers. At 30 yards and half in the bag
> she looked pretty real for a moment :-)
>
Now you understand a "Black Seal" moment.
Hank
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I'll bet she heard it say 'Well, good morning'!
Rick Sherman wrote:
> This is from this mornings Spokesman Review, the local newspaper here in
> Spokane.
> It also made the 11 oclock news last night,
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Cops collar cardboard cutout in garage burglary
>
> Spokane Valley Police Department officers descended
> on a home in the Ponderosa neighborhood Thursday
> morning, guns drawn, and successfully detained a life-size
> cardboard cutout of Norm Abrams without incident.
>
> Officers were called to the home on East 48th shortly
> after 10 a.m. for a reported burglary in progress A.
> woman called Crime Check and said her garage door was
> open and she could see a man standing there, said police
> department spokesman Cpl. Dave Reagan.
>
> The woman said her dog was barking, but the man was
> not moving. She described him as thin 6 feet tall and
> wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans.
>
> Officers Aaron Childress and Jim Reed responded with
> Sgt. Martin O'Leary. After they closed in on the garage,
> they discovered the suspect burglar was a cardboard
> representation of Abram, the popular carpenter on the
> "This Old House" and "The New Yankee Workshop:
> television shows.
>
> The woman apparently did not know the cutout was in
> the garage, Reagan said.
>
>
>
Lord, that's funny! I sympathize with her though ... for brief second every
time I walk into a Lowes I think that guy standing there by the door is
real.
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"Rick Sherman" wrote in message
> This is from this mornings Spokesman Review, the local newspaper here in
> Spokane.
> It also made the 11 oclock news last night,
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Cops collar cardboard cutout in garage burglary
I worked for a dentist for many years, a long time ago. One of the funny
stories he told on himself was in the middle of the night, creeping down the
hall, gun drawn....the shadow at the kitchen door was ominous, and
suspicious. .....creeping down the hall, thinking to himself, I'll shoot if
I have to.....aw, heck..it was just the Halloween skeleton the wife hung on
the kitchen door. (Life size!)
Perry
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Lord, that's funny! I sympathize with her though ... for brief second
every
> time I walk into a Lowes I think that guy standing there by the door is
> real.
>
> --
> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 9/21/03
>
> "Rick Sherman" wrote in message
> > This is from this mornings Spokesman Review, the local newspaper here in
> > Spokane.
> > It also made the 11 oclock news last night,
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > Cops collar cardboard cutout in garage burglary
>
>
<<I was at an outdoor party once where I briefly fell in love with a
cardboard cutout of Daisy Fuentes that seemed to be leaning up against a
tree talking to some other partygoers. At 30 yards and half in the bag
she looked pretty real for a moment :-) >>
Reminds me of the movie "The Lonely Guy" with Steve Martin and Charles
Grodin.
Lee
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"Bruce Adams" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thin?!?
>
> The cutout must have been standing at an angle!
>
And no mention of flannel????
Swingman wrote:
> Lord, that's funny! I sympathize with her though ... for brief second every
> time I walk into a Lowes I think that guy standing there by the door is
> real.
>
I was at an outdoor party once where I briefly fell in love with a
cardboard cutout of Daisy Fuentes that seemed to be leaning up against a
tree talking to some other partygoers. At 30 yards and half in the bag
she looked pretty real for a moment :-)
--
Donnie Vazquez
Sunderland, MD
"Donnie Vazquez" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Swingman wrote:
>
> > Lord, that's funny! I sympathize with her though ... for brief second
every
> > time I walk into a Lowes I think that guy standing there by the door is
> > real.
> >
>
> I was at an outdoor party once where I briefly fell in love with a
> cardboard cutout of Daisy Fuentes that seemed to be leaning up against a
> tree talking to some other partygoers. At 30 yards and half in the bag
> she looked pretty real for a moment :-)
>
> --
> Donnie Vazquez
> Sunderland, MD
Good thing she wasn't vinyl/blowup or you might have had to marry her.
-Jack
While sitting waiting in the car my sister in law became convinced that
a man was looking at her from a house window. She decided he was a
lonely shut-in looking out on the world. Then she decided that he looked
rather sinister and got anxious. In fact it was a cardboard cutout of
Ernie Harwell (there was a campaign to keep him on at the Tigers).
She made an appointment with the optometrists later that day!
--
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Be sure to read, understand, and follow all the safety rules that come
with your handguns. Knowing how to use your armaments properly will
greatly reduce the risk of personal injury.
And remember this--there is no more important safety rule than to use
this: your brain.
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Cops collar cardboard cutout in garage burglary
>
> Spokane Valley Police Department officers descended
> on a home in the Ponderosa neighborhood Thursday
> morning, guns drawn, and successfully detained a life-size
> cardboard cutout of Norm Abrams without incident.
>