Hamburglar

This weekend a fortress of solitude was violated. We heard what we believed to be a car alarm going off Saturday night, so we didn't pay much attention. But 10 minutes later when it was still going we peeked out the window, only to see no car alarm was going off. Instead it was the basement flat's alarm system. We called the building management, who called us back to tell us she was calling the police, who in turn called us to find out if anything was still happening. Mind you, about 25 minutes had elapsed and I was pretty confident the burglars had not stuck around. They decided not to send anyone out, even though I thought the purpose of a burglar alarm was so the police would show up if you got burgled. That's how it works in America, I guess here it's sole purpose is to irritate your neighbors.

Long story short, nobody was hurt and I don't think they've caught anyone. The perps only made it to one bedroom before they bolted. This only 2 months after we saw a man get arrested on the corner for suspicion of grand theft. Apparently I need to rename my blog to mikeinfallujah.com.