Thursday 23 January 2020

Strangers in the night


Something very strange has been happening round our neighbourhood recently. It is most disconcerting and it has baffled both the local population and the police.

There has been a spate of window robbing in clear daylight. And night-light. The robbers have been so quick that no one has seen them and they cannot therefore be identified.

One moment you have a window in your house, and the next someone has stolen it.

The way it happens, apparently, because no one saw it happen; is that the robbers arrive quickly on your premises and whilst you're not looking they brick up your window. They are super fast; or so it seems. They get a load of bricks and cement and they quickly brick up your window blocking all light, and indeed your vision to the outside world.

That's how they have never been identified. One moment you have a window in your house, and the next, you haven't. Sometimes they rob or block more than one window without you noticing. So far they have not stolen any doors, or chimneys.

The Neighbourhood Watch people asked us all to be on the look-out; but this is very difficult if you have no window to look out of.

I sat at my window watching the three houses opposite in case anyone comes along and tries to steal, or brick up, their windows. I must have dozed off a little, because one moment I was watching the three houses and the next my own window was blocked. I was staring at a brick wall.

It was terrible. I switched on the TV and the screen was totally blocked too. All I could see on the screen was a load of bricks filling the whole screen.

A voice from the TV said "You are watching the 6 o'clock news!"

How did she know? Could she see me through the bricks? Or was it her who bricked the TV screen? Maybe she is the window robber having moved on to something else to steal.

I am typing this Blog post very quickly in case this news reporter woman decides to steal computer monitors too and then all I can see is brick ... brick ... brick ... brick ... brick ... brick ... brick ...

16 comments:

  1. I'm not sure whether to groan or roll my eyes or raise my eyebrows.

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    1. I am getting the impression that you do not believe me, Bill.

      God bless you.

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  2. I think I have a lead....The guys name is Mason... He works for ACME

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  3. You know the old saying that our eyes are the windows of our souls? I believe when we don't open our eyes to gaze upon Jesus, it's as if we have a brick wall staring us back in the face. We can see nothing meaningful nor enlightening.
    Blessings, Victor!

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    1. You make a very good point, Martha. Too true.

      God bless my friend.

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  4. Sounds like the culprits could be the three little pigs.i have it on good advice that one of the little pigs loves building with bricks 🐷

    God Bless Victor~

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    1. You're probably right, Jan. I say probably because I have not seen them.

      God bless you.

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  5. Oh Victor, your imagination knows no bounds!
    The first thing that popped in my head was, at least we'd be saving big $$$ on heating and cooling costs. And, there'd be no need to rush to cover oneself while strolling from the shower to the kitchen. (Not that I've ever done that ….)

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    1. Two points for me to comment on, Mevely.

      1 Speaking of saving $$$. Did you know that in England in 1696 they imposed a window tax? Houses were taxed according to the number of windows they had. So owners bricked up some windows to lower their tax dues. Today, you can see old buildings with their windows still bricked up.

      2 Why do people stroll from the shower to the kitchen naked? Is it to make a cup of tea? In our house the bathroom is upstairs and the kitchen downstairs. If I were to go and make a cup of tea the dog would bite me in the unmentionables.

      God bless.

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  6. LOL, B. Rick Mason. You crack me up, Victor. :)

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  7. Let's hope these nefarious window thieves get caught before none of us have any daylight in our homes! You have quite a fun imagination.

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    1. It's all true, Mimi. I have the bricks to prove it.

      God bless.

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  8. So if you want a wall around your house, simply make one out of windows and wait for a proper brick one to appear.

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    1. Exactly ... another brick in the wall as Pink Floyd used to say.

      God bless, JoeH.

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