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[la_rainette]

... and for all the others who have just dealt with robbery. In the hope that it can make your smile a little. I had almost forgotten about this incident, until I read hamsterwoman's account of the ineffectual intervention of the police.

*sheepish grin* Sometimes I wonder when and why the Marx Brothers took over my life, you know. This is my (entirely true) story of How Our Appartment In Montpellier Was Burgarlized, Only Not.

Back when Husband and I still lived a tiny one-bedroom appartment in Montpellier, the door to the appartment was a little faulty and would swing open at the most unexpected moments unless it was properly locked. Most of the time, we did keep it locked, though there is reasonable doubt that Froglet might have been conceived in full view of all the other inhabitants of the building (shut up, we didn't do it on purpose, and it was late enough that no-one was passing in the hallway, thankfully).

Anyways. One day we came back from a week-end out of town to utter chaos: we found out neighbour shivering in her bathrobe, her hair in total disarray (which said much about her state of mind)anxiously waiting outside our open door.

Open door?

When she saw us, she jumped us and exclaimed "ROBBERY! THERE'S BEEN A ROBBERY! I've called the cops, they're searching your appartment", and fair enough, there came a huge, gun-toting, tough-looking cop. "I think they're gone, we're just finishing the search now", he said in a gruff voice.

And now picture the second just as tough-looking and gun-toting officer, as he bends over to check under the bed.

And gets savagely attacked by our Silly Cat. MEOWWWWW HISSSSSSSSSS SCRATCH.

I still hear his horrified, high-pitched scream, and then our (tiny) cat fled over to me, and I automatically scooped her up in my arms. The policeman picked himself up slowly and walked over to us, looking very very red in the face and obviously embarrassed. "Nothing here, let's go", he said.

"Call us to report anything missing", said the other policeman, and then they both left.

We checked out the premisses. Every single cupboard door was open, but that was the work of the police, as they went through every place to check out for burglars. We saw nothing missing. The cat spend the evening grooming herself fastidiously, while we pondered adding a sign to our door: "Beware of Cat".

We still don't know what happened, but the only logical explanation is that we somehow forgot to lock the door before we left, and by some miracle it stayed shut until the very, very end of the week-end.

I hope this story makes you guys smile a little. We have also been through the real horror of having stuff stolen from our respective cars, at least twice, and it's really, really not fun. *hugs and sends tons of good vibes*

I think I need a cat icon, now.

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

Thanks! -- that did make me smile.

Glad it was apparently a false alarm in that case -- but sounds like your attack cat would have taken care of any would-be burglars in any case :)

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

My attack cat is small and actually very skinny, but it's hard to see cos hey, long hair! :)

Glad the stoy made you smile, and I hope that you are feeling better.

[terrylj.livejournal.com]

though there is reasonable doubt that Froglet might have been conceived in full view of all the other inhabitants of the building

Wahahahahaha! *pictures landlord quietly selling tickets*

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*laughs* well. Ahem. Yes. *sheepish grin*

[australienne.livejournal.com]

Oh, that really does make me laugh! And I'm in need of laughter, since I can add myself to the list of the robbed this week - my wallet was nicked on the station platform today. And the problems of finding an interpreter to deal with the police on a public holiday just made everything that much better...

Um, this is the German-speaking-Australian-in-Poland here, in case you don't remember me: alas, I haven't had much internet access this year. Hope you're well!

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

OF COURSE I REMEMBER YOU!! It's really good to hear from you, even with bad news (wah, stolen wallet, how not fun!)

Yes, I am well, but how are you? How are things going? I hope you find time to update your journal soon!