In the Future...
...we will be *delighted* if a burglar poos in the wardrobe.
Futurist: Posse member Robert Hinkley, who comments as follows on his use of quaint British vernacular:
Erm, that's "takes a dump in the closet" in American. Maybe it's just a uniquely British thing to be convinced that pooing in the wardrobe is standard operational procedure for burglars. Fertile ground, no doubt, for PhD study: "A cross-cultural analysis of burglar defecation behaviour and its perception".
Friend of mine comments: "I'm trying not to think about this too much while I'm eating my lunch, but wouldn't the DNA be from the food he's eaten, rather than him? Are the police now looking for a criminal tomato?"
I think your friend may be on to something. And while I don't generally try to assess the accuracy of these predictions, I can state with confidence that I will never be delighted to have a burglar take a dump in my closet.
Luckily, my wife was educated in the UK and was thus able to decode your strange prediction for me even without reference to your explanatory note.
Posted by Phil at January 8, 2004 08:06 AM | TrackBack