Weekly Amusement (31mar05)

A burglar looked up from reading the society news in the daily paper. “Tonight we’ll hit the Barkley house,” he announced to his partner. “The Barkleys will be at Town Hall to receive a citizenship award. They’ll probably be gone a couple hours.”

“Are you out of your mind?” his partner protested. “The Barkleys keep at least three German shepherds indoors.”

“Yeah, that’s the beauty of my plan!” replied the first miscreant, tapping his skull smugly. “Think about it: The dogs’ll be barking so loud, none of the neighbors will hear us break the window.”