Mulli of the MidWest

Pennie and the Corn Muffins

Pennie recently had an incident of an Intrusion at the Mulligan Compound! The Neighborhood surrounding our 0.6 acres of Suburbia has recently become a "Neighborhood Watch" designated area. Obviously this has turned out to be yet another waste of Taxpayers Money.

Pennie was alone in the house. An Intruder came, retrieved a bag of home-baked corn muffins from the kitchen counter, and proceeded to eat them, leaving corn muffin crumbs, and the plastic bag, all over the Family Room floor. The Intruder them went upstairs and, being thirsty after all those corn muffins, got into the Bath Tub. The evidence was clear, as paw prints were left all over the bath tub, even on the bath toys!

Pennie was able to engage the Intruder and force him/her to leave. She was unable to clean up the mess as the vacuum cleaner is temporarily at Oldest Lad's new (er, ancient) University digs, and lacking opposable thumbs, Pennie could not open the cleaning wipes container to wipe up the bath tub.

What is the point of Neighborhood Watch if these Busy Body Neighborhood Watchers are NOT Watching? Pennie was OFF duty; the Neighborhood Watchers were clearly ON schedule and look what happened! Our friend Louie in fact suggested that perhaps it was the Neighborhood Watchers who were the Intruders. Upon smelling the corn muffins they watched until Mom left, then subdued Pennnie, ate the corn muffins, and then revived Pennie in the bath tub, leaving Pennie's own paw prints in the tub.

In this Post 9/11 Era, how can these Egregious Communication Errors amongst Protection Agencies Occur? I submit that Neighborhood Watching must be returned to the DOGS! Dogs have been doing a perfectly acceptable, beyond acceptable even, job of Neighborhood Watch for centuries. Pennie must now never know when she can be truly at rest for it is clear that the Busy Bodies of the Neighborhood Watch are just that: Busy Bodies.

Take down those Tax Payer Funded Neighborhood Watch Signs and put up Dog Watch Signs! That will truly mean something. In fact, put pictures of the favorite Breed Specific Law Dogs such as Pit Bulls or Rottweillers on the signs and really make Suburia-ites think before they invade!

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Barked by: Chester (Dogster Member)

September 6th 2009 at 7:25 pm