Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 30, 2019

It’s even harder to take when you believe you live in a safe community.

Must be Calvin they’re talking about

Should have a dachshund and a big dog eat whats left

That’s the thing about being burgled – it makes you feel vulnerable and violated at the same time.

Those are profound words by Mom. It really makes you stop and think.

Someone broke into my apartment years ago by climbing in the window. Fortunately for me, they took an electric typewriter that was broken (like I said, this was years ago, in 1992 I believe) and some paper money from El Salvador that I had been given by a friend because while we were both in the States it had acquired the value of toilet paper. The bills looked like the Spanish then-equivalent of 50 bucks, so the thief took them without looking closely. I had intended to use them as bookmarks.

It is sad to realize that they will never feel the same about their house again. It is not the houses fault it was broken into and robbed, but the people in it will never trust it fully again.

I’ll bet if the TV’s missing, Calvin would regret that…

Tigernappers?

Even when they apprehend the culprit, it is basically catch and release.

Do not enter the house! They coukd still be there! Let the police clear the house.

Most property crime is an indirect result of the failed War On Drugs. It’s time for some common sense (an oxymoron) and a medical approach to a medical problem.

Here in Ontario if you are burgled you must call in to report and they record it over the phone and email you a report for insurance eventually. you will never see a cop at your door.

This was us 3 years ago (without the kid) It turned out to be the 14 year old kid next door (with another kid, there were 6 homes involved). He spent time in juvy, worked community service, and paid us our insurance deductible from that. He was too stupid to take anything of any value, and we bought new furniture and carpeting with what he paid. We made out on this break-in. Except that we still feel vulnerable. They moved away shortly after that.

My parents had an experience where they were robbed at gunpoint in Colombia and I was at home at 3 years old with my guardian. They were robbed of their phones, keys, money, and car. They are fine but it was traumatizing.

“We’re ALL ‘someone else’ to someone else” should be the motto to get us off of our butts and get serious about climate change.

My garage was broken into and then my glovebox, but because there was nothing of value, nothing was taken. And get this, the thief left a brand new set of needle-nose pliers! I know there were new because the wrapping was there with them. I’ll bet he stole them from a store. I still have and use them…

If that is broken glass on the ground in panel three, then I would suggest someone in the house, Hobbs comes to mind, broke out.

“Safe community” is an oxymoron.

Hobbes is with Susi eating cake and drinking tea!

Those coming in from outside of the community are usually the problem. Gated communities are for.

Gated communities are for. For what??

s***

They struck a 666