CARPET CLEANOUT
Some people you just have to feel sorry for. Like Mrs. Dora Wilson, an English housewife. On February 18, 1981, Mrs. Wilson looked out her window in Harlow, Essex, and saw a group of men loading her neighbors’ priceless collection of Persian carpets into a moving van. Knowing that her neighbors were on vacation, Mrs. Wilson called out, “What are you doing?” “We’re taking them to be cleaned, madam,” the men replied. Quick as a flash Mrs. Wilson decided to take advantage of the service they offered. “Will you please take mine, too?” she asked. The men obliged. You guessed it; they were burglars.
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