{"id":237159,"date":"2026-05-26T22:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/?p=237117"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:12:17","slug":"thats-strange-because-i-already-called-the-police-and-told-them-you-were-chasing-the-burglar-downstairs-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/?p=237159","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThat\u2019s strange\u2026 because I already called the police and told them you were chasing the burglar downstairs.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"153\">The wife looked disappointed and said,<br data-start=\"38\" data-end=\"41\" \/><strong data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"153\">\u201cThat\u2019s strange\u2026 because I already called the police and told them you were chasing the burglar downstairs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"209\">The husband blinked.<br data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"178\" \/>\u201cWhat?! Why would you do that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"339\">Before she could answer, flashing red and blue lights lit up the bedroom walls. Moments later, loud knocks shook the front door.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"447\">Confused, the husband hurried downstairs again and opened it to find two police officers standing outside.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"507\">\u201cSir,\u201d one officer asked carefully, \u201cwhere\u2019s the burglar?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"556\">The husband rubbed his eyes. \u201cThere isn\u2019t one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"558\" data-end=\"589\">The officers exchanged glances.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"662\">Just then, the wife appeared at the top of the stairs with folded arms.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"764\">\u201cThere may not be a burglar,\u201d she said, \u201cbut there\u00a0<em data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"719\">is<\/em>\u00a0someone who sleeps through every emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"784\">The husband froze.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"947\">She continued, \u201cLast month it was the smoke alarm. Last week it was the leaking pipe. Tonight I just wanted to know if you\u2019d actually get up when I needed help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"1000\">The officers tried\u2014and failed\u2014to hide their smiles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1069\">One of them chuckled. \u201cWell, sir\u2026 good news is your house is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1145\">The other added, \u201cBad news? Sounds like you\u2019ve got some explaining to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1249\">The husband looked at his wife, still holding the baseball bat and standing in his boxers, and sighed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1320\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cNext time,\u201d he muttered, \u201cI\u2019m checking for burglars\u00a0<em data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1309\">and<\/em>\u00a0traps.\u201d\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f604.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude04\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife looked disappointed and said,\u201cThat\u2019s strange\u2026 because I already called the police and told them you were chasing the burglar downstairs.\u201d The husband blinked.\u201cWhat?! Why would you do that?\u201d &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237234,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237159\/revisions\/237234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/237162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dynenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}