# An intruder was just in my house. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973 "2011-01-25T21:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/1 "2011-01-25T21:22:10Z")
It’s my own stupid fault for leaving back door open. ☹ They didn’t get anything and to be honest I think they got more of a fright than I did. 🙂 Fucking pricks! I called the local constabulary and they swiftly arrived. Witness saw a young fellow running from the scene. I’m just glad my mother wasn’t here. Tomorrow, I make the perimeter more secure. The last year or so has seen a whole lot of burglaries in my area. This past summer I saw local cops dragging a miscreant out of our front garden. He’d been breaking into a neighbour’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/2 "2011-01-25T21:24:38Z")
Time to buy a big dog. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/3 "2011-01-25T21:24:45Z")
Had the same thing happen to me a few years back. Glad everything was ok. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/4 "2011-01-25T21:26:11Z")
Scary! Glad everyone and everything is OK. But I’d just like to add, “constabulary” is such a great word! ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/5 "2011-01-25T21:26:57Z")
Glad nothing was stolen and everyone is safe. I have an irrational level of hatred for people who deliberately destroy other folks’ feelings of security. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/6 "2011-01-25T21:27:30Z")
SOS - Sawed off shotgun ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/7 "2011-01-25T21:33:51Z")
Amusing username/post combo. Seriously though, glad no one was hurt & nothing was missing. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/8 "2011-01-25T21:34:53Z")
What’s the plan for making the perimeter more secure? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/9 "2011-01-25T21:46:25Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Time to buy a big dog. My dog was AWOL for the duration. I dunno if she took a fright and hid in the trees or what. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/10 "2011-01-25T21:47:26Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Amusing username/post combo. > > Seriously though, glad no one was hurt & nothing was missing. Ha, well technically s/he didn’t steal anything that I can see. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/11 "2011-01-25T21:48:56Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > What’s the plan for making the perimeter more secure? TBH, the main reason they were in was a stupid error on my own part, back door open, I never worry about it much when I’m in the house. With that locked it’s way harder to get in, especially with someone in the house, and not get noticed. I’m replacing the gate between front yard and back tomorrow with a more secure one. Going to try to persuade my mother to invest in alarm system too, although I doubt alarm would have been on at this time of day anyway. I was only downstairs a couple of minutes before the fuckpig came in. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/12 "2011-01-25T21:54:15Z")
Must be time time for it. I found a bloke in my garden (30 metres down the driveway, through the gate, around the back of the house) who claimed to be after a drink of water. Why that entailed a tromp through the flower garden next to my window leaving footprint sized patches of crushed vegetation, he couldn’t explain. He should be in court as we speak, thanks to the prompt action of _my_ local constabulary. Security is usually good, but now even better at my place. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/13 "2011-01-26T03:16:22Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Had the same thing happen to me a few years back. Glad everything was ok. Yea but did you get any good loot before they came home? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/14 "2011-01-26T03:24:35Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Amusing username/post combo. What does An Gadai mean? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/15 "2011-01-26T03:31:25Z")
I think that was a reference to [**Omar Little**](http://nibtempfile.ign.com/diverson2/article/840132/omar-little.jpg), a shotgun-wielding character from The Wire. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/16 "2011-01-26T05:32:55Z")
Ah, thanks. 🙂 Glad to hear you’re OK, **An Gadai**. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/17 "2011-01-26T05:53:43Z")
Holy shit! I’m glad you’re all right. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/18 "2011-01-26T12:09:56Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > What does An Gadai mean? It means “The Thief” in Irish. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/19 "2011-01-26T12:11:36Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I think that was a reference to [**Omar Little**](http://nibtempfile.ign.com/diverson2/article/840132/omar-little.jpg), a shotgun-wielding character from The Wire. Ha, I didn’t clock that, thought muldoon was referring to my username. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973/20 "2011-01-26T14:20:23Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I think that was a reference to [**Omar Little**](http://nibtempfile.ign.com/diverson2/article/840132/omar-little.jpg), a shotgun-wielding character from The Wire. Oh, indeed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-intruder-was-just-in-my-house/568973.md?page=2)