# My wife, the neighborhood watch

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-the-neighborhood-watch/631816>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 17, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-the-neighborhood-watch/631816 "2012-08-17T20:20:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-the-neighborhood-watch/631816/21 "2012-08-19T12:36:55Z")

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It sounds like a hell of a long time to case a house . And pretty obvious.

If that was a surveillance team for anyone but the Keystone Cops I would be surprised.

Seems to me that they were waiting for the neighbour and didn’t really care if the neighbour knew they were around. Maybe some sort of debt collectors- loan shark maybe?

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-the-neighborhood-watch/631816/22 "2012-08-19T16:23:44Z")

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> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#):
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> Awww, come on. Tell us. We ARE that bored. (or easily amused.)

> [@Autolycus](#):
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> I’m interested **Asimovian**. Maybe start your own “Ask the PI\*” thread.

> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#):
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> Huh what? You? I never would’ve guessed! Did you ever have an “ask the former PI” thread? \<snip\>  
> Tell us more!

[Here you go](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662584), but you were warned.

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