Doggie Bag. 11/16/2009
I was walking through a back alley to get to the truck last Saturday. At the opposite end of the alley, was a middle aged lady carrying a hand bag in a rather lackadaisical fashion. Rather careless of her, I thought. The area I was in is notorious for snatch thefts. As I came a little closer, I noticed that it wasn’t a hand bag, but a dog carrier styled to look like a lady’s hand bag. There was a little Yorkshire terrier inside the bag, peering out at the world through a little mesh window.
I smiled at this, and thought to myself it was lucky she wasn’t carrying a real handbag, because the way she was holding it, she was begging to have it snatched.
At which point, 2 guys on a motorcycle came roaring up the lane behind her. They came up quickly, and the pillion rider snatched the bag from her hand, throwing her to the ground in the process. The two theives shot past me, much too quickly for me to notice anything except general appearance. I didn’t even have time to get their number, which would have been fake anyway.
I ran over to the lady lying on the ground. She was in hysterics, screaming, “they’ve taken my dog, they’ve taken my dog!” I helped her up. She had some road rash but was otherwise unharmed. Some people come out from the restaurant adjoining the alley, and they brought her into the restaurant to sit down and collect herself. I remarked to one of them that the theives were going to get a surprise when they examined their loot. The guy asked why, and I replied that I didn’t think they would get a lot of money for a pissed off terrier at a pawn shop.
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- Author : thesnark
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Now the terrier has become a “hot” dog. Sorry, I’m killing myself! Actually, it makes me want to hurt somebody.