Keep it Klassy, Fargo.

crfische

From the morning paper:

FARGO – An apartment tenant who set beer cans in front of his door to alert him to intruders ended up tussling with an alleged burglar early today in south Fargo, police said.

Police were called at 1:24 a.m. to the 2500 block of 15th Street South for a report of two elderly, naked men attacking each other.

Officers arrived to find the men – one in his underwear and the other fully clothed – fighting between an efficiency apartment unit and the hallway, Sgt. Bill Ahlfeldt said.

An investigation found that the suspect had entered the tenant’s apartment while he was sleeping, he said.

“The renter of the apartment had set up a stepstool with empty beer cans on it and set that in front of the door so that if anybody were to open the door it would knock all the beer cans off and that would wake him up, which it did, so I guess it worked,” Ahlfeldt said.

“He called it his burglar alarm. He said that he doesn’t really lock his doors, so he just does that instead,” he said.

Mrs.B6302007

I wonder if he gets a discount on his apartment insurance that way?

vallyhoo

Bad Scott.

crfische

Vally. FTW!

goheels05

That was awesome.  I think you have the location wrong, though.  That had to be in a trailer park in rural NC.  It just had to be.

vallyhoo

I'll be expecting my Dundie in the mail post haste.

Nebb

The logic required to decide that a beer can alarm is more efficient than locking your door absolutely baffles me.

crfische

I bet it was more fun, though.

betrothed123

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_keep-klassy-fargo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:64069ff7-1f4b-4e37-bb7e-4d74c76282ecPost:9041402b-a333-4daa-9fda-94429110ce35">Re: Keep it Klassy, Fargo.</a>:
[QUOTE]The logic required to decide that a beer can alarm is more efficient than locking your door absolutely baffles me.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]
But Nebb, Michael Moore says that Canadians don't lock their doors at all.  Don't tell me he's a liar.  I just can't handle that :p

Nebb

I love that it was reported to the police that two naked men were fighting.

RachNRich

Who needs an alarm system, or locks on their doors when the Beer Can Alert works just as well.

I highly suggest this man paten his alert device pronto--that's money in the bank right there.

bbyckes

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_keep-klassy-fargo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:64069ff7-1f4b-4e37-bb7e-4d74c76282ecPost:7867ed9f-9865-44f1-8f52-1052e67ef5f3">Keep it Klassy, Fargo.</a>:
[QUOTE]“He called it his burglar alarm. He said that he doesn’t really lock his doors, so he just does that instead,” he said.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

This is the best part of the article.  So ridiculous. 

rainsfallsoftly

Wow...

lilgina64

I heart this immensely....just saying. It's great.

TheSaltyPeanut

mahahah

This is amazing.