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72. A person should leave the house and wait outside

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 10:26 AM

Feb 2013

If you come home and see that your house is burglarized, your best bet is to leave the house and wait outside for the police. Many burglars do hide in closets when they are surprised, and could hurt you if they feel cornered. Also, remember that many burglars are heroin or meth addicts, and are not thinking logically.

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So how do you respond when an intruder locks himself in your bathroom? [View all] undeterred Feb 2013 OP

I ask him to PLEASE not piss in the shower HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #1

I call the police. If he/she is locked in the bathroom, let them deal with it. SharonAnn Feb 2013 #2

Penny lock the door shut! NutmegYankee Feb 2013 #3

A few of us did that once in college.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #41

LOL, I did that to an RA in my dorm one time. GaYellowDawg Feb 2013 #74

I know a guy in college that had this happen to him Aerows Feb 2013 #75

Three possible responses htuttle Feb 2013 #4

Get my gun, fire as many shots thru the door as I can... zappaman Feb 2013 #5

For sure. LisaL Feb 2013 #9

There ya go. undeterred Feb 2013 #10

Actually, no Generic Brad Feb 2013 #27

Cricket bat? LisaL Feb 2013 #45

The Onion: "the bloody cricket bat was from my previous murder" JPZenger Feb 2013 #71

You're right! zappaman Feb 2013 #46

Deadly force against a decidedly non-deadly threat? baldguy Feb 2013 #38

It wasn't in the US, but in South Africa. nt tblue37 Feb 2013 #48

Is the poster in South Africa? baldguy Feb 2013 #59

No but this was the big story of the day yesterday. undeterred Feb 2013 #61

The poster, who said he'd use deadly force against a non-deadly threat, is not in South Africa. baldguy Feb 2013 #64

Jeez dude zappaman Feb 2013 #78

Are you really that impaired? sir pball Feb 2013 #69

That's the lazy way.... snooper2 Feb 2013 #68

Apprise them that, prior to their arrival, it was a bad Thai night and the Glade has run out. kairos12 Feb 2013 #6

The whole thing stinks to high heaven! Texasgal Feb 2013 #7

Shut off the hot water so he can only take cold showers slackmaster Feb 2013 #8

bashful burglars with dysentery riverwalker Feb 2013 #11

Chakalaka claims another victim. nt Robb Feb 2013 #16

My apartment was burglarized once and the guy used the bathroom. badtoworse Feb 2013 #12

Burglars who are not housebroken? LisaL Feb 2013 #14

I had cold cuts in the fridge and the guy made himself a sandwich badtoworse Feb 2013 #17

I was once burglarized, and the burgler took a half used lipstick. I was mildly bothered Squinch Feb 2013 #22

I knew someone who was held up for her purse undeterred Feb 2013 #24

Yes. Like in The Big Lebowski geckosfeet Feb 2013 #49

It happened, again? Fla_Democrat Feb 2013 #13

Not exactly. LisaL Feb 2013 #15

Oh, that Fla_Democrat Feb 2013 #28

He should just claim he believed her to be a replicant sir pball Feb 2013 #70

Oscar Pistorius put on his artificial legs and walked across his bedroom before firing four shots undeterred Feb 2013 #18

Why would she be "cowering" in the bathroom unless there was an altercation? catbyte Feb 2013 #43

It is ludicrous... undeterred Feb 2013 #63

I ask them to light a match when... one_voice Feb 2013 #19

how did he go to the balcony for a fan with no legs on? grasswire Feb 2013 #20

I didn't hear about that part undeterred Feb 2013 #21

he said he got out of bed... grasswire Feb 2013 #29

...which brings up another point grasswire Feb 2013 #30

Maybe he didn't have his contact lenses in. undeterred Feb 2013 #39

Nobody is fooled.. sendero Feb 2013 #23

Barricade the door and call the cops. nt bluestate10 Feb 2013 #25

Ridiculous alibi Smll_Ax3 Feb 2013 #26

I've got a pretty complicated strategy, but it boils down to: petronius Feb 2013 #31

Roll spins over not under. Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #52

How dare you? Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #62

Message auto-removed robertkdem1965_h8 Feb 2013 #32

Call 911. Leave house and go to nearest neighbor and lock door. Call 911 again. Hekate Feb 2013 #33

Get the family in the saferoom... krispos42 Feb 2013 #34

First off if there is an intruder in my house I would never bother to figure out where my loved ones Kalidurga Feb 2013 #35

It's a new one on me. Ken Burch Feb 2013 #36

Well, what if you hit the toilet bowl and it explodes? undeterred Feb 2013 #40

I don't have a gf at present. And I only shoot at EMPTY bathrooms. Ken Burch Feb 2013 #50

... undeterred Feb 2013 #60

Any intruder here would have to get past two sets of sharp teeth, hobbit709 Feb 2013 #37

Well, that's fine for you, but what about us without kids at home?? eom Maeve Feb 2013 #81

Start shootin, then post on twitter asap RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #42

Posting on twitter should always come first. LisaL Feb 2013 #47

Retreat down the stairs and call the Police obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #44

Did he have a history of steroid use? Samantha Feb 2013 #51

Steroids Found In Oscar Pistorius' Home After Shooting Of Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp: REPORT MADem Feb 2013 #55

Empty the clip. Yell yeehaw. Repeat. NaturalHigh Feb 2013 #53

After I've beaten them bloody with a cricket bat, or before? MADem Feb 2013 #54

No, I said DART GUN not ... Kennah Feb 2013 #56

I'm skeptical.. Permanut Feb 2013 #57

I ask them Spirochete Feb 2013 #58

Makes as much sense as chasing an unarmed teenager minding his business and then losing him.... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #65

"Don't use the guest towels!" NoPasaran Feb 2013 #66

Jimmy Hoffa's been hiding in mine since 1975. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2013 #67

Best post of the day! riqster Feb 2013 #83

A person should leave the house and wait outside JPZenger Feb 2013 #72

Stick a chair under the doorknob and don't let him out until it's sparkling clean. tanyev Feb 2013 #73

Ask them to turn on the vent fan? n/t Still Sensible Feb 2013 #76

So how do you respond when an intruder locks himself in your bathroom? NCTraveler Feb 2013 #77

About my reponce.. Billcorton Feb 2013 #79

Knock on the door and say "Reeva, are you in there?" LeftinOH Feb 2013 #80

Ask him to leave a quarter. nt clarice Feb 2013 #82