Nary a Peep 1
Karen’s comment to the post about the Peeping Thomasina reminded me of the story of the elderly maiden lady who called the local sheriff to complain that some some local boys were skinny-dipping within view of her kitchen window.
The sheriff drove out and determined that, although they were partially screened by trees, they were visible. He told the boys to move up the stream aways.
The next day, the maiden lady called to complain again. “But,” asked the sheriff, “didn’t they move?”
“Yes,” she replied, “but I can still see them from my bedroom window.”
So he asked them to move farther upstream.
The next day, she called him again. When he asked whether they had moved, she said, “Yes, but I can still see them.”
“From the widow’s walk, on the roof, with my binoculars.”
October 22, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Maybe the sheriff got her a subscription to Playgirl. Give her something to do.