Pringle made a point of driving me by the place on the way to County Lockup. He pointed out the window and jeered to his partner driving the prowl car.
“That there patio furniture ought to get a civic medal, catching such a hardened criminal as Joey here,” he snorted. “Tell me, Joey, did you conceive that brilliant robbery all by yourself or did you go to the library to consult?” He laughed so hard he couldn’t finish his sentence.
“I didn’t take to thieving by choice,” I said, defiant. “I’ll plan better next round.”
“Well, you’ll have plenty time.”
Oops.
Sounds like he’s going to be away for a time. I love the phrase “prowl car”.
I love the way you tell us what happened without ever telling us what happened 🙂
Never let a lawn chair get in the way of a good crime.
Tracey
Very good. Hasn’t ended well for Joey.
I can see a slapstick routine coming out of this.
Poor Joey, foiled by the furniture!
Nice take on the prompt!
Yep. made me laugh.
Sounds like Joey will have a lot of time on his hands to make his plans. Nice story!
At least he might learn from his mistakes. The wrong things, of course, but learning is learning. Well done.