Here’s the funniest heist story ever, and it’s not a movie. It took place in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights. According to the Chronicle, the thieves made away with 2.5 million dollars in goods while the homeowner (an heir to a locksmithing fortune!), was away. Neighbors thought the thieves were movers. Soon thereafter, one of the thieved knocked on the door of the house he’d burglarized, claiming to have found the man’s stolen property at a flea market. Read the full story for zany details. If this were a movie, it would star Owen Wilson.

The exercise:
Write about a botched plot.

Also in the news: a woman who emerged from the Cambodian jungle completely unprepared for civilization. A modern-day Peter the Wild Boy?