Cemetery thieves are truly crafty

[bijou]

The TV news report sounded so absurd that I grabbed the DVR remote and rewound to hear it again.

"The cemetery says middle-age women are stealing flowers to make crafts," the anchor repeated.

Move over, common everyday criminals. There's a new breed of lawbreaker in town, and no final resting place is safe.

It turns out that some plastic flowers have disappeared from Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Cudahy. The culprits are crafters.

"They help themselves to the flowers they think we're throwing away," Butch Miller, director of cemetery operations at Holy Sepulcher, told me.

Buy a link here"I ask them, 'Why would you want these flowers from a grave?' They say, 'Oh, we use them to make crafts and decorations.' "
...more...

link

Note to self, don't buy decorations in Wisconsin.

[Chris_]

The TV news report sounded so absurd that I grabbed the DVR remote and rewound to hear it again.

"The cemetery says middle-age women are stealing flowers to make crafts," the anchor repeated.

Move over, common everyday criminals. There's a new breed of lawbreaker in town, and no final resting place is safe.

It turns out that some plastic flowers have disappeared from Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Cudahy. The culprits are crafters.

"They help themselves to the flowers they think we're throwing away," Butch Miller, director of cemetery operations at Holy Sepulcher, told me.

Buy a link here"I ask them, 'Why would you want these flowers from a grave?' They say, 'Oh, we use them to make crafts and decorations.' "
...more...

link

Note to self, don't buy decorations in Wisconsin.

That would be a grave error.   

[Lord Undies]

The cemetery will eventually steal the flowers and throw them away.  What's the difference?

[bijou]

The TV news report sounded so absurd that I grabbed the DVR remote and rewound to hear it again.

"The cemetery says middle-age women are stealing flowers to make crafts," the anchor repeated.

Move over, common everyday criminals. There's a new breed of lawbreaker in town, and no final resting place is safe.

It turns out that some plastic flowers have disappeared from Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Cudahy. The culprits are crafters.

"They help themselves to the flowers they think we're throwing away," Butch Miller, director of cemetery operations at Holy Sepulcher, told me.

Buy a link here"I ask them, 'Why would you want these flowers from a grave?' They say, 'Oh, we use them to make crafts and decorations.' "
...more...

link

Note to self, don't buy decorations in Wisconsin.

That would be a grave error.   

If this were DU you'd get a tombstone for a pun like that.

[Chris_]

The TV news report sounded so absurd that I grabbed the DVR remote and rewound to hear it again.

"The cemetery says middle-age women are stealing flowers to make crafts," the anchor repeated.

Move over, common everyday criminals. There's a new breed of lawbreaker in town, and no final resting place is safe.

It turns out that some plastic flowers have disappeared from Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Cudahy. The culprits are crafters.

"They help themselves to the flowers they think we're throwing away," Butch Miller, director of cemetery operations at Holy Sepulcher, told me.

Buy a link here"I ask them, 'Why would you want these flowers from a grave?' They say, 'Oh, we use them to make crafts and decorations.' "
...more...

link

Note to self, don't buy decorations in Wisconsin.

That would be a grave error.   

If this were DU you'd get a tombstone for a pun like that.

Eh, every once in a while I dig up a good one.   

[jinxmchue]

For these women, there will undoubtedly be grave consequences.