Published:  December 26th, 2011 17:26 EST
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The Case Of The Stolen Christmas Inflatable Penguin
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"A family in the Chicago suburbs said they returned home on Christmas to find someone had stolen their 6-foot inflatable penguin." UPI
This curious tale brings up a lot of questions: *What does a 6-foot inflatable penguin have to do with the Christmas story? There may have been sheep in the manger where Christ was born, but I`d bet my last candy cane there weren`t any penguins. *What kind of an idiot would risk serving a couple of days in jail over an inflatable penguin? *How could the homeowner, Kim Mattern, be so self-centered and clueless to report the theft of a $50 inflatable penguin? The cops have better things to do than to waste their time responding to a call about a stolen inflatable toy. *Why did this trivial incident make the news? There must be hundreds of more pressing matters in Montgomery, Illinois. If my readers are wondering why I`m writing about this non-event, it`s because oddball news items often reveal the pettiness of the human experience, and the meaningless of life.
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