Over four hundred Christmas trees destined for Ikea have been stolen from a farm on the Scottish border.
The trees were worth an estimated £6,300 and were packaged and ready to start their new lives as commercial fare amongst the flat pack furniture and bargain hotdogs, when they were snatched from their destiny.
According to the BBC Report police have requested people inform them if “if a vehicle was spotted acting suspiciously in the area overnight on Sunday.”
Since this was not expanded upon we decided to contemplate how one would recognise a vehicle acting suspiciously, and indeed, what would be suspicious vehicle behaviour.
Would the vehicle be chatting and suddenly stop when you got too close to it?
Perhaps it would drive around with its lights off, so as to avoid eye contact?
Maybe it has a trench coat containing fir trees, which it quickly does up and hurries away when the police approach?
It could have a suspicious looking moustache to attempt to hide its identity, although with it being Movember at the moment this could make things more complicated.
We are sure there must be other things to look out for, so we put to the fans, what would they characterise as suspicious behaviour?
Angela said: “Running about nude in the town square.”
Kate said: “Lurking (plus, it’s a fun word to say).”
Lupe said: “not loving Twinkies”
Annie said: “Mom say it whenever she hear noises fwom da other woom!” – if you follow dogs on Twitter you will instantly be able to translate this.
If you have any other ideas then why not pop a comment below.
Wondering whether this theft would impact our readers’ Christmases, we asked where they were planning to get their trees from this year. We were overwhelmed with the response (clearly everyone likes Christmas, and we will stick to the theme until you’re sick of it!)
Ben said: “The shed…”
Kat said: “Letting one live another year.”
And because we are too lazy to write any more we have embedded the tweet response below.
@badgerstweettoo Mom an I did choppy down at a farm down da road. twitter.com/AnnieBBarks/st…
— Annie Butler (@AnnieBBarks) November 27, 2012
@anniebbarks @badgerstweettoo Cannock Chase. Here…. forestry.gov.uk/website/recrea…
— Leo (@TheWaffleDoggy) November 27, 2012
@badgerstweettoo: From the storage space in my garage! A tiny white tree I got at Target. Good enough for those not celebrating at home.
— ToeKneeRay (@ToeKneeRay) November 27, 2012
I’ll be looking for my gifts under @nyxmastree.“@badgerstweettoo: Where are you getting your Christmas tree from this year?”
— The Wall Street Bull (@TheWallStBull) November 27, 2012
@badgerstweettoo The attic.
— Andrew Castle (@AndrewCastle80) November 27, 2012
I’ve lurked in the bushes outside Barry Cowan’s gaff a few times. That likely counts as suspicious behaviour.