The Illusive Hurly Burly Banditto!

It was nineteen years ago when the 'hurly burly persona' came into existence.
My son and I [and the dog] had recently moved into our ... 'new [to us] little house with a creek running alongside it. {On my wish list has been a house by the water. I should have been more specific!!] It 's on a short dead end street which ends at the creek and our house is the only one on the street. Some of my most favorite memories are the winter hockey games that happened [especially on snow days]when the call went out...Hockey Game! Since they could play uninterrupted in the middle of the street, 10-12 snow- suited boys would arrive and drag the two goalie cages out of the garage. And then 'let the games begin' rang out. Snow flew through the air, fun and laughter was obvious, and hot chocolate with marshmallows was plentiful.




Anyway, we were getting used to new routines in terms of prep times and travel times to begin our respective school days. So, one morning , after I had let the dog out and brewed my coffee, I made tuna fish sandwiches for our lunches. I wrapped them up in sandwich bags and stored them in the refrigerator for the next hour until we left for school. Up the stairs with my coffee, and a 'rise and shine' wake up call was followed by showers and getting dressed.
Back down the stairs for breakfast and Sports Center [ my son is a now a sports talk radio co -host]. [The best in the business, I proudly declare!!] As I went to get the tuna sandwiches, I opened the refrigerator...and guess what? They were gone! So I say to the only other person in the house,
"Where are the tuna sandwiches?"
"What did you say?"
"Where are the tuna sandwiches that I made for our lunches today?"
"I don't know?"
"Well, I put them in the refrigerator at 6AM, and "It's just you and me, kid!!!"
"I don't know...maybe the hurly-burly tuna snatcher has sneaked in and grabbed them and now it's his lunch!"
"The hurly burly tuna snatcher? Really ?"
We both went into the kitchen, opened the door, and he says,
" Oh, must be the suction of opening the refrigerator door pulled them out, and dropped them on the floor. So I guess that I wasn't really paying close attention, and I just put back what fell out. I placed it back on the door."
I looked on the door and 'Voila!!' I knew that I hadn't put them on the door.
Well that hurly burly character was blamed for many lost things thereafter.
I would tell my elementary students stories from home; they always loved it!
The hurly burly homework snatcher, the hurly burly cookie thief, the hurly burly backpack rifler, etc., etc., etc.
Has the hurly burly character visited your house/ school/ place of employment?
Very crafty that illusive hurly burly perpetrator!!!