Getting ready to leave their house in the morning, a couple discovered that their car had been stolen. They called the police to report the theft, and for the rest of the day they tried to manage without a car.

Imagine their surprise when they found their car in front of their house the next morning. There was a note on the dashboard, which read, "I want to apologize for the inconvenience I caused you, but I was desperately in need of a car! To make It up to you: here are two tickets for La Traviata this Friday. I wish you a pleasant evening."

The couple was pleasantly surprised and thought it rather amusing. They were not amused anymore, though, when they returned from the opera only to discover that their house had been skillfully stripped bare.