Here’s a little number I like to call, “You need better locks”

September 28th, 2006, filed by Robert Basler

It turns out a burglar who broke into a house in the Dutch town of Tiel couldn’t resist playing the piano he found there, after ransacking the living room.  Unfortunately for the 20-year-old thief, his music woke up the owner of the house, who called police.

“The owner didn’t register whether the playing was any good or not. He was more worried about the state of his house,” a police spokesman said. piano300.jpg                                                           

 

 

 

This isn’t the guy in the story… or the piano in the story… But still, a Dutch guy playing the piano… Dutch pianist Maarten van Veen plays a Steinway piano in this 1997 file photo… 

One response to “Here’s a little number I like to call, “You need better locks””

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  1. Shawn Hendricks says:

    You SURE that ain’t the piano?

    You SURE that ain’t the guy?

    What do you really know about “Mr. van Veen?”

    That piano also looks kind of shifty.

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