Chirp chirp!

I have to admit, I am impressed. The kid across the street has taught his car how to chirp.  At first I thought this meant that perhaps a Pontiac could catch the bird flu, but I have come to realize what it really means is that he has installed a car alarm in his vehicle, and that I have one more reason to leap for my telephone and punch out the number of the Lansing police with trembling fingers when I hear yet another alarm going off in the neighborhood. What a great thing these alarms are...kind of like a 21st century version of the neighbor's barking dog. I must have heard these things wailing away at least one thousand times since they were invented, and I have yet to witness anyone attemping to steal the vehicle making all the noise. If nothing else, these car alarms give me yet another reason to work for a move from the city to someplace out of town.