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Cleaning House

A neighbor saw strangers enter a house in Upper Tantallon, N.S., Canada, and, concerned, called the police. By the time Mounties arrived, the strangers — two women — were gone, and the house was cleaned out. Or, rather, cleaned up: they were house cleaners, but they’d cleaned the wrong house. The homeowner had left their door unlocked so a neighbor could walk the dog, and the women apparently didn’t realize they’d gone to the wrong address. “Although the house was cleaned for free,” police said, “RCMP would like to take this opportunity to remind homeowners to ensure their doors are locked at all times.” (MS/Global News Canada) ...Or you might actually get cleaned out.