Jika pintu depan dibuka, kata Barris, selama ketidakhadiran kami, kaset tape recorder saya mulai merekam. Itu di bawah sofa. Ini memiliki rekaman dua jam. Saya menempatkan tiga mikrofon Sony omnidirectional di tiga berbeda- Anda seharusnya memberi tahu saya, kata Arctor. Bagaimana jika mereka masuk melalui jendela? Kata Luckman. Atau pintu belakang? Untuk meningkatkan kemungkinan mereka masuk melalui pintu depan, Barris melanjutkan, daripada dengan cara lain yang kurang biasa, saya secara tak sengaja meninggalkan pintu depan tidak terkunci. Setelah jeda, Luckman mulai terkikik. Misalkan mereka tidak tahu itu tidak terkunci? Kata Arctor. Saya mencatatnya, kata Barris.

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(If the front door is opened, Barris said, during our absence, my cassette tape recorder starts recording. It's under the couch. It has a two-hour tape. I placed three omnidirectional Sony mikes at three different-- You should have told me, Arctor said. What if they come in through the windows? Luckman said. Or the back door? To increase the chances of their making their entry via the front door, Barris continued, rather than in other less usual ways, I providentially left the front door unlocked. After a pause, Luckman began to snigger. Suppose they don't know it's unlocked? Arctor said. I put a note on it, Barris said.)