baby, what's in that satchel?

how inconsiderate of me..it seems i have not fully explained the background story behind the sharlands. my sister has told this story before, but for the benefit of those of you who don't read her blog, here it is again:

the mysterious sharlands are the previous occupants of the house we now live in. althought we bought this house and have been living in it for nigh on four years now but we still get heaps of their mail. their traffic offences, bank statements &c &c.

most recently, a knock came on the door a few days after the local elections and someone said "excuse me, do the sharlands live here?" mother answered the door and said, "no. they were the previous occupants, we've been here four years". and the man looked really shocked. "oh!" cried he, "we were checking to see if they did live here because they tried to vote in this district, and insisted on doing so even after we told them that a different family was listed under their address".

so anyhoo, they were allowed to vote anyway to avoid a big fuss, but after confirming that they didn't live here, their votes were written off. they probably didn't expect that we'd get aussie citizenship, that's why they tried that odd stunt.

now speculations abound as to the whereabouts and activities of this mysterious family. they've got so many unanswered traffic fines that the letters turned into court summonses and we reckon they're on the run from the law or something.

who are they? what are they hiding from? do add your own theories on this tag-board !!

long and short of it is, that any mysterious folk are now potential sharlands.