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SFGate - It's pretty common these days for robbers to hit homes where marijuana is being grown. Not so common: When the suspected pot growers are two women past retirement age. That was what San Bruno police uncovered the other day, according to San Mateo County prosecutors. It all began April 29 when neighbors heard loud banging coming from the women's home on Valleywood Drive, nestled in between Skyline Boulevard and Interstate 280. Then they saw two men, later identified as Kitae Chae, 38, and Kenny Kong, 34, breaking down the front door and lingering inside for a few minutes before driving off in a BMW, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. The neighbors called police, and officers who stopped the BMW in South San Francisco found the men with $12,000 in cash, marijuana packaging material and seven ecstasy pills, Wagstaffe said. When they arrived at the Valleywood Drive home, investigators found a substantial pot-growing operation: more than 800 marijuana plants, $3,000 in cash and a bypass through which electricity was being stolen from Pacific Gas and Electric Co., police said. In short order, officers arrested the occupants - 72-year-old Aleen Lam and Virginia Chan Pon, 65. It's not Pon's first run-in with the law: She is already facing charges in Yolo County for allegedly passing more than $40,000 in bad checks over a three-day period at Cache Creek Casino. "I have never seen or heard of women in their 60s and 70s running a grow house," Wagstaffe said. "I certainly hope it is aberrational rather than a trend. I suppose profiteering in illegal enterprises crosses all the generations." The two women face a variety of drug charges, and Chae and Kong are accused of drug and burglary counts. Everyone involved has pleaded not guilty.

Go-go grannies! Just picturing these two huffin' on a couple of fatties has to be enough to put a smile on your face. Two old Asian chicks gettin' stoned to the hilt throwin' down Cheetos and Twinkies like there's no tomorrow. Just a couple of farmers diggin' on their crops. Hey, in a down economy ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

FLORIDA - When Bartow police pulled over 33-year-old Bradley Gummow, an 11th and 12th grade teacher at Bartow High School, for a traffic stop late Tuesday morning, they say they saw a plastic bag in his mouth, reports WTSP News-10 in Tampa Bay. But Gummow wasn't talking. So they used a surefire method to get him to open his mouth: They tased him. Out of his mouth pooped five bags of pot. Small wonder he couldn't talk.

Nice try Bradley, but I'm not sure a little weed is worth gettin' tased over. The punishment just isn't fittin' the crime on this one, bro. See, they were gonna find the weed anyway, homeslice. So, what have we learned, Mr. Teacher? We've learned that when the cops ask us questions, we give them answers, right? Hey, congratulations - you've unintentionally provided a wonderful lesson for your high school students. Teacher of the year!

BEND, OR - The Sherman County Sheriff's Office said a man was arrested last Wednesday, after the driver's dog reveled hidden drugs. Reports said a sheriff's deputy pulled over the pickup truck, and as he approached the vehicle, saw something fly out the window. That turned out to be a sock stuffed with marijuana and hashish. The driver said he was trying to hide the sock after being pulled over, but his pit-bull mix grabbed it and would not let go. After a brief struggle, the dog won, and the sock flew out the window. The 32-year-old driver was arrested on drug possession charges.

Wow, you know you're having a bad day when Fido gets you busted for weed. Your dog turns on you and on top of that you lose your stash, too. It's a gloomy day in Oregon, my friends.