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GREEN THUMB BURGLAR

Ponch and Jon stop 2 cars driving down the highway bumping into each other. They are assisted in the arrest by 2 Cal Trans employees that are planting new plants to replace ones that had been stolen. During the arrest, one of the men try to get away from Ponch and causes him to fall into a mud puddle. Just another day in the life of Ponch. Before he can return to clean up, they see a car run a stop sign and go in pursuit. It is two women and they switch places before pulling over but Jon and Ponch see this. The two women are twin psychics and they take an instant dislike to Ponch. The one lady predicts Ponch’s future. She tells him to beware of sharp objects, that he will have a conflict with an authority figure, he is in danger from fire and that he will experience a romantic setback. Ponch blows it off as a bunch of mumble jumble. Jon and Ponch go back to Ponch’s motor home so he can change clothes and Ponch offers to fix lunch. Jon isn't really interested as Ponch offers tuna and pork and beans. Ponch decides to eat anyway and cuts his finger on the lid of the can. (beware of sharp objects). When they return to Central, Getraer is out front watering his plants. He tells Ponch that he has just got off a 30 minute phone call with twins and they were complaining about Ponch. (conflict with an authority figure). At briefing, Getraer tells the guys that the “Green Thumb Burglars”, as they have become known as, have stolen about $60,000 in plants. He tells everyone to be on the look out for these guys. When the guys get back on the freeway they come up on an accident where a car has cut off a tanker full of fuel. No one is hurt. The car is a total wreck but the tanker is fine and they wave it on. As it is pulling away, Ponch notices that it is leaking fuel and as it drives over a safety flare the tanker catches on fire. Ponch and Jon chase it down and finally are met by a foam truck from the fire department and put out the fire. Ponch has been riding beside the truck the whole way and if it had blown up he would have been hurt ( in danger from fire). While at Central, Jon has an idea that maybe the plants robbery is going on under their noses. Maybe the guys from Cal Trans that they see on the highway aren't planting trees but digging them up. He tells his idea to Ponch and suggests that maybe they should start checking everyone's I.D. to make sure they are really State employees. Ponch likes that idea and tells Getraer, who also likes the idea. Ponch made it sound like it was his idea. When Joe gets on the radio to all the officers in the field, he makes it sound like it was his idea. H. R. Puffenstuff makes a guest appearance as himself and is pulled over for speeding. Back on patrol, Jon and Ponch see a Cal Trans truck full of tree and decide to pull it over to check I.D. but the truck is carrying the 3 “Green Thumb Burglars”. They try to run from the officers. Getraer joins the chase and they chase them around in a drive in theatre. When they finally run their truck into the play area and are arrested, Getraer says that it is his arrest since he is the one that cares for all the plants at Central. Jon and Ponch let him have the credit. After work, Ponch stops by Jon’s on his way to a date with Georgia, a secretary at Central. He has a dozen roses that he has bought her. Ponch sees that Jon has the table set for two and figures that Jon has a date and tries to put candles on the table. Jon says he really doesn't have a date but Ponch insists. When he goes to light the candle he burns is finger (danger from fire). Jon tells Ponch that he had got a call from Georgia and she had to cancel her date with Ponch because she got engaged that afternoon (experience a romantic setback). Ponch goes to sit down in the chair and sits on the roses and gets stuck with a thorn (beware of sharp objects). Seems the psychic did predict Ponch’s future. Jon takes the cover off the plate he had made for Ponch to ease his pain of getting stood up. It contains tuna fish and pork and beans and snack cakes. WROTE BY ZAPIT

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