Clifton, NJ:* No joke. Two teens from Jersey (where else) dressed in Ninja black and armed with swords, knives, spiked Chinese tacks -- and almost certainly the boxed Beverly Hills Ninja DVD collectors-edition recently on sale at Wal-Mart -- were arrested by police just before delivering "warnings" to local drug dealers to stop their nefarious ways. (OK, we're kidding or speculating about the DVD set, but not about anything else.)

The Ninjas claimed to be modern day Shinobi Warriors on their way to deliver letters (they actually had letters) -- at 2:30 A.M. -- to local bad guys. Who, it turned out, included the ex-girl friend, 16, of one of the Ninjas. (No better way to impress your -ex and her parents than by visiting her house at 2:30 A.M. dressed in a Halloween outfit brandishing swords.)

Police are baffled by many elements of the case. Did the Ninjas intend to use their weapons, were they serious about drugs in town. Most confounding: Is local mail service so bad that residents must now personally deliver letters (in the middle of the night) to insure they reach their destination? Police had no comment but some in town (the Ninjas' parents & current girl friends) are planning protests outside the post office until "reliable" mail service is finally guaranteed to all residents regardless of race, creed or...stupidity.

*Vigilante Ninjas are probably not a "trend" these days. But you never know (who could've imagined underwear-over-the-head as a fashion trend; wait, that hasn't happened yet; but it will, we think; it should.) In any case in deference to the unknowable, & because other appropriate Burbia sections don't accomodate the length of this piece, we stuck it here, in Burb Juice. Any complaints, feel free to use the "contact us" email located (somewhere) on every page of the site.