A naked man trying to burglarize a house in Arizona stopped in mid-escape to ask the homeowner a simple question: Do you have an extra pair of boxers?

The victim threw a pair of his shorts to the crook, who fled next door and tried to steal a car. When cops in Cottonwood slapped the cuffs on George Kopsaftis, he was still dressed in nothing but his borrowed underpants.

Hey, does Fruit of the Loom need a bad-boy model?

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Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Authorities in Lincoln, Neb., say they went to an apartment seeking a suspect in a recent burglary but turned to leave when no one answered the door. Until they heard a loud thud.

They found a man with a broken leg on the ground below. It wasn’t the burglary suspect they were seeking. But he still wound up being arrested – after they learned he had been wanted on outstanding theft warrants and suspicion of giving false statements. (s, lcf)

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A new study says Britons are the most prolific shoplifters in Europe and stole a whopping $6.3 billion worth of goods from their nation’s shops last year.

Razor blades were the most stolen item, followed by alcohol and toiletries.

The British-based Center for Retail Research found Finland had the second worst shoplifting problem.

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A Swedish hunter was knocked unconscious after his son shot a flying Canadian goose – and the bird fell on his head.

“I guess it wanted revenge,” said the younger hunter, Ulf Ilback, who had been knocked out by the 13-pound goose, which fell from around 60 feet.

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Stacey Clayton was feeding the ducks at a small pond in Cornwell, England, with baby daughter Alanna in tow when she spotted what looked like a 2-foot-long log floating in the water.

“Then I realized it had eyes. I thought to myself: ‘Logs don’t blink!’ ” said Stacey, 20. “I threw a stone at it, and it lifted its head and looked straight at me. I saw its tail, and about a dozen teeth coming down from its jaw.”

Stacey fled home and called the cops who identified the creature as a cayman, a relative of the crocodile. How it got there nobody knows, nor were authorities able to catch it.

(p. 35 in metro)