Calling the Police
Posted by: JesterGeorge Phillips, an old retired man, was going up to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.
George opened the back door to go turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.
He phoned the police, who asked him, “Is someone in your house?”
He said,”No, but they are stealing from me.”
They said, “All patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available.”
George said, “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.
“Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I’ve just shot them.” Then he hung up.
Within five minutes three police cars, a Sergeant, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips’ house and caught the burglars red-handed.
After things settled down a bit, one of the officers said to George, “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”
George said, “And I thought you said there was nobody available.”
Moral of the story: Don’t mess with old people.
