How to summon the police when you are old!

[John Holbrook]

HOW TO CALL THE POLICE

WHEN YOU'RE OLD

AND DON'T MOVE FAST ANYMORE.




George Phillips , an elderly man, from Meridian, Mississippi, 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 "Is someone in your house?"


He said "No," but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me.


Then the police dispatcher said "All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available."


George said, "Okay."


He hung up the phone and counted to 30.


Then he 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 just shot them." and he hung up.



Within five minutes, six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an Ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.



One of the Policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"



George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"





(True Story) I LOVE IT!

Don't mess with old people




Live well, laugh often, love much!!!

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[westgard]

Now THAT IS FUNNY!

[badabing]

Yeah, it's funny but according snopes.com has never been verified and probably not true. Allegedly the story was posted in the Meridian Mississippi Star however, the editor of the paper when asked if it was in his paper simply said, "no". If you google it, you'll come up with the guy living in Vancouver, Australia and Mississippi. George may be old, but he sure gets around. Anyway, when I see true story, it kind of reminds of ...and this is no $h*t....

Here's the Down Under version.

George Phillips of Gold Coast, Australia was going 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. (Does this sound familiar! )

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 'Is someone in your house?' and he said 'no'. Then they said that 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, an Armed Response Unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence and caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the Policemen said to George: 'I thought you said that you'd shot them!'

George said, 'I thought you said there was nobody available!'

[us019255]

The inverse of this was common practice in Cleveland, OH when I lived there from 1964 to 1968.

Remember that this was before cell phones, caller ID, and all the police carrying radios when they exited their patol cars.

Residents in the gheto learned that a call to the police commonly went unanswered for hours especially on Sat night. They took to calling and telling the dispatcher that an officer was down and hanging up.

Of course, the Cleveland Plain Dealer decried this practice.