HOW TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND DON'T
MOVE FAST ANYMORE.
George Phillips of 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?" 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 in my shed. Well, you don't have to
worry about them now cause I've just shot them all."
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.
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!"
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April 27th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Haha–for some reason I remember hearing that as an actual true story. It HAS to be an urban legend–or just a joke.
Right?
Buehler?
April 27th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Gd Evening, Mr. Mayor,
The place I found this swears it’s true.
Some of the crackers I’ve met would do this sort of thing.
Prof Bob
April 28th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I think it would be more believable if the location was somewhere in the UK; The Meridian Mississippi police department officers, along with their cousins, the deputies of Lauderdale County, are all armed. They do not have, nor need, an armed response team. They are already armed. And, according to Snopes.com, the story is actually an urban legend. It kind of reminds me of that Cheech and Chong movie, Up in Smoke, where someone calls the police on them, then tells the dispatcher “I think they’re Iranian” (the movie was made in the 70’s) and the whole department shows up and starts whaling on them. That was a funny movie. Most “crackers” I know, Prof Bob, would have went out and shot the burglars themselves, anyway, or at least beat the crap out of them. It’s no fun being a “cracker” if you cannot act like one.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
PB,
I did something similar to that story that would make you proud of this cracker.
A friend said his wife had lost her job, and he thought that she was having nervous breakdown. After a day of her almost catatonic behavior he called EMS. They came, but wouldn’t take her in because, from what her husband had said, it was mental health related.
When I saw her, a few days later, what I observed was so disturbing from a woman I had known for more than twenty years, that I said, ..”hell with this”,or “fuck this shit” (one or the other) and called EMS myself and said my friend was sick.
I told them she was holding her sides and rocking like she was in pain. She was too.
Long story short…she was quickly picked up, and finally evaluated by proper professionals…sent to a facility and treated for a serotonin deficiency, and came home in her right mind week later.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat.