I Just Shot Them

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 stealing things from my shed.

Well, you don't have to worry about them now
because I just shot them.'

Then 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!'