Dead In The Shed

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, does someone live in your

shed? 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. Of course,

the police 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?”