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Don't mess with old Folk - Hedgehog - 05-07-2008 Subject: Fw: Don't mess with the old folk.... George Phillips of Gold Coast, Australia 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. ( Boy 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!" (True Story) I LOVE IT -Don't mess with old people!! RE: Don't mess with old Folk - Kelen - 05-07-2008 Don't know if the story is actually true, but I've heard the same story with slight variances, (i.e. it was a female pensioner on her own, a male pensioner on his own), from both England and the States. RE: Don't mess with old Folk - Mike Abberton - 05-08-2008 I've heard that same story (or slight variations of it) in several places, too, so it's probably an urban legend (although potentially based on a true event at some point). There recently was a guy here in the states, though, that got arrested for making a false 911 call because he wanted to the cops to come and break up a loud party next to his house. Link to Story RE: Don't mess with old Folk - Hedgehog - 05-08-2008 I think in this situation a little white liar is good for morale...and I bet it works as well... :happy: AGE IS WISDOM........LOL