Call the police

[Storm Cadet]

Directions on "How to Call the Police"

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 and saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the police and told them that there were burglars in his shed.

The officer asked, "Is someone in your house?" and he said no.

The officer replied 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!" :D

[DJofSD]

In California, you'd better make sure they were inside your home before you shot them else wise you're going to be arrested too.

DJofSD

[Dick Schmidt]

This old story has been floating around the internet in one version or another for several years. I saw it posted twice last year on various websites. Try it and you're likely to face arrest for making a false police report.

DJ,

I know this is a popular myth, but it's not true. You can shoot a guy in your own bedroom and still face a murder rap. Just because you find an intruder in your house does not give you the right to shoot him. As a matter of fact, given the political climate in CA these days, you will most likely face a trial for any shooting, no matter how justified. The test in CA and almost every other state is that you must be "in fear of your life, or the life of another." There is a guy sitting in LA county jail right now awaiting trial for shooting a kid he found in his living room stealing his stereo. Not only will he face years in prison for assault, but chances are the kid and/or his family will sue for damages. (My cousin's wife's brother arrested him and put him in jail. I heard the story first hand at Thanksgiving). Using a gun at any time is fraught with peril in CA.

Dick


Who is related to two cops, but would still rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6.

[DJofSD]

Dick,

Your response reminded me of the scene in "Breaker Morant" when this poem is read:

A Poem by Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant, Lieutenant, Bushveldt Carbineers

In prison cell I sadly sit -
A d-d crestfallen chappy!
And own to you I feel a bit-
A little bit - unhappy!

It really ain't the place nor time
To reel off rhyming diction-
But yet we'll write a final rhyme
While waiting cru-ci-fixion!

No matteer what 'end' they decide-
Quicklime? or 'b'iling ile? sir!
We'll do our best when crucified
To finish off in style, sir!

But we bequeath a parting tip
For sound advice as such men
As come across in transport ship
To polish off the Dutchmen!

If you encounter any Boers
You really must not loot 'em,
And if you wish to leave these shores
For pity's sake don't shoot 'em!

And if you'd earn a D.S.O.-
Why every British sinner
Should know the proper way to go
Is: 'Ask the Boer to dinner'!

Let's toss a bumper down our throat
Before we pass to Heaven,
And toast: 'the trim-set petticoat
We leave behind in Devon.'


The 3rd to last stanza is what I was thinking of.

DJofSD

[JustRalph]

Dick..........dead on! No pun intended.

I have a relative that did 15 years for shooting a guy who set his car on fire, then kicked down the front door and came into the house after my relative. My relative dropped him with a 12 ga. shotgun, in the living room. My relative was convicted, overturned by the Ohio Supreme Court, then retried and convicted again. Like I said, he did 15 years in an Ohio Prison for not leaving or being able to prove that he was in fear for his life..............