RE: thought this was amusing....and thought of you Iris

[Guest guest]

Dave Gehr of Lake Kiowa, Texas 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.

> Dave opened the back door to go turn off the

light but saw that

> there were people in the shed stealing things.

> He quickly phoned the police, who asked, " Is

someone in your

> house? " and Dave said, " No. "

> Then the police dispatcher said that all

patrols were all busy,

> there was no one available, and that he should

simply lock his door and an

> officer would be along when as soon as they

were available.

> Dave said, " Okay,thanks! " 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 Dave hung up.

> Withi! n five minutes three police cars, a

SWAT unit, and an

> ambulance showed up at the Gehr residence.

> Of course, the police caught the burglars

red-handed. One of

> the policemen said to Dave: " I thought you

said that you'd shot them! "

> Dave said, " I thought you said there was

nobody available! "

[Guest guest]

Yup...sounds like our too busy police department

looking for a exciting call but did you notice how

smart that Texan was? Iris

--- iamladybird <iamladybird@...> wrote:

> Dave Gehr of Lake Kiowa, Texas 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.

> > Dave opened the back door to

> go turn off the

> light but saw that

> > there were people in the

> shed stealing things.

> > He quickly phoned the

> police, who asked, " Is

> someone in your

> > house? " and Dave said, " No. "

> > Then the police dispatcher

> said that all

> patrols were all busy,

> > there was no one available,

> and that he should

> simply lock his door and an

> > officer would be along when

> as soon as they

> were available.

> > Dave said, " Okay,thanks! "

> 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 Dave hung up.

> > Withi! n five minutes three

> police cars, a

> SWAT unit, and an

> > ambulance showed up at the

> Gehr residence.

> > Of course, the police caught

> the burglars

> red-handed. One of

> > the policemen said to Dave:

> " I thought you

> said that you'd shot them! "

> > Dave said, " I thought you

> said there was

> nobody available! "

>

>

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