История номер 8 от 28 сентября стара как мир. Она даже в англоязычной
части Интернета несколько лет гуляет. Как-то давно она даже на почтовый
ящик вместе со всякой рекламой ко мне приходила (на английском языке):
A man was going up to bed, when his wife told him he’d
left the light on in the garden shed - she could see it from
the bedroom window. But he said that he hadn’t been in
the shed that day. He looked himself, and there were
people in the shed, stealing things.
He rang the police, but they told him that no one was in
his area, so no one was available to catch the thieves.
He said ok, hung up, counted to 30 and rang the police again.
'Hello. I just rang you a few seconds ago because there
were people in my shed? Well, you don’t have to worry
about them now, I’ve just shot them all.'
Within five minutes, there were half a dozen police cars
in the area, an Armed Response unit, the works. Of
course, they caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the policemen said to this man: 'I thought you
said you’d shot them!'
He replied, 'I thought you said there was no one available!'
( Incidentally, my house was broken into twice yesterday
within a 12 hour period and the police responded within
15 minutes each time, so this definitely does not apply to
my town ! )