When we are in trouble, we would expect that help would come our way as quickly as possible. In fact, there is an entire network set up for that very purpose, the 911 network and with a simple phone call, we can have the emergency services on their way to us quickly and easily. Although we would expect that service to work flawlessly, there are going to be times when a problem occurs. That is what we see happening in the following joke. A man called for help and when they didn’t arrive, he got busy coming up with a plan.
An elderly man, from Georgia, 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. He 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?”
He said “No, but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me.”
Then the police dispatcher said “All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available.”
The old guy said, “Okay.” He hung up the phone and counted to 30.
Then he 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 just shot them,” and he hung up.
Within five minutes, six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an Ambulance showed up at the residence, and caught the burglars red-handed. One of the Policemen said to old guy, “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”
The wise old man said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”
