George Phillips, an elderly man,  from 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, 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"

George 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 and killed them both, the dogs are eating them right now." 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  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 your dispatcher said  there was nobody available!"