Chuckle 1114

Chuckle 1114
(Mary S of Los Osos CA gets today's chuckle thanks!)


~How to Call the Police~ (2nd time around)
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day)

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 but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things... He phoned the police, who asked "Are any of those people in your house" and he said no. Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply stay in his house, lock his doors 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 few seconds ago because there were people in my shed." “Well, you don't have to worry about them now because 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!" ***

(True Story) I LOVE IT...

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Word of the Day for Wednesday July 26, 2006

grandiloquent \gran-DIL-uh-kwuhnt\, adjective:Lofty in style; pompous; bombastic.

He became more than usually grandiloquent as if to make up for the years of silence with words of gold.-- Peter Ackroyd, "Supreme man of letters", Times (London), November 22, 2000

The more grandiloquent and picturesque the language the greater the distance at which he keeps you.-- Richard Eder, "Irish Memories, Irish Poetry", New York Times, September 19, 1976

A voracious reader with a passion for history and great men, he was a droll raconteur with a grandiloquent style.-- Richard Siklos, Shades of Black
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