George Phillips & his wife Joy have lived in Strathfield for many years, they enjoyed their life there, a large home on a similarly large block of land.
One night they were heading off to bed around 10.45pm when Joy said that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the upstairs bedroom window.
George opened the back door to go out and turn off the light but could see that there were people in his garden shed, they were obviously stealing things.
He quietly closed the door and phoned the police. The operator asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said "No". The operator then said that all Police were out on other jobs and that he should lock himself securely in his house and that as soon as a car became available they would attend his home to check it out.
George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.
"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my garden shed." His call was acknowledged so George continued, "Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them." Then he hung up.
Within a matter of minutes three police cars, an Armed Response Unit, the Dog Squad and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips' Strathfield residence where they caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the Policemen went over to George and said: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
George replied, "And I thought you said there was nobody available!"
Don't mess with old people, they may walk slowly but they can still think on their feet!!
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