An elderly man was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the tractor 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 tractor shed stealing his new Kubota.
He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?"
He said "No," but some people are breaking into my tractor shed and stealing my new Kubota.
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 my new Kubota from my tractor shed. Well you, 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 Phillips' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the Policemen said to the old man, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
He said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"