It seems a man was headed up to bed one night, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in their shed. She told him she could see it from the bedroom window. He told her he hadn't been in the shed that day. When he looked out the window, he saw that there were people in the shed, stealing things.

So, he phoned the police. The police told him that there was no one was in his area and consequently, there was no one available to catch the thieves.

He said "OK," hung up, counted to 30 and called the police again.

And he said, "Hello. I just called a few seconds ago, because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now. I've just shot them all."

Within five minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, an armed response unit. They caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to the man, "I thought you said you'd shot them!"

And he replied, "I thought you said there was no one available."

Sometimes you just feel like you need to get somebody's attention any way you can. There are times when you feel like you want to grab somebody by the collar and shake them until they wake up and notice what's really happening.