Round like a shot

 

 


One night, a man on his way to bed looked out of his window into the back garden.  He noticed burglars breaking into his shed.

 

The man immediately phoned the police but was told there was nobody in the area to help, but would send someone over as soon as possible.

 

The man hung up.  A minute later he rang back and said:

 

“Hello, I rang you a minute ago because I had burglars breaking into my shed.  You don’t have to worry now, because I’ve shot them.”

 

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

 

One of the officers said:

 

“I thought you said you’d shot them.”

 

To which the man replied:

 

“I thought you said there was no one available.”