(This is supposedly a true account recorded in the Police Log of Sarasota, Florida.)
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle.
She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her lungs, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"
The four men didn't wait for a second threat. They got out and ran like mad.
The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition.
She tried and tried, and then she realized why. It was for the same reason that she had wondered why there was a football, a Frisbee and two 12-packs of beer in the front seat.
A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces further down.
She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her mistake.
The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn't stop laughing.
He pointed to the end of the counter, where four pale man were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun.
No charges were filed.
Moral of the story? If you're going to have a senior moment...make it memorable.
Thanks to Ann at What the Tide Brings In for the story. While you're at Ann's place, read her posts and watch the videos, especially Set Your Watch to A.D.
Thanks - I think this is the funniest senior moment story I have read.
ReplyDeleteAnn, this femme d'un certain âge loved it.
ReplyDeleteheehee
ReplyDeleteloved it.
Welcome back, Grandmère!!!!!
ReplyDeletefunny.
ReplyDeleteby the way, I meant to pass this on to you:
Richard Dawkins is giving a series of speeches throughout the deep south
I don't know if the dates have been released yet. I wish that he would speak somewhere outside of the south so I could get a chance to go hear him.
Yes! I'm baaaack! Procrastinating about writing a post. I'm out of the habit.
ReplyDeleteDennis, I'll watch out for Dawkins. I must say, it's brave of him to take on the Bible Belt, however, it's true that the area is not a monolith. Does he even know that there are people of faith, who believe in science? South Louisiana is not part of the Bible Belt.
Is this an extract from your as yet unpublished autobiography?
ReplyDeleteDP, indeed it is, with a few details changed to make it appear that's it's not about me, like the five feet tall bit and the handgun.
ReplyDeleteI've often thought that I'd try to fight back in an attempted robbery or kidnapping, but that's probably unwise, because I don't have a handgun, and if I did, I'd probably shoot myself accidentally, rather than the attacker.
Great story. Hope it's true, but there again, consider how it might have ended if they had not got out of the car. Thanks.
ReplyDeletethis one is funny, ad I laughed, but sadly, in my neighborhood, a couple walked into the wrong house after new Year's eve (or, that's what they think) and the man was shot.
ReplyDeletesorry that was a downer...
ReplyDeleteThat's OK, Diane. Lapin and the rest of us realize that the story could have had a tragic ending, but fortunately, it didn't. That's another reason why I don't carry a handgun, and I won't have one in the house. We have Grandpère's hunting arsenal, but no handguns, and his guns are locked up.
ReplyDeleteAlas, it is a legend:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.snopes.com/crime/justice/grannies.asp
a very old urban myth (circa 1980's or before) ... a cute joke at best, but it never happened or was never a news report.
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