Why do we let things worry us so? Silly stupid things. I have had so many calls tonight from people worried about things so far out in left field that I want to ask them how they manage to get through life day to day. It’s kind of scary. Personally, I blame television…LOL.
I know you are dying to hear some of tonight’s calls so here are the top five silly calls:
1. A man (yes, an adult) called because he has a bird’s nest outside his window. The mother bird flew off, presumably to gather food for the chicks. This man worried that one or more of the chicks might fall out of the nest before the mom returned. His request – could we send an animal control officer over to check on the chicks? Yes, I’m serious and no, we didn’t go.
2. A man called because a possum he saw outside was walking in a circle.
3. An anonymous caller advised that people were drinking to the point of being drunk at one of the local pubs. They wanted law enforcement officer’s to come collect their keys so no one drove impaired. Sorry guys, we aren’t babysitters. We haven’t the force to put police at every bar in the county.
4. At the local grocery store someone left their small grilling propane tank beside the exchange box while they went in to make arrangements for a full one. A caller called in that they were concerned because the exchange box was too close to the liquor store. What if one of the little tanks blew up? Alcohol burns hot and quickly you know. The whole store could burst into flames and trap the people inside and…you get the general picture.
5. A man called advising he saw a guy who was too clean to work in construction carrying some copper wiring. Now to understand this, you must realize that copper is a hot commodity right now – drug lords will become copper lords in no time at all. But to accuse someone of stealing it simply because they were too clean was a new one for us.
I could add more but what the heck – that pretty much shows you the type of calls we had. Scary, isn’t it?
