Do you think it would be safer if I joined a monastery?
Posted 13th July 2012 at 02:20 PM by Gary Compton
So last night, it was dry and the sky was full of stars so around 11.30 PM I decided to walk the dogs.
So there we were in the middle of the field at the centre of the South Beach estate in Blyth and I heard 3 gunshots in the estate about a 1000 yards away from me. (It's a nice area not the rough part) I wasn't worried about me cos I'm as hard as concrete but I decided to ring 999
Within minutes the police helicopter flew over the place where I'd said I heard the shots and hovered for a few minutes. Nothing seemed to be happening. By then I'm thinking could I be mistaken, maybe they were fireworks.
Anyway the helicopter got bored and flew towards where I was and hovered above me, shining a light on me. The noise was deafening,
I'm pointing to where the shots came from, but they must've thought I was the shooter. After a couple of minutes a panda turned up and I quickly informed them before the swat team took me out by mistake that I'd made the 999 call.
The dogs thought it was great, and were sniffing the coppers legs. Anyway it turned out they had only received 1 call and that hadn't warranted the armed response and as the helicopter was in the area they decided to take a look.
When I got in I had to pour myself a large drink and have a lie down.
It's the curse of the beige striking again
So there we were in the middle of the field at the centre of the South Beach estate in Blyth and I heard 3 gunshots in the estate about a 1000 yards away from me. (It's a nice area not the rough part) I wasn't worried about me cos I'm as hard as concrete but I decided to ring 999
Within minutes the police helicopter flew over the place where I'd said I heard the shots and hovered for a few minutes. Nothing seemed to be happening. By then I'm thinking could I be mistaken, maybe they were fireworks.
Anyway the helicopter got bored and flew towards where I was and hovered above me, shining a light on me. The noise was deafening,
I'm pointing to where the shots came from, but they must've thought I was the shooter. After a couple of minutes a panda turned up and I quickly informed them before the swat team took me out by mistake that I'd made the 999 call.
The dogs thought it was great, and were sniffing the coppers legs. Anyway it turned out they had only received 1 call and that hadn't warranted the armed response and as the helicopter was in the area they decided to take a look.
When I got in I had to pour myself a large drink and have a lie down.
It's the curse of the beige striking again
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Could you really join a monastery and thereby break the abbot of a lifetime...?Posted 14th July 2012 at 07:10 PM by Ursa major
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Are you trying to make a monk...ey out of me Ursa?Posted 14th July 2012 at 09:37 PM by Gary Compton 
- I can't at the moment: I have a prior engagement with a fryer.Posted 14th July 2012 at 10:02 PM by Ursa major
- I am getting the urge to tell you to tuck off!
Posted 14th July 2012 at 10:04 PM by Gary Compton
Updated 14th July 2012 at 10:16 PM by Gary Compton -
We'll have nun of that language here, please.Posted 14th July 2012 at 11:05 PM by Ursa major - Sorry your Ursaness. I didnt wish to go against convent...ion
Posted 14th July 2012 at 11:40 PM by Gary Compton
