It Is Better to Laugh Than to Cry!

Written by on June 25, 2008 - 2 Comments
Categories: Finding Laughter

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 voice, “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 it dawned on her why.  It was for the same reason 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 farther 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 other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a carjacking 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!

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OK, gotcha!  According to the web site Snopes.com the above story is an urban legend.  But it did make me laugh.  How about you?

Cheers,

Linda :-)

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  1. Barbara Swafford
    June 26, 2008 at 12:59 am

    Hehe Linda,

    I had heard that story before and actually wished it was true. Can’t you see a feisty elderly woman doing that?

  2. Linda Abbit
    June 26, 2008 at 11:40 am

    Hi Barbara,

    Yes, it’s definitely believable. And even for not so old women who may be a little paranoid. :-)

    Have you ever read any of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels? Grandma Mazur is a character in them, and I pictured her doing just this very thing.

    Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

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