I have already alerted the police!!!

[An Officer]

So, was there a leak?

Yep - guttering blocked by leaves. The landlord has arranged for roofers, and I can hear the scaffolding going up outside as I type. I do hope they take it down once they're done this time. The last company hired to handle this job had collapsed immediately afterward and we were left with no one to disassemble the damn things. We had them for four months! Seriously thought about selling scaffolding on ebay for a while.

I got out of bed (naked) and collected the only useful object in the room: an ornamental sword. Next stop was the kitchen, both for a more practical blade and the phone. But traversing that distance involved passing through a corridor at the end of which was the front door. The floor of the corridor consisted of creaky floorboards, and as I crept out there I heard a voice say 'shit', some scuffing noises indicating movement, and then silence.

We were a bit shaky afterward, too. Those fight or flight reactions can be pretty powerful! You were very brave, I must say!

I do think if those burglers had been met with a naked sword weilding man, they might have been more terrified than you were...

The smart and responsible thing for them to say from the beginning is *BANG* *BANG*- "FIRE BRIGADE!" so you've have an idea just who the hell is busting in.

That's what you would think ought to have happened, but no such luck! Just banging the hell out of that door. Thank god it's pretty sturdy, previous doors I've had at other addresses, they might have actually damaged! I guess I was extra jumpy as well, as I have been burgled in the past, so I've kind of always been vigilant after that.

My police officer cousin shared with me this little tidbit - when her colleagues conduct dawn raids for example, they are required to shout "police" as they break in, but this sometimes becomes "pink elephants" or "Pocahontas" or anything else they find amusing...

Glad you two are OK. Definitely a funny story. I'm just trying to imagine a firefighter's reaction when asked for ID

It was priceless! They were genuinely dumfounded for a while, then one of them started patting his pockets, before heading back to the truck to rummage, I don't think he had a clue where the things were, due to lack of use! I guess most people are not like our own Trekker (though it's clearly a good precaution, as Broberfett's chilling story shows!).

I can just picture this: average joe is trapped in his house in a fire/flood/or other catastrophic disaster, and all the while, he patiently waits for the brigade to hand him their ID's through the letterbox so he can call them in before allowing entry...

Good to know it was only something silly and nothing to be concerned about.

A very silly affair indeed, but very pleased to have had something good come out of it this morning, as the brigade promised to have strong words with the landlord, and it seems to have done the trick - scaffolders are already here bright and early... Such magnificent, dashing heroes they were... *sigh*
*Gazes into the distance dreamily*

 

[TheBrew]

Well, you do know where they work.

 

[kimc]

We were very relieved to understand we weren't going to be gagged or maimed, and were happily soothed by the extremely dashing good looks of the firemen - each one more stunning than the other in fact - wouldn't have looked out of place on the cover of a GQ magazine... I think for a while, our jaws were hanging open... these guys had turned from villains to heroes in a few short minutes....

Firemen are yummy. Once we accidently set a fire in the kitchen and ended up with firemen at our door. I'm sure there were some words said about kitchen safety but I must confess I was too awestruck to take them in. Haven't set a kitchen fire since though.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Yeah, I think they might suspicious after awhile that you were doing it on purpose to have them come back

 

[Yeoman Randi]

So glad everything was OK!!!

 

[trekkiedane]

/.../ Such magnificent, dashing heroes they were... *sigh*
*Gazes into the distance dreamily*

Well, you do know where they work.

Got matches?

 

[An Officer]

Well, you do know where they work.

That might get me in trouble at home...

Next time, I'll do a K'Ehleyr, and have my camera at the ready... I'm sure they wouldn't have minded being made to feel like celebs...

 

[Sephiroth]

was sleeping this morning *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM* loud enough I thought it was mortar fire, had me down on the ground until a few seconds later *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM* and I realize it was the door, so I grab my M2 from my closet and go to the door, after the next round of *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM* I look out the peephole to see this huge dude wearing black ME: WHO IS IT? HIM: YOUR SOUL IS IN MORTAL DANGER Me: 'V_V *opens door holding combat shotgun* HIM: O_O *backs away slowly* ME: *lectures on the dangers of pounding on someone's door at 6:30 am*

 

[Orac Zen]

Good to know it was only something silly and nothing to be concerned about.

A very silly affair indeed, but very pleased to have had something good come out of it this morning, as the brigade promised to have strong words with the landlord, and it seems to have done the trick - scaffolders are already here bright and early... Such magnificent, dashing heroes they were... *sigh*
*Gazes into the distance dreamily*

This reminds me that I really need to pick up the charity calendar some Sydney firemen were advertising on one of the breakfast TV shows recently. Brekky TV has never, ever looked so good as it did that morning....

 

[Niorah]

^ You mean the one with this guy?

It's true, he really is an Aussie Fireman.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

Well, you do know where they work.

That might get me in trouble at home...

Next time, I'll do a K'Ehleyr, and have my camera at the ready... I'm sure they wouldn't have minded being made to feel like celebs...

I really don't remember that (surely I wouldn't have made something up on the net?), but I don't

Anyway fabulous story An Officer, love the bit about "show me the id" and they look at the boots and the helmets

 

[melancholymecha]

I would have reacted the same way to that situation. My cousins once were home alone after school & some crooks tried to break in, they knocked the door down. Fortunately the perpretators ran off when they saw the two very startled kids. Very scary. Took my aunt years to feel comfortable leaving her kids home alone again.

 

[An Officer]

^ At least they had the decency to not hold up the children... could have been far worse. I'm glad they're okay!

^ You mean the one with this guy?

It's true, he really is an Aussie Fireman.

*Crosses self*

I really don't remember that (surely I wouldn't have made something up on the net?), but I don't

Anyway fabulous story An Officer, love the bit about "show me the id" and they look at the boots and the helmets

I think you took a pic of your gas-man...?

 

[K'Ehleyr]

I really don't remember that (surely I wouldn't have made something up on the net?), but I don't

Anyway fabulous story An Officer, love the bit about "show me the id" and they look at the boots and the helmets

I think you took a pic of your gas-man...?

Ah yes, "Bob the Boiler man", but he didn't look anything like that ~ otherwise he would still be in my cupboard

 

[An Officer]

Boiler men never do... what is it with certain professions and stereotypes...

 

[JiNX-01]

We were very relieved to understand we weren't going to be gagged or maimed, and were happily soothed by the extremely dashing good looks of the firemen - each one more stunning than the other in fact - wouldn't have looked out of place on the cover of a GQ magazine... I think for a while, our jaws were hanging open... these guys had turned from villains to heroes in a few short minutes....

I don't have a kerfuffle to report, but I do have a question. Did you have the presence of mind to take pictures of these hunky firemen?

 

[An Officer]

If only I had... it would have been quite memorable! Either that, or their facebook pages..

 

[Tiberius Jim]

I once had a guy who had been binging on meth try to break into my house, begging us to take him in because he thought "people" were trying to kill him. We got on the phone with the cops, and I started getting the .357 from its case. As the cops pulled up, he had given up trying to get in the house and started attacking his "pursuers" who looked an awful lot like the willow tree in our front yard. He actually ran to the cops, thanking them for showing up. Turned out he lived down our street, had been binging for about a week and was having some major hallucinations.

 

[Orac Zen]

^ You mean the one with this guy?

It's true, he really is an Aussie Fireman.

O.M.G.

*** brain melts ***

 

[Niorah]

^ My job here is done.