John Eggers, noted Forestville humorist, barricaded himself in his home Saturday and refused to come out until someone laughed at one of his jokes, police said.
Mr. Eggers wife said her husband was “on” and “riffing” during the early morning, but all that changed after an exchange with a reader on his humor website. The reader said Mr. Eggers was not funny and in response Eggers locked himself into his writer’s garret and refused to come out, even for a cup of coffee.
The Forestville Police Department soon arrived and several of Mr. Eggers one liners were passed around amongst the SWAT Unit, but they did not solicit any laugher. According to Park Constable Patty O’Reilly, “No one was in a laughing mood at dat time sonny.”
The standoff ended in the early evening, when officers came upon a joke on his website they deemed “funny.” When the FPD finally entered the home, Eggers was armed with nothing more than his dictionary, a newspaper and his wit.
Officials say Mr. Eggers was taken to a comedy club after being processed by police.
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