Two cars were waiting at a stoplight. The light turned green, but the man didn't notice it. A woman in the car behind him is watching traffic pass around them. The woman begins pounding on her steering wheel and yelling at the man to move. The man doesn't move. The woman is going ballistic inside her car, ranting and raving at the man, pounding on her steering wheel and dash. The light turns yellow and the woman begins to blow the car horn, flips him off, and screams profanity and curses at the man.
The man, looks up, sees the yellow light and accelerates through the intersection just as the light turns red.
The woman is beside herself, screaming in frustration as she misses her chance to get through the intersection. As she is still in mid-rant she hears a tap on her window and looks up into the barrel of a gun held by a very serious looking policeman. The policeman tells her to shut off her car while keeping both hands in sight. She complies, speechless at what is happening. After she shuts off the engine, the policeman orders her to exit her car with her hands up. She gets out of the car and he orders her to turn and place her hands on her car. She turns, places her hands on the car roof and quickly is cuffed and hustled into the patrol car. She is too bewildered by the chain of events to ask any questions and is driven to the police station where she is fingerprinted, photographed, searched, booked and placed in a cell.
After a couple of hours, a policeman approaches the cell and opens the door for her. She is escorted back to the booking desk where the original officer is waiting with her personal effects. He hands her the bag containing her things, and says, "I' m really sorry for this mistake. But you see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping the guy off in front of you, and cussing a blue streak at him. Then I noticed the: 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Follow Me to Sunday School' bumper sticker, and the chrome plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk. So, naturally . . . . . . . . I assumed you had stolen the car."
Posted by DaGoddess at January 24, 2004 02:20 AMYou neglected to make make the vehicle whose driver upset her an SUV. You're slipping.
i would laugh, but have had similar things happen to me...now if i could just get lucky and have one show up at church...LOL
Hee... My BIL sent me that yesterday!
Posted by: Kelly at January 24, 2004 07:38 AMAmen, sister!
Posted by: Susan at January 24, 2004 08:38 AMUmm, I think the policeman surmised incorrectly.
It's been my experience that those who rant and rave publicly about their religious convictions are far removed from the blather they spew; they are trying to gain acceptance on what they profess as they cannot demonstrate themselves that with which they wish to be indentifed.
People who truly have beliefs and convictions simply conduct themselves in concert with them and don't advertise for acceptance with bumper stickers and other public protestations.
The waves created by a boat plowing through water don't tell you very much about the boat itself. Similarly, the distraction created by those yelling about their beliefs to others don't tell you much about the preacher.
That said, the humor of your episode did not escape me.
Posted by: Ron at January 24, 2004 10:54 AMAnd, oh yeah... I loved the improvements you made while blogsitting for Acidman. You may have gone too far--creative people have that problem from time-to-time--but I loved every minute of it. I'm still laughing...
Posted by: Ron at January 24, 2004 11:03 AMAll I can to that is, there is justice in the universe. Who could blame the cop? Too good.
Posted by: Wichi Dude at January 24, 2004 12:18 PMthat is great! I loved that.
thank you for posting it.
:)
That was a good one!
Posted by: Jennifer at January 26, 2004 09:17 AM