| A Routine Police Patrol
Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in
Melcher, Iowa. After last call the officer noticed a man leaving
the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man
stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the
officer quietly observing. After what seemed an eternity in
which he tried his keys on five different vehicles, the man
managed to find his car and fall into it. He sat there for a few
minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
Finally, he started the car, switched the wipers on and off--it
was a fine, dry summer night--, flicked the blinkers on and of a
couple of times, honked the horn and then switched on the
lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a
little and then remained still for a few more minutes as some
more of the other patrons' vehicles left.
At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he
pulled out and drove slowly down the road.
The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now
started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly
pulled the man over and administered a Breathalyzer test. To his
amazement, the Breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man
had consumed any alcohol at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said, "I'll have to ask you to
accompany me to the police station. This Breathalyzer equipment
must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the truly proud IOWAN. "Tonight I'm the
designated decoy." |
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