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raeanna74 · 09-30-2003, 09:35 AM

This happened to hubby and myself.

The situation:
We were attending a religious college and had driven an hour away for the day (saturday) to spend it hanging out with our friends and shopping. There were 5 of us college kids in the car. We drove through a little town known in the area for having cops who would stop you for anything and everything. The town was also known for having one of the best donut bakeries around. We were running late getting back to school and were going to be getting in after curfew. Major demerits for that one - it was a strict school.

They stopped hubby saying that he moved into the new lane as it was created too quickly and crossed the white line. No big deal but they were checking for drinking I guess. Then they asked for all our lisences. Asked us to get out. Then asked to search the car. Just a small pocket knife in the glovebox and hubby told them about that. Nothing else even close to incriminating. They even asked us to clean out our pockets. We got a few laughs. One of the girls had tampons in her pockets and the cop who was taking care of her (there were two of them) had his hands out and she just plunked them in his hands. He was a young cop and looked thoroughly uncomfortable. We laughed outloud at that and he laughed with us. Later before they let us go one of the girls asked the cop (who was a little portly actually) "Where could we get some good donuts at this time of night." He laughed and pointed us toward a gas station nearby. They joked around with us and we had fun with it. They were just plain bored stiff in this tiny town.

When we left we called the school and told them we'd been held up. That meant they gave us a break on being late and no one got demerits. Turned out great for us and is a fun story to tell.

09-30-2003, 09:35 AM	#25 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	This happened to hubby and myself. The situation: We were attending a religious college and had driven an hour away for the day (saturday) to spend it hanging out with our friends and shopping. There were 5 of us college kids in the car. We drove through a little town known in the area for having cops who would stop you for anything and everything. The town was also known for having one of the best donut bakeries around. We were running late getting back to school and were going to be getting in after curfew. Major demerits for that one - it was a strict school. They stopped hubby saying that he moved into the new lane as it was created too quickly and crossed the white line. No big deal but they were checking for drinking I guess. Then they asked for all our lisences. Asked us to get out. Then asked to search the car. Just a small pocket knife in the glovebox and hubby told them about that. Nothing else even close to incriminating. They even asked us to clean out our pockets. We got a few laughs. One of the girls had tampons in her pockets and the cop who was taking care of her (there were two of them) had his hands out and she just plunked them in his hands. He was a young cop and looked thoroughly uncomfortable. We laughed outloud at that and he laughed with us. Later before they let us go one of the girls asked the cop (who was a little portly actually) "Where could we get some good donuts at this time of night." He laughed and pointed us toward a gas station nearby. They joked around with us and we had fun with it. They were just plain bored stiff in this tiny town. When we left we called the school and told them we'd been held up. That meant they gave us a break on being late and no one got demerits. Turned out great for us and is a fun story to tell. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.