> A Georgia State Trooper pulled a car over on I-20 about 2 miles
> east of the Georgia / Alabama state line ......
> When the cop asked the driver why he was speeding, the driver
> answered that he was a magician and a juggler, and he was on his way
> to Savannah to do a show that night at the Shrine Circus and didn't
> want
> to be late.
> The Trooper told the driver he was fascinated by juggling, and if
> the
> driver would do a little juggling for him then he wouldn't give him a
> ticket.
> The driver told the Trooper that he had sent all of his equipment
> on
> ahead, and he didn't have anything to juggle.
> The Trooper told him that he had some flares in the trunk of his
> patrol car and asked if he could juggle them.
> The juggler stated that he could, so the Trooper got three flares,
> lit them all and handed them to the juggler.
> While the man was doing his juggling act with ease, a car pulled
> in
> behind the patrol car. A drunken good-old-boy from Alabama got
> out and watched the performance briefly. He then went over to the
> patrol
> car, opened the rear door, and proceeded to sit down in back .......
> The Trooper observed him doing this, and went over to the patrol
> car,
> opened the door, and asked the drunk what he thought he was doing.
> The drunk replied, "Y'all might as well take my dumb ass straight
> to jail, cause there ain't no way in hell I can pass that there
> drinkin' test !"
>
>
Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
Marquette, Michigan
(that's 'way up north)
PS Thanks, Bruce. I made some changes. . .
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