An Irish Story
Recently a routine police patrol was parked outside a bar in
Donegal Town. After last call, the officer noticed a man
leaving the bar so apparently 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
off 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, and promptly
pulled the man over and administered a breathalyser test.
To his amazement, the breathalyser 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 breathalyser equipment must be
broken.'
'I doubt it,' said Paddy, truly proud of himself. 'Tonight
I'm the designated decoy!
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