Leave the Driving

Neil Young seems appropriate this morning....

"driver's license and registration,"
Said the officer with his flashlight
Searchin' around the floor of the car
Smellin' like somethin' ain't right


Ok, so I am driving into Chicago this morning. I am about 20-30 miles west of Rockford heading toward 90. There is a group of three of us driving together at about 80, (in a 55). When we see just a glimpse of something flashing at the bottom of the hill and around a corner through some trees....BRAKE LIGHTS hit all three cars. We head down and around the corner to be met by four, count 'em FOUR patrol cars. Three on one side of the road, one on my side of the road, and one what appears to be abandon car on the side with the three. All four officers were on the side of the road with the most vehicles, and standing behind one of the patrol cars in a conspiratorial little group gathered around one that must have been in charge who was looking through some book he had laying out on the truck of the car.

We went by while the four stooges stood and watched us go by, and this provided my mind entertainment for at least the next 20 miles or so....so I'll share...

Man from apparently abandoned car sits bleeding in the back of one patrol car while the four stooges look through the book on the trunk of the car... "Men, there must be something in here we can charge him with, we already slapped him around, patted him down and cuffed him, we need to find something?"

The book is actually a map book. "the line is behind the car, so it is in your jurisdiction, you take care of it." Second officer, "no it is in front of the car, so its in your jurisdiction, you take care of it."

There were more but I have probably bored you already. But seriously what manner of creature could be so fearsome that it requires four of the sheriff's men?

PS -- that last part was for the 'leeners.

Time for me to go get smarter, or fall asleep....the Italian prof is a snoozer.

ts