i was sitting at a stop light this morning. The lady in front of me was
going
through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed to
green
she did not obey its command - a green light is a commandment - NOT a
suggestion.
When the light turned to red, and she had still not moved, I began
(with my
windows up) screaming epithets and beating on my steering wheel. My
expressions of distress were interrupted by a policeman, gun drawn,
tapping
on my window. Against my protestations of, "You can't arrest me for
hollering
in my car," he ordered me into the back seat of his.
After about two hours in a holding cell, the arresting officer advised
me I
was free to go. I said, "I knew you couldn't arrest me for what I was
yelling
in my own car. You haven't heard the last of this." \\
The officer replied, "I didn't arrest you for shouting in your car. I
was
directly behind you at the light. I saw you screaming and beating your
steering wheel, and I said to myself, "What a jerk.
But there is nothing I can do to him for throwing a fit in his own car.
Then I noticed the 'Cross' hanging from your rear view mirror, the
bright
yellow 'Choose Life' license tag, and the 'Jesus is Coming Soon' bumper
sticker, and I thought you must have stolen the car."
Author Unknown
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Thought For The Day
I was sitting at a stop light this morning. The lady in front of me was
going
through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed to
green
she did not obey its command - a green light is a commandment - NOT a
suggestion.
When the light turned to red, and she had still not moved, I began
(with my
windows up) screaming epithets and beating on my steering wheel. My
expressions of distress were interrupted by a policeman, gun drawn,
tapping
on my window. Against my protestations of, "You can't arrest me for
hollering
in my car," he ordered me into the back seat of his.
After about two hours in a holding cell, the arresting officer advised
me I
was free to go. I said, "I knew you couldn't arrest me for what I was
yelling
in my own car. You haven't heard the last of this." \\
The officer replied, "I didn't arrest you for shouting in your car. I
was
directly behind you at the light. I saw you screaming and beating your
steering wheel, and I said to myself, "What a jerk.
But there is nothing I can do to him for throwing a fit in his own car.
Then I noticed the 'Cross' hanging from your rear view mirror, the
bright
yellow 'Choose Life' license tag, and the 'Jesus is Coming Soon' bumper
sticker, and I thought you must have stolen the car."
Author Unknown
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