Cheating has its "benefits"

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wosnes
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Cheating has its "benefits"

Post by wosnes » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:32 am

Yesterday I was out running errands and started to pass the Baskin-Robbins near my home. It had been a rather frustrating morning and I decided it was worth a little cheat to have some ice cream. So I stopped in and got a cone and headed home with it.

As I approached the elementary school, I saw a police car parked in the driveway and realized I was driving too fast in a school zone. So I slowed down. As soon as I passed him, he came out with lights flashing. I pulled over and he pulled over right behind me.

Police Officer: Good Afternoon ma'am. Are you having a good day?

Me: I was until about a minute ago.

PO: Do you know why I pulled you over?

Me: Yes, I knew as soon as I saw you in the drive that I was going too fast (I was going under the posted speed limit, but over the "school zone" speed limit).

PO: Do you live near here?

Me: Yes (and I gave him the intersection closest to home).

PO: Is your ice cream good?

Me: Yes

PO: Well, if I give you a ticket your ice cream is going to melt. So you go home and enjoy your ice cream and watch the speed limits in school zones.

Me: Thank you! I will!

He didn't even ask to see my license and registration! That's as close as I've ever come to getting a speeding ticket (not that I haven't deserved some -- just not been caught!) and I've been driving for a LONG time.

The ice cream may have "saved" me. :oops:
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Post by clarinetgal » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:35 am

Wosnes, LOL! I guess cheating 'does' have its benefits sometimes. :D
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Post by guadopt1997 » Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:32 am

You got really lucky. I've been caught twice recently by two different cameras...
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Post by reinhard » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:19 am

That's great. But would you have been speeding to begin with if you hadn't been so eager to get home and eat your ice cream? :-)
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Post by wosnes » Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:19 am

reinhard wrote:That's great. But would you have been speeding to begin with if you hadn't been so eager to get home and eat your ice cream? :-)
Probably. I wasn't thinking about it being a school zone -- until I saw the police car.
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Post by Spook » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:36 pm

I'm trying to work out how you were driving with an ice cream cone. :shock:
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Post by TunaFishKid » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:06 pm

Spook wrote:I'm trying to work out how you were driving with an ice cream cone. :shock:
Me too! Maybe I'm not very coordinated, lol, but I probably either would have crashed or had ice cream all over my lap. :)
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Post by wosnes » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:44 pm

TunaFishKid wrote:
Spook wrote:I'm trying to work out how you were driving with an ice cream cone. :shock:
Me too! Maybe I'm not very coordinated, lol, but I probably either would have crashed or had ice cream all over my lap. :)
I'm not very coordinated, either, but it wasn't all that difficult. The worst was backing out of the parking space in front of Baskin-Robbins. After that, it was a cinch. Also, I found that I could "park" the cone in an outside pocket of my purse!
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Post by TunaFishKid » Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:19 pm

wosnes wrote:The worst was backing out of the parking space in front of Baskin-Robbins. After that, it was a cinch.
That made me laugh! I hate backing out of parking spaces and almost always look for a spot where I can pull through to the other side so I don't have to. Glad you enjoyed your ice cream and beat a ticket!
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Post by Nichole » Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:23 pm

I got chased down the other day for speeding through EZ-Pass. Didn't get a ticket; don't know why. Must be my Megan-Fox-Good-Looks (kidding).
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