{"id":201,"date":"2002-01-30T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2002-01-31T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2002-01-30T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2002-01-31T05:15:00","slug":"the-car-the-cop-and-the-contriband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2002\/01\/30\/the-car-the-cop-and-the-contriband\/","title":{"rendered":"The car, the cop, and the contriband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To get back from work today, a brother in the order gave me a lift. This should have gone smoothly. Well, put more than 2 order members in the car&#8230;and things will often get silly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We stopped off for dinner, this was cool. Had a great burger. Dropped off one of the brothers&#8230;headed for my place.<\/p>\n<p>Then it hit&#8230; Passing not one, but two flashing blue light cops, the driver felt it best to slow a bit. Apparently, since it was the 30th&#8230; this didn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>Motorcycle cop lights on&#8230; waves us over.<\/p>\n<p>Okay. We pull over&#8230;both wearing seat belts&#8230;check.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can I see your license&#8230;yadda yadda yadda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Driver goes rummaging through glove box for papers. Cop wanders off. He leans over to me<br \/>\n&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want him looking in the glove box, because I have a small pocket knife in there, and I want this to go as quickly as possible. Could you make sure it&#8217;s covered. I move some papers around and <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.apoloprod.com\/images\/pipe.jpeg\">spy the following<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I figure&#8230;I might as well cover that up as well. It&#8217;s probably in the driver&#8217;s best interest&#8230;especially if he&#8217;s worried about a pocket knife.<\/p>\n<p>The cop gives him a ticket for not stopping for an imaginary pedestrian who was theoretically halfway into a crosswalk that also doesn&#8217;t exist. (In reflection&#8230;maybe I should have given the cop what I found.. Obviously he had several of his own.)<\/p>\n<p>We get back to my place. The driver is not happy being ticketed. I say, Well, I covered the pocket knife and figured I should cover the &#8216;pipe&#8217; as well. My friend &#8230;. bleached.<br \/>\n&#8220;What pipe?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The pipe in the glove compartment&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t have a pipe in the glove comptment. I wouldn&#8217;t put a pipe in the glove compartment, especially for the reason we just had..&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He excuses himself to examine the contraband and try to deduce which of his &#8220;friends&#8221; he might have to kill.<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes later he returns to my apartment simply saying, &#8220;You son of a bitch&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more The punch line--><br \/>\n<img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.apoloprod.com\/images\/guage.jpeg\" ALT=\"The ... contraband\"\/><br \/>\nMy friend has found the contraband. Matter of fact, he&#8217;d been trying to find that <b>tire gauge<\/b> for quite some time. He&#8217;s not sure whether to thank me in aiding him finding it, or kill me for taking 5 years off his life.<\/p>\n<p>Now come on&#8230;. Wouldn&#8217;t you have made the same mistake in dark, with a cop nearby, trying to rifle someone else&#8217;s glove compartment :?)<br \/>\n<img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.apoloprod.com\/images\/pipe.jpeg\" ALT=\"The ... contraband\"\/><br \/>\nAn he still thinks, &#8220;You son of a bitch&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-201\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2002\/01\/30\/the-car-the-cop-and-the-contriband\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-201\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2002\/01\/30\/the-car-the-cop-and-the-contriband\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-201\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2002\/01\/30\/the-car-the-cop-and-the-contriband\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2002\/01\/30\/the-car-the-cop-and-the-contriband\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get back from work today, a brother in the order gave me a lift. 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