Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Watcha Gonna Doooo
Surreal scene from my life: I left work the other day for a dentist appointment (oral hygiene kids, it's not just for finance majors anymore) and after being given a clean bill of health, decided I'd treat myself to a sugar-saturated drink from the corner store. As I crossed through a parking lot, I heard a car rolling up behind me and rather quickly too. I turned to berate the driver who seemed to have hit the brakes mere inches from my left hip.
As I turned, the door of the mini-van opened and like a clown car 8 or 9 plainclothes police officers popped out of the back. They looked like something out of a scene in any cheesy cop drama, with the flak jackets, and badges on metal lanyards around their necks. As I stood there they flowed around me like a herd of stampeding wildebeests and shouted at each other to "close the door!!" - so as to maintain the element of surprise I suppose. One of them blocked off the allyeway I was planning on cutting through and the rest kicked down a door yelling "Search Warrant!"
"I suppose I can't go through there," I said and the officious rookie blocking the way puffed out his chest as he instructed me to walk around the outside in case shots were fired. I half expected the Law and Order signe to play just then as a resurrected Jerry Orbach came around the corner.
Comments
Yeah yeah, talk to me when you have multiple serial killers popping caps in random asses running around your town. You know, like Phoenix. Or the halls of Congress.
Posted by: iain | July 27, 2006 10:34 AM
Apparently Phoenix has become much more interesting since I left.
Posted by: Lo Fat Mo | July 27, 2006 10:35 AM
I should actually clarify my congress statement. I didn't mean to imply that our Representatives and Senators are running around shooting people. Nowadays we outsource that sort of thing. Much easier to distance oneself from anything that might be deemed "illegal" that way.
My mom called this morning after hearing about the serial killers, and recommended that I be careful. I assured her I would do my best to steer clear of any serial killers I happen to spot.
Posted by: iain | July 27, 2006 10:41 AM
Actually on our Vice President is going around shooting people.
God bless your Mom btw for letting you know to watch out for serial killers. Also please look both ways before crossing the street.
Posted by: Lo Fat Mo | July 27, 2006 11:27 AM