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Feb. 25th, 2010 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cyranoThe good folk of Missouri have done something that nobody has done to me for seven years.
For the first time since the week after I got my license, I got pulled over. The officer was only interested in asking a few questions about our Very Interesting Penske Truck (Can I see the rental agreement, where y'all goin', did you pack everything yourself, that kind of thing) and then wishing me luck in getting back to speed from the highway shoulder. No 'can you open the back because I want to see what you're hauling' or anything.
And now we are within striking distance of our destination. We expect to arrive on Saturday, and probablyimpress foolish passers by ask some of the local friendlies to help us unload the truck on Sunday.
We are definitely skirting the edges of JesusLand here. I am constantly being surprised by giant white crucifices thrusting proudly upward into the sky. In one parking lot, I think they even had the stations of the cross running around it.
For the first time since the week after I got my license, I got pulled over. The officer was only interested in asking a few questions about our Very Interesting Penske Truck (Can I see the rental agreement, where y'all goin', did you pack everything yourself, that kind of thing) and then wishing me luck in getting back to speed from the highway shoulder. No 'can you open the back because I want to see what you're hauling' or anything.
And now we are within striking distance of our destination. We expect to arrive on Saturday, and probably
We are definitely skirting the edges of JesusLand here. I am constantly being surprised by giant white crucifices thrusting proudly upward into the sky. In one parking lot, I think they even had the stations of the cross running around it.
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Date: 2010-02-26 04:48 am (UTC)Oddly, I was never pulled over there. Only in the states I moved to. :)
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Date: 2010-02-26 05:17 am (UTC)And in other states, I think they just wanted an excuse to chat you up.
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Date: 2010-02-26 05:18 am (UTC)This is why evil will always triumph over good--because good is *dumb*.
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Date: 2010-02-26 06:54 am (UTC)There are two giant crosses on the SF Peninsula - one in San Mateo and the other near West Portal in the City.
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Date: 2010-02-26 05:21 pm (UTC)Also, I once got pulled over by a very flirtatious officer in Lincoln, Nebraska. He had me get in the passenger seat of his cruiser while he wrote out the warning (because it was "too cold" to stand outside), and proceeded to chat me up. Had my answer been anything other than "I'm exhausted and on my way to that Motel 6 across the street to get some sleep before I get back on the road tomorrow morning, so as to be in Chicago tomorrow. And my poor cat is really eager to get out of her box after being stuck in it all day" I'm almost certain he'd have asked me out.
When I finally got away from him and into the motel, I looked at the ticket and saw he'd been so distracted while writing it that "today's date" was my birthday and "birthdate" was the current date. Which meant I could show it to my friend in Chicago the next day as evidence that I'd truly been born yesterday. ;)
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Date: 2010-02-27 03:29 am (UTC)But I'm glad he only gave you a warning.
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Date: 2010-02-27 04:53 am (UTC)Missouri, the Show Me (Your License) State.
Re: bad pun warning
Date: 2010-02-28 07:04 am (UTC)