Law & Order

Went to court this morning over the license tags I forgot to renew. (Actually, there’s a *lot* more to that story, but it’s not worth ranting about here.)

So, I walked up to the metal detector (it did pick up my metal hip) and the police lady says in a monotone: “Please place in this tray any metallic items such as keys, change, nail implements, foil or foil cigarette packs…”

I start unloading my pockets so that I can prove that the beep really is my hip, then I realize she’s continuing: “… knives, handguns, rifles, grenades, machine pistols, assault rifles, anti-aircraft weaponry, portable nuclear devices, fighter jets, tanks…”

I look incredulously at her and she gives me a “Gotcha” grin. I had to smile back. Plus, once in court, I didn’t get fined or anything either. For a court appearance, this wasn’t so bad.

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4 Comments

  • kittykatya says:

    Can’t fool me — you probably had a portable nuclear device tucked away somewhere. šŸ™‚

  • kittykatya says:

    Not related to your post at all…

    BTW — would you and Rain mind horribly if I used the image of you two in your identical Magenta outfits in one of the comics? It would be a one-panel cameo. šŸ™‚

  • Mikhail says:

    Re: Not related to your post at all…

    Me: don’t mind at all, looking forward to it! Rain: okay with it if it’s a drawing (though she is in favor of a little artistic flattery). If it’s a photo, she wants to see the photo first. šŸ™‚

  • Anonymous says:

    Portable nuclear device?

    I doubt he’d bring something as crude and random as a nuke… For legal proceedings, I recommend the control unit for the Orbital Laser Platform. That way, you can selectively take out all the procecution witnesses before they get to the stand. And the judge and/or jury if the ruling becomes obvious, and unfavorable. šŸ˜€

    T’Renn

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