A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.
The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as she missed her chance to get through the intersection, dropping her cell phone and makeup.
As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up.
He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.
He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk; naturally...
I assumed you had stolen the car."
Don't blame me. Blame Doug.
Right on! Mimi
ReplyDeleteThere is no way I would put a fish emblem on my car (let alone any of the others). While I am not likely to imitate this woman, like all other drivers I have occasionally done the wrong thing. It is embarrassing enough when I have realised what I have done without knowing I have caused the other driver to curse Christians in general.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'd say to the lady, "If you put the Christian emblems on your car, then behave yourself."
ReplyDeleteI don't do bumper stickers or other decorations on my car, but I made one exception, a "BRING THEM HOME!" sticker. I'm still waiting.
That's a good one Mimi. I'm leery of bumper stickers myself. I've been known to yell a bit myself, although it's mostly about the IQ of the person rather than a curse.
ReplyDeleteIt's usually my wife who gives the bird to passing cars.
ReplyDeleteEpithets pop out sometimes, but only I, or whoever is in the car with me hears them, not the offenders. "Idiot" and "drag-ass" come to mind, the latter for those who take forever to move when a traffic light turns green.
ReplyDeleteI used this story in a sermon a while back.
ReplyDeleteI love this story.
ReplyDeleteGood story, but maybe too true to be really funny. I recently had a woman behind me honk and scream at me because I had the audacity to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. Don't know whether she had any fish on her car, though.
ReplyDeleteBill Ghrist
Bill, next time, get out and check the driver's car for Christian stickers. Make him/her wait a little longer. Of course, you could get killed doing that.
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