Cops: Marion, Iowa
Every place has that town, you know, that one where the cops are seemingly everywhere, almost too the point of random harassment. In the Cedar Rapids metro that town is Marion. A long standing joke with us and probably others in the area is that you cannot drive through Marion without seeing a police car. It's the truth, try it sometime, it's impossible.
The Marion PD always have someone pulled over. One night it was one of those tailgating buses. This particular bus had a giant wind shield, the kind you would see on a semi, and one that windshield one of the most creative pieces of art I have ever witnessed. It had the Iowa State Patrol logo in giant size, only instead of saying "Iowa State Patrol" it said "Team Party Patrol." That and the bus had a giant Playboy bunny painted on the side. It was totally tits. The other night though, that vehicle that was pulled over was us. Of course this was approximately, oh, 3 seconds after Michelle said "you better watch your speed, we are in Marion."
Now one would think, why in the hell would the fun-loving Flores Bunch be pulled over on the side of the road in Marion, IA. Were they speeding? Recklessly driving? Booze-cruising? Possession of narcotics with intent to deliver? Raping and pillaging?
The answer to all of the above is in fact, no. What pray-tell did we do then? Effectively we were guilty of driving dirty car. That's right, we got pulled over on our way to dinner on a Friday night because Officer Smith was bored and couldn't see the registration tags on our license plate. Not that he couldn't read the license plate, but that he couldn't see the tags. We promised to wash our car and were released from our minutes long ordeal on our own recognizance. We were lucky that he didn't search the trunk, because he may have discovered the rust on my ice skates!
Cops suck! Feel free to post good stories about why cops lick defrosted monkey poop.
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Quote of the day:
"Gotta bill in my mouth like I'm Hillary Rodham" - Ali from Grillz, by Nelly
The visuals on that are just not good.
The Marion PD always have someone pulled over. One night it was one of those tailgating buses. This particular bus had a giant wind shield, the kind you would see on a semi, and one that windshield one of the most creative pieces of art I have ever witnessed. It had the Iowa State Patrol logo in giant size, only instead of saying "Iowa State Patrol" it said "Team Party Patrol." That and the bus had a giant Playboy bunny painted on the side. It was totally tits. The other night though, that vehicle that was pulled over was us. Of course this was approximately, oh, 3 seconds after Michelle said "you better watch your speed, we are in Marion."
Now one would think, why in the hell would the fun-loving Flores Bunch be pulled over on the side of the road in Marion, IA. Were they speeding? Recklessly driving? Booze-cruising? Possession of narcotics with intent to deliver? Raping and pillaging?
The answer to all of the above is in fact, no. What pray-tell did we do then? Effectively we were guilty of driving dirty car. That's right, we got pulled over on our way to dinner on a Friday night because Officer Smith was bored and couldn't see the registration tags on our license plate. Not that he couldn't read the license plate, but that he couldn't see the tags. We promised to wash our car and were released from our minutes long ordeal on our own recognizance. We were lucky that he didn't search the trunk, because he may have discovered the rust on my ice skates!
Cops suck! Feel free to post good stories about why cops lick defrosted monkey poop.
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Quote of the day:
"Gotta bill in my mouth like I'm Hillary Rodham" - Ali from Grillz, by Nelly
The visuals on that are just not good.
posted by Chris at 7:00 PM
4 Comments:
Just a week after getting my new car, I was pulled over for the very first time in my life, on the way to my very last class of the semester that I was originally going to skip. The officer was such a jerk. I had told him I just got my car when he asked for my license and proof of insurance. He felt the need to come back and tell me the license plate on my car was for my old car (I didn't get the temporary plate you normally get) and asked if my car was new (which I had already told him) and so I had to show him those papers to make sure my old plate hadn't expired yet. After he looked those over he came back asking if I had changed my name recently. I told him that I got married 2 years previously, but that everything was accurate. He then told me the name on the insurance didn't match my name... the dumbass was looking at the name of the insurance agent, which didn't even come close to mine!!!
Sounds like a he was a quick one.
What's up with the explosion of posts all of a sudden? I don't stop by for like 5 days and there are 4 new posts.
If you haven't noticed, my posting schedule tends to go in bursts.
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