A man goes to a party and has too much to drink. His friends plead with
him
to let them take him home. He says NO -- he only lives a mile away.
About
five blocks from the party, the police pull him over. They check his
license
and ask him to get out of the car and walk the line. Just as he starts,
the
police radio blares out a notice of a robbery taking place in a house
around
the block. The police tell the party animal to stay put, they'll be
right
back and they run around the corner to the robbery.
The guy waits and waits and finally decides to drive home. When he gets
there, he tells his wife he is going to bed, and to tell anyone who
might
come looking for him that he has the flu and has been in bed all day. A
few
hours later the police knock on the door. They ask if Mr. Smith is there
and
his wife says yes. They ask to see him, and she replies that he is in
bed with the flu and has been there all day.
The police still have his driver's license. They ask to see his car and
she
asks why. They insist on seeing his car, so she takes them to the
garage.
She opens the door. There sitting in the garage is the police car, with
all
its lights still flashing.
True story; told by the driver at his first AA meeting.
