MISTAKEN IDENTITY
An honest 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 hit the roof,
and the horn,
screaming in frustration as she missed her chance
to get through the intersection with him.
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 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 the guy off in front of you,
and
cussing a blue streak at him.
I noticed the 'Choose
Life' license plate holder,
the 'What Would Jesus Do'
bumper sticker,
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."
