Don't tell Mrs. V., but I got pulled over tonight.

[bertha katzenengel]

By a very nice D.C. cop, officer Reid, who let me off with a verbal warning. :scared:

Yes, it's apparently true. Sometimes, a cop in D.C. will pull someone over for a traffic violation!

[ret5hd]

1. (waving arms) MRS. V!!!! MRS. V!!!!

[bertha katzenengel]

6. Hey!

Stop that! ;)

[hickman1937]

2. I thought you went to bed. n/t

[bertha katzenengel]

3. I left work for home, and usually don't log back on during the week.

But Mrs. V. invited me to surf while she's doing her Woman of Tongs and Fire thing, so here I am.

(I'm waiting to hear a faint, "Baby!" from the back door. That's my cue to go open the screen door and let her in -- her arms will be laden with platters of chicken & fish. (Her office potluck tomorrow.))

Edited for a dumbass error: I was so proud that I knew how to spell "queue" that I didn't realize it was the wrong word. :eyes:

[MrScorpio]

4. That is AMAZING

If you were in Monty or PG County, you would have been toast.

[bertha katzenengel]

5. Tell me.

Maybe it was because I didn't speak or even move until spoken to, didn't try to chat her up, didn't say "uh, gawrsh, officer," didn't do ANYTHING unless she said to. Or maybe it was because she'd just had a long day. Or maybe it was because I gave her and a bicycle cop coming the other way a good laugh: she kept on the speaker telling me to pull over, but I wouldn't until I found a spot that wouldn't block traffic. Like that mattered: she blocked it w/ her cruiser.

No matter: I feel very, very lucky!

[hickman1937]

7. Can I ask what the "good laugh" was?

I'm nosey. Sorry.

[bertha katzenengel]

9. It was that I refused to pull over until I found a spot where I would not

block traffic. We're talking about Washington, D.C., where blocking traffic is an Olympic sport.

I knew that's what they were laughing about because my window was down, and as the bike cop and I passed each other, he said to her, "Took you a long time to get that one!" (It was less than 1/4 mile but what the heck.)

[Mutley]

14. I did that one day

where I wouldn't pull over until I found a safe spot. it did NOT make the officer laugh. in fact, it made him point his gun at me and yank me out of my car. you're lucky.

[bertha katzenengel]

16. Yes, I am. Extremely lucky.

I swear, though, I think I would've said "go ahead, pull your gun on me! I'm not armed! I'm NOT GOING TO BLOCK TRAFFIC IN RUSH HOUR IN THIS CITY!!" Although I would've peed myself.

[jonnyblitz]

8. damn bertha hopefully she doesn't log on to DU tonight!!

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

10. You & me both, Jonny.

I don't think she will. She's been grilling a feast for her co-workers; she'll be asleep before she has a chance to sample her work.

:hi:

[jonnyblitz]

11. she loves to cook out doesn't she? nt

[bertha katzenengel]

12. "loves to cook out" is an understatement

She's rarely happier than when she's grilling. :7

[jukes]

13. i thawt

"woman of tongs and fire" was a wiccan thing.

what a dope!

:blush:

[bertha katzenengel]

15. Heh heh . . .

don't :blush: jukes :pals:

Naw, it's just my cutsey little way of referring to my baby when she's in grill mode.

[bertha katzenengel]

17. UPDATE: I told her myself.

You should've seen her eyes bug out, her jaw drop. I'm SO glad she wasn't with me.