It pays to be a fisherman

Mark Tinsky wrote in
:

This morning I was in traffic court. I waited (waded) thru a
short
list of minor misdemeanors commited by fellow Helanianians
untill it was my turn.

The judge recieted the bare facts of the case doing 70 in a 60
mile zone .
Did you do this?
yes
Waive you right to a lawyer?
yes
DO you plead gulity ?
Yes
He paused for a second ( a big mistake)
I told him I was going fishing and I ws just coming to a
rise
over looking the Missourri River. My eye was immdeiately caught by
a dark cloud of bugs, which I knew to be BWO s; I saw dimples
on the water, my heart sped up and I inadvertently hit the gas,
just as a cop was coming up the other side of the rise with his
radar on....

So you I was speeding and considering the circumstances... could
you
do something about the points?

He said he understood and waived the points, as long as i take him
fishing sometime. True story .

MT


I got pulled over in Scottsville. There's a right turn I make, and the
speed limit within town limits is 35, but after about 3/4 of a mile, the
speed limit goes up to 55.

I made the turn, and proceeded, a little too quickly (around 65) down the
road. I saw a cop right behind me in the rear view, and immediately
slowed, and then he hit me with the lights. I pulled over, rolled down
my window, and waited for him with my hands on the wheel.

He comes over, and asks for my license. With my hands still on the
wheel, I told him my wallet was in my left back pocket, and let him know
I was going to reach for it. While doing that, I left my right hand on
the wheel. He asked me what I was doing in town, and I told him I was
enjoying their streams that day. He asked me if there was anything wrong
with my license before he ran it, and I told him there was nothing wrong
with it except that I'm not real photogenic. He went back to his car,
ran my license, came back, said "The Town Fathers would appreciate it if
you slowed down," and walked away! Remember, I was going 65 in a 35. I
couldn't believe it.