Old Dog
04-13-2005, 11:16 AM
> Subject: DWI - Texas style
>
>
> Only a Texan could think of this .... from the county
> where drunk driving is considered a sport, comes this
> true story.
>
> Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar
> in Bandera, Texas. After last call the officer noticed
> a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could
> barely walk.
> The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few
> minutes, with the officer quietly observing. After
> what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five
> different vehicles, the man managed to find his car
> which he fell into. He sat there for a few minutes as
> a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
>
> Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and
> off (it was a fine, dry summer night) -- flicked the
> blinkers on, then off a couple of times, honked the
> horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the
> vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and
> then remained still for a few more minutes as some
> more of the other patron vehicles left.
>
> At last, the parking lot empty, he pulled out of the
> parking lot and started to drive slowly down the road.
>
> The police officer, having patiently waited all this
> time, now started up the patrol car, put on the
> flashing lights, and promptly pulled the man over and
> carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the
> breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having
> consumed any alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer
> said, "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the
> police station. This breathalyzer equipment must be
> broken."
>
> "I doubt it," said the truly proud Texan. "Tonight I'm
> the designated decoy."
>
>
>
> Only a Texan could think of this .... from the county
> where drunk driving is considered a sport, comes this
> true story.
>
> Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar
> in Bandera, Texas. After last call the officer noticed
> a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could
> barely walk.
> The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few
> minutes, with the officer quietly observing. After
> what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five
> different vehicles, the man managed to find his car
> which he fell into. He sat there for a few minutes as
> a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
>
> Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and
> off (it was a fine, dry summer night) -- flicked the
> blinkers on, then off a couple of times, honked the
> horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the
> vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and
> then remained still for a few more minutes as some
> more of the other patron vehicles left.
>
> At last, the parking lot empty, he pulled out of the
> parking lot and started to drive slowly down the road.
>
> The police officer, having patiently waited all this
> time, now started up the patrol car, put on the
> flashing lights, and promptly pulled the man over and
> carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the
> breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having
> consumed any alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer
> said, "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the
> police station. This breathalyzer equipment must be
> broken."
>
> "I doubt it," said the truly proud Texan. "Tonight I'm
> the designated decoy."
>