Mistaken Identity
Two cars were waiting at a stoplight. The light turned green, but the man
didn't notice it. A woman in the car behind him is watching traffic pass around
them. The woman begins pounding on her steering wheel and yelling at the man to
move. The man doesn't move. The woman is going ballistic inside her car,
ranting and raving at the man, pounding on her steering wheel and dash. The
light turns yellow and the woman begins to blow the car horn, flips him off, and
screams profanity and curses at the man out her car window.
The old man looks up, sees the yellow light, and accelerates through the
intersection just as the light turns red.
The woman is beside herself, screaming in frustration as she misses her chance
to get through the intersection. As she is still in mid-rant she hears a tap on
her window and looks up into the barrel of a gun held by a very serious looking
policeman. The policeman tells her to shut off her car while keeping both hands
in sight. She complies, speechless at what is happening. After she shuts off
the engine, the policeman orders her to exit her car with her hands up. She
gets out of the car and he orders her to turn and place her hands on her car.
She turns, places her hands on the car roof and quickly is cuffed and hustled
into the patrol car. She is too bewildered by the chain of events to ask any
questions and is driven to the police station where she is fingerprinted,
photographed, searched, booked and placed in a cell.
After a couple of hours, a policeman approaches the cell and opens the door for
her. She is escorted back to the booking desk where the original officer is
waiting with her personal effects. He hands her the bag containing her things,
and says, "I'm really sorry for this mistake. But 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. Then 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.
So, naturally . . . . . . . . I assumed you had stolen the car."
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