“This Group is Pretty Smart!”
Recently
a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in Austin, Texas. After
last call the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so apparently
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 in which he tried his keys on five different vehicles, the man
managed to find his car and fall into it.
He sat there for a few minutes as several 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 and 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 patrons'
vehicles left.
At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he pulled out and drove slowly down the road.
The
police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up
his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over
and administered a breathalyzer test.
To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man had 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 Redneck. "Tonight, I'm the designated decoy."
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