This Body Cam is Amazing

[lyman]

A story told by my grandmother, years ago. Her husband and a buddy took a road trip in the late 1930's to NYC. Had maybe a bit too much to drink and so they pulled over to sleep it off. A cop woke them up, rapping on the glass. Get it moving, because in a little while there is going to be a lot of traffic this way.

They were sleeping it off, parked on the George Washington Bridge.

Times do change.

a friend and I were out one night when I was in college
he lived in Hopewell, I lived maybe 30 minutes from the town
we met in a central location (Chester) and drove into RVA for a show at the then hoping Comedy Club

great show, got toasted,
really toasted (long island iced teas,, one too many)

anyway, he was driving, and I had to ,, um,, purge,
he pulls over in the median, I open the door and start ,, purging,

he hears me, and is just about as drunk, and opens his door to to the same,

lights start flashing,
yep, City cop behind us,

I am coherent,, barely (college years,, gotta love it, such a drunk would kill me now)
he had already straightened up and closed his door

cop asks what is going in,

friend says, straight faced, 'sorry Officer, my friend (me) was celebrating Reagan's re-election and got carried away. I'm driving him home'

Cop smiled, said drive safely, and let us go,

yes, it was the day after the election, and I did vote (first time) for Reagan

made it to his house and we crashed,(ETA, not the car,,,,) made it home, quite hungover, the next day

[dryheat]

Way back we all went drinking. The problem is, passengers who want to get lippy with the cops. No skin off their ass. I've been told, your lucky he isn't driving Those days are over for me.