Ellyllions
07-17-2006, 07:16 AM
I've got a couple.
1) At a Super Wal-mart one day last year....standing in a checkout line. Saw an elderly man (good mid to late 70's) walk up to what he thought was a bubblegum ball machine and put his quarter in. I knew it was a super ball machine and was interested in seeing what he was going to do with the ball. He turns the knob and retrieves his "gumball", and I watch as he puts the ball in his toothless mouth. He tries to bite down, rolls the thing around and tries again, and then grimaces because he realized that it was a rubber ball. He takes the ball out and throws it down on the ground in disgust. The spit covered ball zooms off the ground and is bouncing in reckless abandon all around the checkout area. People were dodging and complaining and looking for the child that must've thrown it.
When I managed to get off the floor from convulsive laughter the old man was gone...
2) Working on a Friday night at my Police Department back in '96. Get a call on the radio that the guys are bringing a drunk and disorderly in for booking. Go to get the paperwork ready and let the magistrate know that he'll be needed when the (mighter-than-thou) shift Sergeant calls on my radio to ask for the waterhose to be ready in the sally-port. I think to myself, "Uh-oh somebody got pepper".
When they get to the Department, the perp is crying in laughter. Seems the "uber-cool" shift Sergeant had inadvertently sprayed himself instead of the perp.....that was the funniest most poetic justice moment of my life. If you've ever had a can of pepper spray in your hand, you'd know how hard it would be to spray yourself instead of the intended recipient.
1) At a Super Wal-mart one day last year....standing in a checkout line. Saw an elderly man (good mid to late 70's) walk up to what he thought was a bubblegum ball machine and put his quarter in. I knew it was a super ball machine and was interested in seeing what he was going to do with the ball. He turns the knob and retrieves his "gumball", and I watch as he puts the ball in his toothless mouth. He tries to bite down, rolls the thing around and tries again, and then grimaces because he realized that it was a rubber ball. He takes the ball out and throws it down on the ground in disgust. The spit covered ball zooms off the ground and is bouncing in reckless abandon all around the checkout area. People were dodging and complaining and looking for the child that must've thrown it.
When I managed to get off the floor from convulsive laughter the old man was gone...
2) Working on a Friday night at my Police Department back in '96. Get a call on the radio that the guys are bringing a drunk and disorderly in for booking. Go to get the paperwork ready and let the magistrate know that he'll be needed when the (mighter-than-thou) shift Sergeant calls on my radio to ask for the waterhose to be ready in the sally-port. I think to myself, "Uh-oh somebody got pepper".
When they get to the Department, the perp is crying in laughter. Seems the "uber-cool" shift Sergeant had inadvertently sprayed himself instead of the perp.....that was the funniest most poetic justice moment of my life. If you've ever had a can of pepper spray in your hand, you'd know how hard it would be to spray yourself instead of the intended recipient.