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Shakedown! Wow. I just got a shakedown (not really) from Minneapolis' finest. With guns. Big guns. Good thing they didn't shoot you and good thing you didn't take the picture, that might have made them pull the trigger.. hope we are getting together friday night posted by: bill on January 22, 2003 4:20 PMBad Boy Bad Boy, Wathcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? "Drop the gun, sonny or I'll blow yer fu**in head off!" I did ..They are, and they're scooters"..and it is not a gun..it's a Sony digital 3.1 mega pixel 3X auto focus camera wiBAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT!! "Excellent work officer Bob." "Thanks officer Roger.. you too" "You got any more bullets to pump into him? Ya know .....to make sure?" "Nah..I think we impeded his progress ok enough." "I felt sure he was about to endanger me or my partner's life...you? "Hell yeah ..I was in mortal fear for you..big guy.." "By the way what was he hollerin when we shot him?" I dunno...sounded foreign to me..probably even Middle Eastern" "Yeah I thought so too..bastard .." "Yeah fu**in foreiner's...come on let's plant a gun on him and get back out on the streets so's we can keep em safe from trash like this.....better put syringe of Ebola virus in his pocket for good measure" "Roger, Roger" ONE ADAM 12 ONE ADAM 12..SEE THE SHOPKEEPER... "Come on Bob, we got us another one!"
Brought to you by John Ashcroft and all the men and women of the Bush administration posted by: DICK... Tracy on January 22, 2003 7:47 PMAwww, c'mon. I agree the mass hysteria of the Bush and Ashcroft crowd is getting ridiculous but I have to point out that a real 'shakedown' would have ended in you giving up something to the cops, money, information, etc., as that is usual reason behind a shakedown. Did your alarm company really call them and tell them someone was breaking in? Blame them. If your shop was really getting broken into, would you rather they say "aw, it's just a scooter shop, let just keep going to the Krispy Kreme"? Yes, you had a gun pointed at you, that is not a nice feeling. It's even worse when it's being done by a guy who's robbing you (trust me that feeling REALLY sucks). As for just knocking, go ride along some time with those guys in the police car, and when they get a break-in alarm you go knock on the door while they sit in the car and wait. And hope it's just a false alarm. Hey, all I'm sayin' is ya have to cut them SOME slack to do their job in a way that helps insure they go home in the morning. I did thoroughly enjoy reading the post though, very well written. Too bad you didn't get the picture though, that would have been one f**king cool picture, no doubt. But only if you have one of those digicams that is silent when you take the picture.... My makes a click and a beep that would probably result in getting shot. Keep on posting and just remember, DUCK! posted by: Andy Reilly on January 23, 2003 1:41 AMhey, andy, good points. I have no disrespect and no hard feelings about the whole deal and they did arrive quite promptly (as far as I can tell). They were pretty calm. Stern and serious, but calm. I appreciate their efforts. And I added a "(not really)" after the shakedown phrase to be more accurate. posted by: jeremyw on January 23, 2003 2:52 AMI was just scanning and finally noticed the (not really). Didn't mean to sound like I was preachin', just have freinds who do that job. As my uncle (who was a state patrolman in CT) always told me; "If you ever get pulled over by the state cops, be nice and say 'yes sir'. Because half of 'em are really nice guys and the other half are just crazy". ;-0 posted by: Andy on January 31, 2003 2:29 PMpeople i like nice jokes im mailing now from moscow it was fun to read what you wrote..lol |