“But officer, I thought it was a JOKE.”
“What part of METER WILL SELF-DESTRUCT was unclear to you, son?”
“That’s– that’s just stupid! I mean, it’s a parking meter!”
“A meter that said, clearly, INSERT COINS. METER WILL SELF-DESTRUCT.”
“What is the POINT of that? I mean, sir, why didn’t someone remove it if something was wrong with it?”
“There was something wrong with it?”
“It exploded!”
“No, it self-destructed. That’s what the sign said.”
“But– ”
“But what, son? It said INSERT COINS. Did you insert coins?”
“Yeah, but–”
“And then it self-destructed?”
” ….”
“Then it sounds to me like it was in working order. You’re going to have to get this vehicle out of here, sir. The street sweepers will be out in a few hours, at which point it will have to be impounded.”
“There’s no way I can move my car, it’s totaled! What am I going to do?”
“I don’t know, but you’re going to have to figure it out. This is a no parking zone after midnight, and that was five minutes ago.”
“I’ll call triple-a right now.”
“Alright then. You have a good night, sir. And read the meter next time.”
I promised a new story today. … It was told elsewhere, as a writing exercise, but it was never posted on the old blog, so we shall pretend it is new.
~:o …..woah~
- giggles -
Funniest bit is, it wasn’t intended to be humorous when I started out. It turned out that way quite by accident.
Ha. That is all kinds of awesome.
who says cops are not helpful?
kafka with a funnybone
@Shawn (some sort of beast) — YOU. I know it’s you.
@Jada — I’m very glad to see you have made your way here. Welcome. .. As for cops, I have to say, even as a youngster getting into trouble, cops have generally been quite reasonable. I realise I am fortunate in that regard.
@Paul — High praise, and quite undeserved, but thank you nonetheless. I appreciate having the opinion of a more experienced writer on board. Cheers.
Ha!
I want to make stickers saying INSERT COINS. METER WILL SELF-DESTRUCT, and stick them on as many parking meters here as I can find.
Ah, the ones that start out with serious intent and decend into silliness. I like it when that happens.
Will
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