Breaking the Law, Breaking the Law
In my younger days trouble had a way of finding me, fairly often. You could say that I was somewhat of a magnet for the occasional run in with the law. Mostly petty juvenile stuff. In fact, I was only ever arrested twice, that I can recall.
So here I am now, in the middle of adulthood, a respectable law abiding citizen by most accounts. And then I see this sign. I can't help it, I feel a devilish grin spreading across my face. I am transported back to the days of my youth. I am jarred back to reality by the tap,tap tap of a night stick on my window. Suddenly I notice the tall muscular police officer standing beside my car. I Quickly realize from his stern look that he is aware of my inner thoughts. Rolling down the window, I prepare for the one sided conversation that I know will ensue. After some feeble plees of innocent thoughts I take my citation and role up the window. As luck would have it, even "thinking" about it is against the law and I am guilty.
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*gs (59 months ago | reply)
Hahaha great story there. I'm a magnet for trouble too! No matter how hard I try to avoid it, it just happens.. Not really trouble with the law.. more like trouble with school rules and people.
Once I was taking a photo of a stray dog, it chased after me so I ran into the road where I almost got hit by a car... The next day, I was at a train station taking photos and got too close to the railway making an approaching train apply its emergency brakes...
carpediem365 (here & there) (59 months ago | reply)
great photo and story...i try not to think about those incidents in my younger days...
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Callisto011 (59 months ago | reply)
Wow, when did the police start reading minds...Don't even think it! Great shot!
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Security~Blanket (59 months ago | reply)
I love this sign and your great story that goes with it. On my first visit to NYC when I was 19, I snapped a photo of a sign just like this one and still have it somewhere. It made me chuckle that it was so threatening in a sort of thought-police type of way.
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living asleep (59 months ago | reply)
im 23 and have a beard so i am a magnet to cops as well
recently i located a clearly discarded bike (in ruins) on the side of the road and parts are expensive so i stop and scavenge then a cop shows up then i get frisked and my friend gets frisked then they search my car for drugs and threaten to call the k9 squad on me ( ok ... go ahead i have a good lawyer and i am a tax paying citizen that doesnt do anything ..... )
so finally the harassment stops and i drive off without parts .........
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Jacqueline Harte (59 months ago | reply)
Love the story............what a mad world we live in!!!
tsladaritz (59 months ago | reply)
Love it!
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bitzcelt (59 months ago | reply)
Thanks everyone, glad you enjoyed the humor.
@sam,
my brother had his entire car dismantled by the police when he came back from mexico because he "looked" like someone who may smuggle drugs. That was years ago, I guess some things stay the same.
Alvin8012 (59 months ago | reply)
haha this is so funny! A great find!
chilli monster (59 months ago | reply)
LOL, thanks for the grin.
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--Steve-- (59 months ago | reply)
LOL, classic. Feels like the owner of the sign might for a moment be confused with someone who has a sense of humor, but then you remember that they posted the sign in the first place.
Nice find :-) Now I know where to park my car
Karnevil (59 months ago | reply)
LOL!!! I know where to park my car too!
spareme66 (59 months ago | reply)
Great Shot .. Nice One !
risemeagain© (59 months ago | reply)
Huhu,nice capture.
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martinturner (59 months ago | reply)
Great sign! Great capture! Cool DOF!
I so would be parking my car there!!!
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ginamccaleb (59 months ago | reply)
I love all the stories that have popped up because of this sign! I found this one in the middle of the woods at Oswalds Bear World in the U.P., Michigan :-)
Liska Rial Eman (59 months ago | reply)
Hshahahah I love it! Such an awesome shot. Great story too, but i suppose it would be a good idea for me to look out for these signs, huh?
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