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July 19, 2002

the bomb squad

the bomb squad

So as I mentioned after my run in with CBG on Wednesday night I found the bomb squad and a plethora of cops in front of my house. "Hey miss, come over here," one of the uniformed officers said to me. So I obeyed reluctantly. Wondering what the f*ck I had done this time.

"We need you to go look at that blue car over there," he instructed

"why ME?" I asked.

"The car is running, the doors are locked and we think it might be a bomb"

"Do I look like the bomb squad to you?"

"Ma'am we're still trying to determine if in fact the car is a bomb but..."
{oh great from 30 feet away I was "Miss" but up close I've aged all the way to "Ma'am}

I interupted, "Okay, so you want me to walk right up to a *potential* car bomb?! I'm not your personal guinea pig."

"Well don't touch it or anything. We're just curious if you recognize the car"

"I'm quite sure I don't."

"You don't know anyone in the neighborhood who drives that car?" he asked.

I told them, I can't really see it and asked if they had binoculars. They didn't.

By this point a whole bunch of my neighbors had congregated outside looking to see what all the commotion was about and I'm fairly sure the first thing in their minds was, "I always thought that moxie chick looked suspicious."

I suggested that if calling in the plates didn't help then they could look for a neighborhood parking permit on the vehicle. The car was parked in a permit only zone so if it had the permit then it was a neighbor's car. They hadn't thought of that. What a burden it can be to have a few working brain cells left.

"Hey, thanks. And you know, law enforcement is always looking for good people like yourself"

I think I muttered something like 'if you guys are any indication, I'm sure they are but no thanks' and went inside to brace for an explosion. I couldn't trust those particular guys to do anything right...

{it turned out to be an older handicapped guy who locked the car without even realizing it was still running}

Posted by Moxie at July 19, 2002 9:49 PM |Stumble It! | | del.icio.us