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Recently, during a routine patrol, an RCMP patrolman
parked down the street outside the Legion Hall just off the main Street at
Estevan, Saskatchewan ..
After last call, the officer observed a man leaving the
Legion Hall. The gentleman was so intoxicated that he could barely walk. He
then stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer
quietly observing. After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five
different vehicles, the man managed to find his car, which he fell into.
He sat there for a few minutes and then threw a hook
and line out the window and seemed to be trying to catch a fish.. A number of
other patrons paid no attention to this crazy drunk as they left the bar and
drove off.
Finally the drunk started the car, switched the wipers
on and off (it was a fine, dry summer night) flicked the blinkers on and off a
couple of times, honked the horn, and switched on the headlights.
He then pulled in the hook and line and moved the
vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained still for a
few more minutes as some more of the other patron vehicles left. At last, the
parking lot was empty; he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive
slowly down the road.
The officer, having patiently waited all this time, now
started up the patrol car, put on the flashing lights, and promptly pulled the
man over. He performed a breathalyzer test on the gentleman who cooperated
fully, and to his amazement the breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man
having consumed any alcohol at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said, 'I'll have to ask you to
accompany me to Headquarters.
This breathalyzer equipment must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the truly proud Saskie,
"Tonight I'm the designated decoy."
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