Thursday, April 16, 2009

No Flash Photography, Please

Okay ... here's something you may not know.
Apparently cameras are not allowed in cars with the flash on, because it distracts other drivers.
We did not know this.
Last night we - my mom, sister E-Rocka, and friend Mard [protecting identities is hard work but somebody's got to do it] - were in the Americar driving Mard home. The Americar is our red car which got into a bit of an accident, so it has a blue hood. We painted white stars on aforementioned hood. Hence "Americar".
So anyway we were driving her home, and Mard and E-Rocka had digital cameras with them. Flashes were going crazy as they took a MILLION photos.
Suddenly we see flashing lights behind us that was very obviously not cameras, and Mom says "Is that the police? I think he's pulling us over."
Of course, none of us were buckled, so we all go "BUCKLES BUCKLES!" as the flashing lights swept across the back of our heads like a strobe.
The police officer [at least we think that's what he was ...] came over to us with a flashlight ... dressed in CIVILIAN CLOTHES with a police jacket and badge hanging round his neck.

Was he actually police?

We will never know.

He says "Are there flashing lights in this car?" after Mom rolls down the window.
Mom: "Oh yea they have cameras ..."
Might-Not-Be-A-Cop: *shines flashlight into backseat where we all look like rabbits* *and no not with buck-teeth, I mean we were sitting STOCK STILL.*
Might-Not-Be-A-Cop: "Oh okay. Well, you're going to have to stop, because you're distracting the invisible drivers behind you on this deserted road. The imaginary pick-up truck swerved at the last flash."

Well, he didn't say THAT, but take out "invisible", "deserted", and "imaginary", and that's what he said.

THERE WAS NOBODY on this road, people. Mk? I don't know what he was talking about.

He went back to the "cop car", we drove away, and he turned a corner to go bother other innocent people.
We laughed so hard after he left - I think we were all extremely hyper.

Driving back to our house, we passed another police car just parked in a lot, monitoring people driving by.

We screamed.

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