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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

out of left field: caught with his pants down


This week's edition of left field comes at us again with a similar topic -- people getting get caught with drugs in awkward situations. That leads me to believe that there is a strong possibility that getting caught with drugs generally comes at awkward moments, likely due to the offenders trying to hide them.

But I digress. This week's left field offender comes at us from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Quite frankly, I'm impressed the someone can write Sheboygan in the date line (that little phrase at the start of the story that tells where it is set) and not truly laugh about it. Can anyone take these Sheboygan folks seriously? I thought "sheboygans!" was some kind of term used by the people who find it inappropriate to ever cuss. Apparently, I'm wrong, because someone named a town after it.

Anyways, our offender had a little mishap today and managed to get his car stuck in a ditch. When the police arrived, our fellow, only known as a 22-year-old Sheboygan man, had his jeans unzipped. One police officer -- with obvious wandering eyes -- noticed this and questioned the man on whether he had anything illegal on him. Maybe it went something like "Sir, what's the bulge in your underwear?". Who knows? That just had to be awkward. As it turned out, the Sheboygan man had a small amount of marijuana and a pipe on him, causing police to make the bust.

This situation was obviously a little weird for all parties involved, I'd assumed. Not only would the officer have to head home and tell the "so guess where I found mary-jane TODAY!" over the dinner table, but the arrestee certainly will have some interesting explaining to do to that judge.

Moral of the story? Keep the "barn door" closed. Especially if you've got illicit activities going on down there.

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