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Old 03-22-2007, 17:04 PM   #66 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bluesman View Post
If he'd done anything but go into 'yessir/no sir' mode when the cop rolled up on him, though, the option to ratchet up the Hassle Meter is always there. The cops wouldn't have had the option of 'medical observation' if the drunk they're dealing with is belligerant. Luckily, the fight seems to have gone out of him by then. They took him into custody basically to make sure he's not going to get himself hurt, hence, 'medical observation'.
luck had nothing to do with it, or another way of putting it he was lucky in the same way as I was lucky, namely my parents taught me that there is a certain point you can push to and then it's time to go "yes Sir".
No matter how drunk I've got, I've always remembered "don't mess with the cops". A lot of my friends weren't so "lucky".
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