Them Popo's!

So, what’s new in the world of Josh you ask?

Well, my truck is currently in impound, which the local police farm out to the private sector in order to suck more money out of us.

More on that in a bit.

I bet you’d like to know I’ve ended up in this predicament, wouldn’t you? I was driving home from the pharmacy when the “Reduced Engine Power” message came up on the dash. This was followed by immediate deceleration. I managed to coast into the corner entryway but stopped before I was one hundred percent on BP property.

This is important.

To me, it looked like maybe a foot, at the most, of the passenger back corner was past the curb. I believed there was no impediment to traffic, so I first called my insurance company and arranged a tow for the truck. Then, I got a ride home from my son-in-law.

I’d been home for less than an hour when the local police called me and informed me that I was obligated to have called them. I had zero idea that was a thing if you weren’t stopped in the middle of the road. So,

instead of calling me first, Officer Happy called for a tow and waited until it was there before calling me to tell me it was being impounded.

As it turned out, my tow arrived at the same time, and Sergeant Congenial sounded pissed about it. I asked him to let my tow take my truck and just ticket me, but he flat-out refused. If Lieutenant Friendly could’ve said, “Fuck you, fatty,” I’m sure he would’ve.

So tomorrow, we have to go to the police department and pay for the ticket. Then go to the impound lot, pay at least two hundred dollars to get it released, and arrange a NEW tow. But instead of a free tow from the insurance company, we done used that up, and have it towed to the mechanic, where we will still have to pay to have it fixed.

So, what have we learned from all of this, children?

We’ve learned that cops are all assholes who only care about raising money and that someone needs to punch Captain Jovial in the fizz.

Also, as NWA said, “Fuck the police!”

(And yes, I’m aware that my issues with the police are nothing more than miniscule compared to the REAL problems other people have with law enforcement)

- Josh (11-01-2024)