True Story: Jacksonville Police Department A man goes to a party and
 has much too much to drink. His friends plead with him to let them take
 himhome. He says no -- he only lives a mile away.

 

About five blocks from the party, the police pull him over for weaving

and ask him to get out of the car and walk the line. Just as he starts,

the police radio blares out a notice of a robbery taking place in a

house just a block away.

 

 

The police tell the party animal to stay put, they will be right back.

They hop a fence and run down the street to the robbery. The guy waits

and waits, but finally decides to drive home. When he gets there, he tells his
 wife he is going to bed, and to tell anyone who might come

looking for him that he has the flu and has been in bed all day.

 

 A few hours later the police knock on the door. They ask if Mr. Joe is there
 and his wife says yes. They ask to see him and she replies that he is in bed
 with the flu and has been there all day. The police produce his driver's license.
They ask to see his car and she asks why. They insist on seeing his car, so she
takes them to the garage. She opens the door.

 

There, sitting in the garage, is the police car, with all the lights still flashing.

 

 A true story, told by the driver at his first AA meeting