I knew I needed to pay that speeding ticket…but I forgot—sort of. So, when I next got pulled over (yes, for speeding) I told the nice young officer, (his name was Rocky Queen, I kid you not), that he was going to want to arrest me. He said, “Oh, I can’t imagine that, let’s check it out in the computer.”

Sure enough, he came back (abashed) and apologized for the necessity of arresting me. Then he took me and his assistant (Officer Seymore!) through the drive-thru at McDonalds and bought me a Happy Meal before “booking” me. I didn’t even get a mug shot, or taken to some sort of “holding cell”. I was out of there before my fries were cold.

So, I get to say I’ve been arrested, but it was really a cake walk. And the officers were true gentlemen.

On a related note…I no longer speed. I’m an excellent driver. Really.