Montana Deputy vs. California Lawyer > > > Only in Montana my friends.... Only in Montana ..... Too bad..... > > > A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff's deputy. > He thinks that he is smarter than the deputy because he is a lawyer > from California and is certain that he has a better education then any > cop from Butte, Montana. He decides to prove this to himself and have > some fun at the Montana deputy's expense. > > The deputy says," License and registration, please." > > "What for?" says the lawyer. > > The deputy says, "You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop > sign." > > Then the lawyer says, "I slowed down, and no one was coming." > > "You still didn't come to a complete stop, Says the deputy. License > and registration, please." > > The lawyer says, "What's the difference?" > > "The difference is you have to come to complete stop, that's the law. > License and registration, please!" the Deputy says. > > Lawyer says, "If you can show me the legal difference between slow > down and stop, I'll give you my license and registration; and you give > me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don't give me the ticket." > > "That sounds fair. Please exit your vehicle, sir," the deputy says. > > At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts beating > the ever-loving sh -- out of the lawyer and says, "Do you want me to > stop, or just slow down?"
My mother used to collect tickets by the truck load for her "Hollywood stops". I wish she could have read this joke a few years ago before she had her licence revoked.