Me: Hon, I figured out why the new floor in the bathroom looks dirtier after we wash it.
Hubby: Why?
Me: We forgot to seal the grout around the tiles.
Hubby: D’oh!
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Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over Ma’am?
Me: No.
Officer: Your licence plate sticker has expired.
Me: But I distinctly remember going and getting my new one.
Officer: (points to papers on the dashboard) I can see that, but you might want to actually put it on your plate.
Me: D’oh!
I don’t know if I’m already getting forgetful in my middle age or if I’m just doing too much these days. But it’s certainly a reminder that I need to pay more attention to the details.
Though it looks like we’re going to have to regrout and SEAL the bathroom floor at least I didn’t get a ticket, at worst the cop thinks I’m an idiot.
A police officer friend said to me quite recently, “You’d be amazed how many dopes there are out there.”
Not to worry! He wasn’t talking about you, but about some woman who reported to the police that her dog became sick after eating a shrivelled hot dog from a garbage bin in a park.
I’m not quite sure what she expected the police to do about it, and doesn’t it make you wonder what she does when her kids catch the ‘flu?
Forgetting to attach your license sticker? Small potatoes in the wide range of “stupid” a police officer sees each and every day…
Thanks Ilona, I feel better now. I guess when you feel like an idiot in front of a cop, you don’t really consider whether or not they actually see you as one.
Same thing, trying to get on to a military base. I found the up-to-date stickers in my glove compartment.
Suburban – Thanks, I feel even better now. See, it can happen to anyone…but then I don’t have the excuse of 6 kids either.
Consider yourself lucky you met an officer in a good mood. My neigbour was fined for the very same thing!
Hiya Kirsten – Actually, I suspect what saved me from getting a ticket was the fact the sticker was on my dash.