Not particularly important, but very funny. Simon Thompson was issued a ticket for flipping the bird to a speeding camera manned by traffic police.
Posted on 02/01/2006 1:29:57 PM PST by Craig DeLuz
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Hmm. I'm not sure that the image appeared on FR until I visited your page. Does that site permit linking?
He was just trying to say, "We're Number 1!"
This is STUPID ... so now you can't give the bird to a camera ...
George (swerving): Hey! Watch it! Did you see that guy? He just gave me the
finger!
Danny Tartabull: You sure?
George: Oh yeah! Middle finger, straight up, at me! At us!
Danny Tartabull: What are you doing?
George: I'm following him.
New scene.
George is parked at a gas station, he steps out of the car and slams the door.
George: I'll take care of this, Danny.
George approaches the man he's been following, who's now pumping gas.
George: Excuse me.
Man: What's the problem?
George: I believe you cut me off, and then made an obscene gesture.
Man: I did? Where?
George: Outside of Manhattan, about an hour ago.
Man: Wow! Is that Danny Tartabull?
George: That's right, of the New York Yankees.
Man: I'd like to shake his hand but I can't.
The man holds up his arm, it's in a cast with his middle finger sticking
straight up.
too funny. While I believe this may be a tad bit unconstitutional, I applaud the effort to at least try to reduce the amount of foul language and gestures on the city streets.
Cripes... Now it is illegal to offend an inanimate object?????
PC run amok is one thing.... This is more obscene than the purportedly obscene gesture.
How fast was the camera going?
If I were on a jury and someone was accused of smashing a traffic camera into little tiny pieces, I think I'd be pretty loathe to convict.
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