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To: UpAllNight
Officer #1: How are you tonight sir?
Brett: Hi.

Whoa!

Hooked on phonics, anyone?

I find the whole "checkpoint" thing to be about as "American" as Checkpoint Charlie (the "other side" of it), and I find "fishing trips" to be repugnant to the Constitution. But that said, to answer "High" to "How are you tonight sir?" is to BEG for "special attention"!

Remember, what the cop heard was "HIGH" as the answer to his question of how the kid was. He (the cop) wasn't reading the kid's answer off a typed transcript, he was HEARING it. Why am I thinking that if the kid said "I'm doing fine", or even "OK", it would have been the end of it?

If you think about it, "High" -- or even "Hi" -- is NOT a rational reply to "How are you tonight sir?" It's bait, pure and simple!

340 posted on 01/03/2007 6:28:56 PM PST by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Don Joe

Not really. I don't personally like the "how are you" questions in life. It's basically American for "Hello". Many times I respond to "how are you" with a "good morning" (evening, etc. as appropriate), because I don't like giving the cursory "fine". If i'm feeling great, I say so, but no one wants to hear what a bad day I had or that my aunt is sick, etc.


495 posted on 01/04/2007 10:17:42 AM PST by jjm2111 (http://www.purveryors-of-truth.blogspot.com)
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