Best Comeback ever?
>This was in the Calgary Sun ... the title of the article was "Best Comeback
>Line Ever."
> "In summary, the police arrested Ward Branham, a 22-year-old white male,
>resident of Lethbridge, Alberta, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. on Friday.
>Ward will be charged with lewd and lascivious behaviour, public indecency,
> and public intoxication at the Calgary courthouse on Monday.
> The suspect explained that as he was passing a pumpkin patch he decided to
>stop. "You know, a pumpkin is soft and squishy inside, and there was no one
>around there for miles. At least I thought there wasn't," he stated in a
>phone interview.
> Ward went on to say that he pulled over to the side of the road, picked out
>a pumpkin that he felt was appropriate to his purposes, cut a hole in it,
>and
>proceeded to satisfy his alleged "need." "I guess I was just really into it,
>you know?" he commented with evident embarrassment.
> In the process, Ward apparently failed to notice a police car approaching
>and was unaware of his audience until officer Brin Taylor approached him.
> "It was an unusual situation, that's for sure," said officer Taylor. "I
>walked up to (Ward) and he's...just working away at this pumpkin. " Taylor
>went on to describe what happened when SHE approached Ward. "I just went up
>and said, "Excuse me sir, but do you realize that you are screwing a
>pumpkin?"
>He froze and was clearly very surprised that I was there, and then looked me
>straight in the face and said, ...
>
> "A pumpkin? Damn...is it midnight already?"
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