A police officer pulls over this guy who had been weaving in and out of the lanes. He goes up to the guy"s window and says, "Sir, I need you to blow into this breathalyzer tube."
The man says, "Sorry officer, I can"t do that. I am an asthmatic. If I do that I"ll have a really bad asthma attack."
"Okay, fine. I need you to come down to the station to give a blood sample."
"I can"t do that either. I am a hemophiliac. If I do that, I"ll bleed to death."
"Well, then we need an urine sample."
"I"m sorry, officer, I can"t do that either. I am also a diabetic. If I do that I"ll get really low blood sugar."
"All right then I need you to come out here and walk this white line."
"I can"t do that, officer."
"Why not?"
"Because I"m too drunk to do that!"
n. - small flat-bladed tool for spreading mortar etc.
- scoop for lifting small plants or earth. [latin trulla]
TRUANT
—n. - child who stays away from school.
- person who avoids work etc. —adj. Shirking, idle, wandering. —v. (also play truant) be a truant. truancy n. (pl. -ies). [french, probably from celtic]
TRUDGE
—v. (-ging) 1 go on foot, esp. Laboriously.
- traverse (a distance) in this way. —n. Trudging walk. [origin unknown]
TRUISM
n. Statement too hackneyed to be worth making, e.g. ‘nothing lasts for ever’.
TRUSTY
—adj. (-ier, -iest) archaic or joc. Trustworthy (a trusty steed). —n. (pl. -ies) prisoner given special privileges for good behaviour.
TRYING
adj. Annoying, vexatious; hard to endure.
TRYOUT
n. Experimental test.
TSETSE
n. African fly feeding on blood and transmitting esp. Sleeping-sickness. [tswana]
TSHIRT
n. Short-sleeved casual top having the form of a t when spread out.
