Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer see"s a car puttering along at 22 MPH.
He thinks to himself, "This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over. Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back, wide eyed and white as ghosts. The driver, obviously confused, says to him, "Officer, I don"t understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?"
"Ma"am," the officer replies, "You weren"t speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers."
"Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly twenty-two miles an hour!" the old woman says a bit proudly.
The State Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle, explains to her that "22" was the route number, not the speed limit.
A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.
"But before I let you go, Ma"am, I have to ask... Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven"t muttered a single peep this whole time," the officer asks.
"Oh, they"ll be all right in a minute officer. We just got off Route 142."
call —n. Marketing call on a person who has previously not shown interest in the product. —v. Visit or telephone (a person) in this way.
- chisel n. Chisel for cutting metal, stone, or brick.
- comfort n. Poor consolation.
- cream n. Ointment for cleansing and softening the skin.
- feet n.pl. Colloq. Loss of nerve.
- frame n. Unheated glass-topped frame for growing small plants.
- fusion n. Nuclear fusion at room temperature, esp. As a possible energy source.
- shoulder —n. (prec. By the) intentional unfriendliness. —v. (cold-shoulder) be deliberately unfriendly towards.
- sore n. Inflammation and blisters in and around the mouth, caused by a virus infection.
- storage n. - storage in a refrigerator.
- temporary putting aside (of an idea etc.), postponement.
- sweat n. Sweating induced by fear or illness.
- table n. Selection of dishes of cold food.
- turkey n. Slang abrupt withdrawal from addictive drugs.
- war n. Hostility between nations without actual fighting.
- —adj. - of or at a low temperature.
- not heated; cooled after heat.
- feeling cold.
- lacking ardour, friendliness, or affection.
- a depressing, uninteresting. B (of colour) suggestive of cold.
- a dead. B colloq. Unconscious.
- (of a scent in hunting) grown faint.
- (in games) far from finding what is sought. —n. - a prevalence of low temperature. B cold weather or environment.
- infection of the nose or throat with sneezing, catarrh, etc. —adv. Unrehearsed. in cold blood without emotion, deliberately. Out in the cold ignored, neglected. Throw (or pour) cold water on be discouraging about. coldly adv. Coldness n. [old english]
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