So I had a beer and a couple of scotches last night. Got up
had breakfast this morning, brushed my teeth and gargled with Listerine as
usual then got in the car at 11:30 to drive to work. One minute around the
corner and a copper pulled me over for a breath test, I had that kind of
relaxed feeling as I pulled over knowing I had done nothing wrong. Imagine my
surprise when I blew in the breathalyser and he said “I am placing you under
arrest, turn your car off and come with me”
It occurred to me in the police car on the way to the
station that I had gargled the Listerine not two minutes before he pulled me
over and that must have been the cause of me blowing .07 but I was fairly
stunned anyway having never been in a cop car before let alone being taken in
for something.
I blew 0.00 on the “calibrated” breathalyser machine at the
station and was dropped back to my car to continue on to work within an
hour.
Certainly not a notorious or entertaining story but
technically I was arrested and in custody for forty five minutes, something I never expected and so here it is on the
Life List.
