GRANDPA’S ‘VETTE
A senior citizen in
He took off down the road, flooring it to 80 mph and enjoying the wind
blowing through what little hair he had left on
his head. "This is great," he thought as he roared down
I-75. He pushed the pedal to the metal even more. Then he looked in
his rear view mirror and saw a highway patrol trooper behind him, blue
lights flashing and siren blaring. "I can get away from him with no
problem" thought the man and he
tromped it some more and flew down the road at over 100 mph.
Then 110, 120 mph. Then he thought, "What am I doing?
I'm too old for this kind of thing."
He pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the trooper to
catch up with him. The trooper pulled in behind the Corvette and
walked up to the
man. "Sir," he said, looking at his watch.
"My shift ends in 30 minutes and today is Friday. If you can
give me a reason why you were speeding that
I've never heard before, I'll let you go." The man
looked at the trooper and said,
"Years ago my wife ran off with
a
"Have a good day, Sir," said
the Trooper.