03-21-2024, 09:01 PM
I had my brother visiting from Denmark and I was taking him back to the airport. At a main junction joining the orbital Motorway surrounding Dublin there was a major crash, a large Heavy Good Vehicle had turned over on the sharp entry ramp. The police were there directing traffic past the incident. I recognised my neighbour who was a traffic cop at the time, my brother didn't know him. I pulled up to the Copper (winked) and started to give out a tirade or expletives, telling him how useless the cops were and what a rubbish job they were doing. He played along well and gave back as good as I gave. I ended up blowing past him in a tirade of rude insults and gestures and on to the airport. My brother was white as a sheet, dumbstruck! What the F was I playing at, were screwed now! I told him to relax, that is how you have to talk to some Coppers. He had another agonising 20 minutes, just waiting to be chased and pulled over. At the airport he was hurriedly extracting his bags from my car in an attempt to flee the country before the cuss hit the fan. I then let him in on the secret. :-)