A couple of nights ago, on the way home from seeing our mother, (she's in the hospital) my brother and sister were pulled over by the police. Not used to being stopped, it took a block or two before my sister, (who was driving) noticed the cop. Truth is, she was probably so busy talking that she didn't even see the lights. The cop had to give a little whoop (with the siren, I think) to get her attention.
So after a stern lecture, (about five minutes, according to them) my brother and sister were allowed to leave, unmolested.
Oh, I almost forgot. It was my brother who committed the offense that was responsible for the stop and the lecture.
His crime, you ask. Throwing a toothpick out the window.
Gadzooks!! He should have got thirty days and a whipping.