Thread: True Story

Man, I tell you what I am thinking about behaving better now.

Incident 1 - Chan, Travis and I get pulled over in Hooker, OK (yes, that is the town's real name)
Myth - Cops said that someone reported some "erratic behavior" from 3 guys matching our description at a gas station.
Truth - We saw a giant tire sitting on the site of a John Deere store and wanted to see if we could flip it, so we turned around at the gas station (not getting out of the car, not driving crazy) and went back towards the tire. A cop followed us and it was obvious that he was coming after us, so we turned around again in another gas station and said screw it.
Result - After a half hour of separate interrogations, we were sent on our way. All three of us had the same story about the tire and the cops just figured it was weird.

Incident 2 - Policeman happens upon Travis and I as we are excavating a large tire from a creek
Myth - Cop thinks that we are actually dumping the tire into the creek.
Truth - We pushed that 950lb SOB uphill for 200 yards in the mud and into the back of Travis' pickup!
Result - Cop ran our names, saw we were clean and stood around watching while we struggled with loading the tire because Travis' tailgate didn't drop. We finally talked the cop into helping and he got his shirt muddy.

Incident 3 - Safeway accuses me of smashing a large cement trash can in Tempe, AZ after Scott Porter's contest.
Myth - Safeway reports that they have video of a "large, muscular man" (I'm not making that up!) walking up to one of the large cement trash cans they have in front of the store, picking it up and smashing it on the ground. When management tried to approach the man, he took off on foot and then drove away.
Truth - Dan Harrison and I went to Safeway to get booze and candy after the contest. We saw this cement ashtray about 14" around and 24" long tipped over and the contents were spilled out. There was already a small piece broken off from when it initially tipped over. So I dare Dan to clean and press it, which he does. So the thing is laying on the ground like a keg and I pick it up. Before I even get it to my waist, a piece breaks off in my left hand and the can lands on the ground vertically (standing up straight). We go into the store, buy our goods and on the way out we saw a security guard and employee of Safeway standing there but they didnt' say anything to us. Nor did they try to approach us!
Result - ??? I got a call from the AZ police today (actually my wife did and BOY WAS SHE PISSED) and Safeway wants $200 for a new ashtray. $200!!!!! First of all, their super surveillance video will show who knocked the thing over to begin with and that the piece broke while I was lifting it and breaking it wasn't intentional.

What I found funny is that they would say I took off on foot. Anyone who has seen me knows that I ain't exactly Carl Lewis.

Who knows how this chapter will pan out. I am talking with an attorney friend of mine in Tempe who should be able to let me know what, if anything, I'm liable for.

FEH!

That's funny! Tires? Ashtrays? LOL! Let us know what pans out.