# Caught Riding Dirty. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034 "2009-12-04T22:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_In\_A\_Top\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Cat\_In\_A\_Top\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_In_A_Top_Hat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/1 "2009-12-04T22:09:52Z")
Have they ever caught you ‘riding dirty’? If so, under what conditions, and what happened as a result? Thankee, –CiaTH ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/2 "2009-12-04T22:17:22Z")
What the hell does _riding dirty_ mean? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/3 "2009-12-04T22:25:45Z")
Perhaps it means falling into the mud, then getting back on your horse without washing the mud off. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/4 "2009-12-04T22:28:28Z")
Once, many years ago in my reckless youth. I was let off with a warning. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/5 "2009-12-04T22:33:44Z")
[Ridin’ Dirty](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ridin+dirty) And no I have not. Nor have I ever tried to [Ghost Ride the Whip](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ghost+ride+the+whip). ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/6 "2009-12-04T22:35:41Z")
For all you old fogeys, a [definition](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ridin+dirty). Also, [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks2MXQXj5y0) is a musical rendition. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/7 "2009-12-04T22:37:45Z")
Nope. Pretty sure I’ve never ‘ridden dirty’ to begin with. I’m a good boy. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/8 "2009-12-04T22:38:22Z")
Thought it meant anal sex with the woman on top. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/9 "2009-12-04T22:39:10Z")
No, I think that’s “Club Hauling” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/10 "2009-12-04T22:39:34Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/11 "2009-12-04T22:42:38Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > For all you old fogeys, a [definition](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ridin+dirty). That’s more like eight. Could you somehow translate the OP into Fogey so we’ll know which one he meant? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/12 "2009-12-04T22:45:20Z")
The first few should be enough to tell you what it means, since they all say almost the exact same thing. Ridin’ Dirty: To operate a motor vehicle while in possession of large amounts of narcotics or other drugs and/or illegal firearms. EDIT: And to actually answer the OP, no I’ve never been _caught_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/13 "2009-12-04T22:50:55Z")
Oh. Well, I admit nothing. You can’t prove a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/14 "2009-12-04T22:56:03Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > The first few should be enough to tell you what it means, since they all say almost the exact same thing. I suppose so, if “going about with an unwiped ass” is the exact same thing as “To operate a motor vehicle while in possession of large amounts of narcotics or other drugs and/or illegal firearm” and the exact same thing as “Ridin A Tractor or other sort of farming equipment/ horse & Buggy on a Dirt Road.” ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/15 "2009-12-04T23:01:20Z")
No, but I’ve been caught [White & Nerdy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09XQLmBNrCo) a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/16 "2009-12-04T23:04:04Z")
So answer all three of those potential options, I don’t care. That might even be the point to the OP to see who assumes which particular definition. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/17 "2009-12-04T23:04:35Z")
Yes - by the Canadian border authorities. Apparently tracer ammo is illegal in Canada (I bought a brick years ago to use as a flare round in case I got lost hunting). Confiscation was the result. Yes by the MPs. Apparently blowguns are illegal on US military bases. Told me to hide it in my gear and not let it be visible. I owned it for shooting paintballs. Those are my only two times I was caught. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/18 "2009-12-04T23:04:44Z")
“Police: Excuse me but you nigga’s wouldn’t happen to be ridin dirty? Driver: Yeah we ridin dirty Police: Well…I caught ya” That’s just good policework. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/19 "2009-12-04T23:06:11Z")
The US American border guards keep catching me trying to sneak across with illegal fruit. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034/20 "2009-12-04T23:31:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > The US American border guards keep catching me trying to sneak across with illegal fruit. Does that count? Oooh, yeah, I was once caught on the greyhound trying to enter Western Australia with Tasmanian honey. I’m bad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-riding-dirty/520034.md?page=2)