# Gotta pit- the cops. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892 "2009-01-12T09:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/61 "2009-01-13T12:42:55Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Perhaps if the SDMB had a better interface, I could combine responses to multiple posts more easily into one. As it is, this is what you get. As if I care about my post count. :rolleyes: ROTFL. What a fucking tool. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/62 "2009-01-13T12:53:30Z")
> [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](#): > > ROTFL. > > What a fucking tool. Um, why? Other boards let you highlight a particular part of a post and only quote that, and add other quotes in a similar manner. This makes it very easy to respond to particular points from different other posters. Perhaps I am missing some technique for doing this on the SDMB. Care to enlighten me? The fact that the only way you can quote another poster involves citing the entire post in a mess of densely packed HTML makes me do this. Only morons care about post counts. And tools. I have never understood the phenomena of “post padding”. I don’t judge another poster by post count, but by the content of their post itself. I guess that makes me a “fucking tool”. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/63 "2009-01-13T12:55:01Z")
Oh, and for people that use moronic acronyms like ROTFL on the SDMB, well what can I say. Go text your 15 year old friends with that kind of stuff. We have a tradition of avoiding that kind of thing around here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/64 "2009-01-13T12:58:50Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > 27 years of driving - 1 ticket > > # of times a cop told me he ought to “kick my ass” - 0 > > Of course, I’m blessed with a healthy dose of common sense. Case in point: When I go to the laundromat, I bring change. Lots of it. Glad you were never a starving student! I am glad you are psychic enough to know when your dryer is going to be finished. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/65 "2009-01-13T13:00:47Z")
Oh, and I need to boost my post count, because my ego depends on it, so for no good reason, here is another post! ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/66 "2009-01-13T13:04:32Z")
And I would like to point out that this post ups me to post 1,292! Yay Me! I am sure that will increase the respect and esteem of my fellow SDMB denizens. And lengthen and thicken my cock. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/67 "2009-01-13T13:19:01Z")
[QUOTE=Stan Shmenge] And I would like to point out that this post ups me to post 1,292! Yay Me! I am sure that will increase the respect and esteem of my fellow SDMB denizens. And lengthen and thicken my cock. [/QUOTE] _Yea._ “Yay” is a different word. > [@Stan Shmenge](#): > > I chewed out the officer south of Seattle after the ticket was written. > [@Stan Shmenge](#): > > I am always polite but firm with LEO’s You seem to contradict yourself a little here. > [@Stan Shmenge](#): > > Any traffic officer will tell you that they have already made their mind about ticketing you before they approach your vehicle. Have you asked any? > [@Stan Shmenge](#): > > Oh, and for people that use moronic acronyms like ROTFL on the SDMB, well what can I say. Go text your 15 year old friends with that kind of stuff. We have a tradition of avoiding that kind of thing around here. 😉 > [@Stan Shmenge](#): > > No duh. Nobody who uses smilies and the phrase “No duh” should be getting pissy about an acronym. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/68 "2009-01-13T13:27:27Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > _Yea._ > You seem to contradict yourself a little here. Not at all. Our “transaction” was done. Tell me, do you think it was a righteous bust to be pulling over people doing 56 in a 55 in an obvious speed trap, all with out of state plates? The officer slunk away and didn’t have shit to say to me. I actually felt sorry for the poor slob. I am sure he didn’t sign up to be an extortionist. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/69 "2009-01-13T13:30:49Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > \*Yea.\*Have you asked any? No, but I have seen many interviews of the nature of “Ask The Traffic Cop” and this is a universal statement that they make. Of course, the cops could be lying, but of course everyone knows that cops never lie. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/70 "2009-01-13T13:36:50Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > \*Yea.\*Nobody who uses smilies and the phrase “No duh” should be getting pissy about an acronym. LMAO! Smilies are often used on this board, heck there is even a pallete of them next to the message box! As far as my phrasing, that is well within the bounds of expression. May I ask, are you or a relative a LEO? And I would never use an acronym like LMAO here, except as sarcasm in response to a post. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/71 "2009-01-13T13:39:56Z")
Man, I am up to post 1296! I can feel my dick getting bigger already! ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/72 "2009-01-13T13:43:21Z")
OMFG! I am up to post 1297! LOL! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/73 "2009-01-13T13:50:03Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Man, I am up to post 1296! I can feel my dick getting bigger already! If you stop feeling it, it stops getting bigger. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/74 "2009-01-13T13:53:49Z")
But what fun would that be? ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/75 "2009-01-13T13:57:03Z")
And, **runner pat** , I only have to pad 87 more posts, and I will have pwned you! Eat my dust, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/76 "2009-01-13T14:17:11Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > 27 years of driving - 1 ticket > > # of times a cop told me he ought to “kick my ass” - 0 > > Of course, I’m blessed with a healthy dose of common sense. Case in point: When I go to the laundromat, I bring change. Lots of it. > [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Glad you were never a starving student! I am glad you are psychic enough to know when your dryer is going to be finished. Actually when I was a student I was blessed with the ability to add and multiply. Let’s see 2 loads of wash at 0.50/= 4 quarters\*. Each load takes 2 dimes to dry for a total of 4 dimes. To wash and dry two loads will take 4 quarters and 4 dimes. So before I left my dorm room for the laundry room, I would reach into my pocket and see if I had 4 quarters and 4 dimes. I realize that this advanced math, that you are probably incapable of, but **PunditLisa** and I managed it. \*I was a student a long time ago > [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Perhaps if the SDMB had a better interface, I could combine responses to multiple posts more easily into one. As it is, this is what you get. As if I care about my post count. :rolleyes: Well as I have demonstrated in this post, this is entirely possible with the interface we have. Yet further proof that you are a dumb ass. FTR I have been driving since 1967. I have been stopped dozens and dozens of times. Most of the time I am let off with a warning. About 1/3 of the time when I do get written, I have had the cop apologize for having to write me. (Yup true fact) Yet in all of those stops I have never had a cop mouth off to me. Gee I wonder why? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/77 "2009-01-13T15:02:11Z")
> [@Stan Shmenge](#): > > Glad you were never a starving student! I am glad you are psychic enough to know when your dryer is going to be finished. Dude, if you’re going to fabricate things, you should try to remember your own stories (bolding mine): > [@Stan Shmenge](#): > > Was in a little bit of a hurry, I do admit, but didn’t break any traffic laws. **I had to go home for more change to finish my laundry at the laundromat** , and was in a rush to get back to the place, the place was filled with low-types and I was afraid my clothes would go missing. The reason you were in a hurry, and _undoubtedly_ speeding, is because you didn’t bring enough change to the laundromat. The fact that you were poor and starving is irrelevant, unless by virtue of being desperate, you could conjure up quarters out of your ass. Had you brought sufficient money, you wouldn’t have had to leave the laundromat at all. You wouldn’t have been in a rush, you wouldn’t have been driving recklessly and you wouldn’t have gotten a ticket that cost you an entire semester’s worth of laundry. Ergo, you were at fault, not the cop. Accept the blame, grow (and I’m not talking about your dick), and move on. It’s been 40 years. Let it go already. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/78 "2009-01-13T15:02:34Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Actually when I was a student I was blessed with the ability to add and multiply. Let’s see 2 loads of wash at 0.50/= 4 quarters\*. Each load takes 2 dimes to dry for a total of 4 dimes. To wash and dry two loads will take 4 quarters and 4 dimes. So before I left my dorm room for the laundry room, I would reach into my pocket and see if I had 4 quarters and 4 dimes. I realize that this advanced math, that you are probably incapable of, but **PunditLisa** and I managed it. And you never had an extra heavy load and ran out of dimes? My math may be poor but it took me through two years of Calculus. > [@](#): > > Well as I have demonstrated in this post, this is entirely possible with the interface we have. Yet further proof that you are a dumb ass. > > FTR I have been driving since 1967. I have been stopped dozens and dozens of times. Most of the time I am let off with a warning. About 1/3 of the time when I do get written, I have had the cop apologize for having to write me. (Yup true fact) > Yet in all of those stops I have never had a cop mouth off to me. Gee I wonder why? Yes, I can write basic HTML code too. It is just easier to grab posts individually. You have been stopped dozens and dozens of times? Pardon me for calling BS. And I wish I could meet some of those apologetic cops! I am sure that other dopers will chime in about how cops were so sorry about writing tickets. Hello? Anyone out there in doperland have a cop apologize for writing them a ticket? BS, BS, and more BS. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/79 "2009-01-13T15:03:36Z")
I am a Freemason, a school teacher, a retired military officer; a pillar of the community. I am rather spring-loaded in the “suspicious of the police” position. With the exception of one encounter with the Secret Service who were smart, polite and professional, all my meetings with the police have show them to be rude and unprofessional. Sure, I have not met all the police in the world, but the ones that I have met have made a bad impression. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892/80 "2009-01-13T15:14:01Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > The reason you were in a hurry, and _undoubtedly_ speeding, Wasn’t ticketed for speeding. "Unsafe lane change, failure to signal, mopery, was what I was ticketed for. None of the charges were true. > [@](#): > > is because you didn’t bring enough change to the laundromat. The fact that you were poor and starving is irrelevant, unless by virtue of being desperate, you could conjure up quarters out of your ass. I thought I had brought enough money and the change machine was broken. Can you honestly say that you have never gone to the dryer after the time was up, only to find that the clothes were still damp? > [@](#): > > Had you brought sufficient money, you wouldn’t have had to leave the laundromat at all. You wouldn’t have been in a rush, you wouldn’t have been driving recklessly and you wouldn’t have gotten a ticket that cost you an entire semester’s worth of laundry. Except that I wasn’t driving recklessly. > [@](#): > > Ergo, you were at fault, not the cop. Accept the blame, grow (and I’m not talking about your dick), and move on. It’s been 40 years. Let it go already. Fine, even if I was at fault, which I was not, does that give the cop the right to threaten me with on the spot vigilante violence? And as far as it being a long time ago, I simply included the incident to demonstrate a long standing pattern that I have noticed. And why should I move on when the same behavior is exhibited by cops to this very day? Can I ask you, are you or a relative a LEO? Not that I expect an answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pit-the-cops/480892.md?page=5)