Road Rage

Two cars were waiting at a stoplight. The light turned green, but the elderly lady in the first car didn't notice it. Meanwhile, the man in the car behind her is watching traffic pass around them. The man begins pounding on the steering wheel and yelling at the woman to move. The woman doesn't move. The man is going ballistic inside his car, ranting and raving at the woman, shaking his fist as the light turns yellow.

Now he begins to blow the car horn, make rude gestures, and scream curses out the window. The elderly lady, hearing the commotion, looks up, sees the yellow light and accelerates through the intersection just as the light turns red.

The man is beside himself, screaming in frustration as he misses his chance to get through the intersection. As he sits fuming, he hears a tap on the window and looks up into the barrel of a gun held by a very serious looking policeman.

The police officer tells him to shut off the car while keeping both hands in sight. He complies, speechless at what is happening. After he shuts off the engine, the police officer orders him to exit the car with his hands up. When he gets out of the car, he is told to turn and place his hands on the car, and when he does, he is quickly cuffed and hustled into the patrol car. He is too bewildered by the chain of events to ask any questions and is driven to the police station where he is fingerprinted, photographed, searched, booked and placed in a cell.

After a couple of hours, a police officer approaches the cell and opens the door for him. He is escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer is waiting for him with his personal effects.

As he hands over the bag containing his things, the officer says, "I'm really sorry for this mistake. But you see, I pulled up behind your car while you blowing your horn, cussing a blue streak and flipping off that little old lady in the car in front of you. Then I noticed the "God Loves You" license plate holder, the "What Would Jesus Do" and "Follow Me to Sunday School" bumper stickers and the chrome plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally I assumed you had stolen the car."