' For Everyone I Know Who Drives Alone ' !

                                                                                                   
 
 
I HAD A FLAT TIRE ON I380 YESTERDAY; SO I PULLED
OVER GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND OPENED MY TRUCK.
 
I TOOK OUT MY CARDBOARD MEN, UNFOLDED THEM AND
STOOD THEM AT THE REAR OF MY CAR FACING ONCOMING.
TRAFFIC.
 THEY LOOK SO LIFELIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT  ! !
 
JUST AS I HAD  HOPED, CARS STARTED SLOWING DOWN
LOOKING AT THE MEN WHICH MADE IT MUCH SAFER FOR
ME TO WORK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
 
PEOPLE HONKED AND WAVED, AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE
A  POLICE CAR PULLED UP BEHIND ME.
 
HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK I WAS DOING
 SO I CALMY EXPLAINED THAT I WAS CHANGING MY
 FLAT.
HE TOLD ME HE COULD SEE THAT, BUT DEMANDED
TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK MY CARDBOARD MEN
WERE DOING STANDING AT THE REAR OF MY CAR.
 
I COULDN'T BELIEVE HE DIDN'T KNOW  !     SO I TOLD HIM. . .
 
WELL, I EXPLAINED TO THE ANGRY POLICEMAN. . .
 
THEY'RE MY EMERGENCY FLARES  ! ! ! !
 
I GO TO COURT IN NOVEMBER. . .
 
(  DAMN POLICE.      NO SENSE OF HUMOR.  )
 
LIFE IS SHORT. . .FORGIVE QUICKLY, LOVE TRULY,
LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY. . .AND NEVER REGRET
 ANYTHING THAT MADE YOU SMILE. . .
 
 
 
 
 
                           
                     
 
 
 
 
                                LOVE   YA,    ~Barbara