[Slow Play Ray]

Nice work.

Earlier this year, I got pretty loaded at a concert, so my buddy drove my car home. He's got a bit of a heavy foot, so we got pulled over doing about 70 in a 50. It was kind of a busy road, so the cop came to my side of the car. We explained that I had been drinking a lot, and that's why my buddy was driving my car. The cop then asked for both of our licenses and my registration. When I opened the glove compartment to get my registration, I noticed my buddy had put his pouch w/ bowl in it and a film case of weed in there (which I could kill him for - I never keep stuff in there). I casually took out the registration and closed the glove box.

After inspecting the documents, the cop asked "what about the weed?" We were like "huh?" and he said "open the glove box and give me the film case." So of course we did, and he took the pouch with the bowl too. My buddy's like "wow, how did you know it was in the film case - I've never even put it in one of those before" and he started talking about how he worked a few years in narcotics or whatever. So then he tells us to give up whatever else we have in the car, and he would let us go, so I handed him my old car stereo case that had my one-hitter and a couple buds in it. I love that case though (everything fits perfect), so I asked him if he could just take the stuff out and give it back to me, and he did. He then wanted me to open my ash tray, but I explained that I never use it, and that it is jammed shut because i stuff my radar detector wire in there. He said fine, and then he let us go.

It was crazy - at no point in time were either of us nervous about getting in trouble. The cop was wicked cool, and we were kind of joking around with him the whole time. I think the fact that I was clearly loaded and had a designated driver was reason enough for him to go easy on us.