IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE PLAN
And then came the assumptions And the plan was completely without
form And darkness was upon the faces of the street cops And they spoke
amongst themselves saying:
"IT IS A CROCK OF CRAP AND IT STINKETH."
And the street cops went to their Sergeants and sayeth unto
them:
"IT IS A PAIL OF DUNG, AND NONE MAY ABIDE THE ODOR THEREOF"
And the Sergeants went to their Lieutenants and sayeth unto
them:
"IT IS A CONTAINER OF EXCREMENT, AND IT IS VERY STRONG, SUCH THAT NONE
MAY ABIDE IT."
And the Lieutenants went to their Inspectors and sayeth unto
them:
"IT IS A VESSEL OF FERTILIZER, AND NONE MAY ABIDE ITS STRENGTH."
And the Inspectors went to their Captains and sayeth unto them:
"IT CONTAINS THAT WHICH AIDS PLANT GROWTH, AND IT IS VERY STRONG."
And the Captains went to the Deputy Chiefs and sayeth unto them:
"IT PROMOTETH GROWTH, AND IT IS VERY POWERFUL."
And the Deputy Chiefs went to the Chief and sayeth unto him:
"THIS POWERFUL NEW PLAN WILL ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND EFFICIENCY
OF THE SCHEME OF MANEUVER, AND THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR."
And the Chief looked upon the Plan, and saw that it was good,
and the Plan became
POLICY.
A young woman was pulled over for speeding. As the
motorcycle officer walked to her car window, flipping open his ticket book,
she said, "I bet you are going to sell me a ticket to the Highway Patrolmen's
Ball." He replied, "Highway patrolmen don't have balls. "There was
a moment of silence while she smiled, and he realized what he'd just said.
He then closed his book, got back on his motorcycle and left.
A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway.
Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the Blonde behind the
wheel was knitting! The trooper cranked down his window and yelled
to the driver, " PULL OVER! " " NO! " the Blonde yelled back,
" SCARF! "
