Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The Funny Bone of the Law

Murphy details a practical joke played on him by a cop buddy. Which, naturally, got me to thinking about some of the cop jokes I've heard about through my dad. Dad G. is a retired MA state cop, as I've probably mentioned a couple of times. Murph's story reminded me of one of the stories my dad tells about one of the many practical jokes he played as a statie.

He spent time in pretty much every corner of MA during his career with the MSP, and did his last tour at Logan Airport. The overnight shift. When everyone is bleary-eyed and half awake. In the late 1970s, long before we had round-the-clock news or the internet or iPhones or any of the other electronic gadgets that help us pass the time while waiting in unfamiliar venues.

So it's about 3 AM, people are snoozing in the hard plastic "Brady Bunch" chairs, when over the loudspeaker comes a message:
"Attention. Attention. This is God. Tomorrow has been canceled due to lack of interest. Thank you."

It took about 5 - 10 minutes before the phone line lit up with a very upset sergeant telling "those [effing] jokers" that they were NOT to torment the travelers...

That is all.

3 comments:

Murphy said...

Bwahaha!

AnarchAngel said...

Ask your dad about a guy names Bill Cooney, and his brother in law Bob Dinsmore.

My uncle and grandfather.

Jay G said...

Glad you got a chuckle, Murph. Thanks for the inspiration!

Chris, next time I talk to Dad I'll ask. Chances are pretty good that if they were on the force in the 70s or 80s Dad knew them.