Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-27
The Once Over
ON TALKING BACK TO THE TRAFFIC O
Copyright. 1880. by The Associated NewspapersJ

ON IALh1NG DANh Az III AnAFE1C ~
Copyright, 1880, by The Associated Newspapers)
AT last the easily Intimidated Motorist Is getting o
break. A New York court has upheld the drivers
right to talk back TO a traffic policeman. The mo-
torist, given a summons after an argument with the
policeman. carried the case TO court and was upheld
in hts contention that every dispute between an au-
tomobue owner and a cop should be a one-way de-
bate.
In this case he had even called the traffic police
man a liar. something the average autoist would not
even attempt from an airplane. Grave results are an
ticipated throughout the country as soon as motor
lists as a whole grasp the glad tidings that every
citizen is entitled to life, liberty and a debate with
the traffic police.
The following dialogues may take place any mo-
ment:
Traffic Cop ito motorist who didn't see the red
light: Hey you'll
Motorist: Don't you hey me. My name Is Serum
mitt, Dudley r. Scrunmitt.
Traffic Cop: Is that so?
Motorist: You can depend on 1t.
Traffic Cop: What's the matter? Color blind?
Motorist: No sir. Why? Are you looking for
somebody who is color blind?
Traffic Cop: ne Cf them fresh guys, eh2
Motorist: Who's one Of them fresh guys?
IrnfI1c Cop OIe OF INem ITeSn guys ell
Motorist: You're mistaken. officer. and very hasty
In your character readings.
Traffic Cop: Pull over to the curb'
Motorist: Some other time. officer, II you don't
mind.
Traffic Cop: say. lssen. who do you think you are?
Motorist: rummi the name: =. r. S~crummitt,
white. 80, blue eyes, light hair. native-born. broker.
And what's this al about? State your business.
Traffic Cop: You ran by a stop signal.
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Traffic Cop: Oh yes you did.
Motorist: You're a liar.
Traffic Cop: Say that agin, Mister.
Motorist: Certainly. You're a liar, an extraordi-
nary liar. IL I'm not mistaken.
Traffic Cop: A liar. Ell?
Motorist: Yes. and I could easily dislike you on a
lot Of other grounds, among which is halitosis.
Traffic Cop: Just for that I'll give you a summons.
Motorist: Let's see If you can do it. I'm betting
two to one you can't spell.
Motorcycle Cop ito motorist overtaken for speed
ing): Pull over to the curb. big boy!
Motorist: Are you speaking to me7
Motorcycle Cop: What makes you think maybe I'm
not2
Motorist: Wei. for one thing I'm not a big boy; I'm
only five feet six in my stockinged feet.
Motorcycle Cop: Where's your fire helmet?
Motorist: I loaned 1t to a friend.
Motorcycle Cop: You should always carry 1t with
you the way you drive.
Motorist: I'd like you better in a different hat too
Motorcycle Cop: I suppose you know you were do
ing fifty an hour?
Motorist: You're crazy.
Motorcycle Cop: I'm crazy. am Il?
Motorist: Sure you are. Am 7 the first to tell youP
Motorcycle Cop: You're the first today.
Motorist: Wei, its early vet.
The situation IS really alarming. Another court de-
cision like that and the automobiles may not even
stop when they hear the whistle.
Summer is nearly gone and these are the days when
the l~fe-guard is preoccupied with thoughts Of wheth-
er the moths have got into his blue suit.
People who say the Hoover administration ha:
been a failure forget that it has given the country
the Tom Thumb golf craze and the best tree-sittine
epidemic in history. 81 ~
INA Dodo IS glad Sir Thomas has arrived with hi:
polo team for the international matches and SHIT
predicts he will win unless Tilden shows a startling
form reversal.
An advertisement OF a thriving saloon business fol
sale in New Jersey surprised the police and enforce
body should want to get rid Of a saloon these days
. By Ahem