Have you ever had one of those “how’s that again” moments?
It happened to us while reading a news story the other day about a guy who blew through the Blue Water Bridge tollgate — without paying — while on his way into Canada. Why? Who knows? Maybe he was flat broke after dropping his last dime on the body armor he was wearing. But what caught our attention was what we read next.
“Canadian law enforcement were notified and pursued the defendant in a Ford pick-up truck.”
Now, we’ve seen a cop car or two in our day — Dodge Chargers, Chevrolet Impalas and Tahoes, even a makeshift convertible driven by a brash-talking sheriff whose hat his kid was forced to hold firmly in place so it wouldn’t blow off during high-speed chases. But a one-ton dually with two flags a-flappin’ from side-mounted poles and a bubblegum machine on top?
That’s one odd duck.
Speaking of odd ducks, Lansing’s been packed with them — flapping their wings and bills so as to cement in place their legislative legacies before the clock struck midnight and they turned into pumpkins. Or duck soup. For with the forthcoming shift in power eminent — and a post-election session so lame they’ve been using wheelchairs instead of crutches as mobility aids — they were barely able to waddle to the nearest microphone to quack their farewells before flying the coop for good.
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