Had an opportunity ………………………….

To observe one of Splendora’s finest in action tonight …………………… I had gone to a little restaurant here called “Sweets & Meats” – I was getting a takeout order on the porch, chitchatting with my neighbor, her granddaughter & granddaughter’s friend, who were also getting some goodies ……………………… now, you park directly in front, directly from one of the main drags here ……………………… there was a man, about my age, eating off the hood of his car …………………. OK, whatever – but he’s staggering around, and has the ‘jailhouse hunch’ over his meal …………………….. one of the rumors {remember, this is a VERY small town} is that his wife can’t stand to watch him eat ……………………. Personally, if I get to the point of being THAT critical of my spousal unit, it’s time for me to just leave …………………. Anyhoo, this fellow is eating/staggering/looking belligerently at all & sundry ……………………. Takes his divided foam clamshell & drink cup to the available trashcan ……………………… now, we’re rural, there are raccoons & possums running around, so the trashcan is lidded …………………….. the lid apparently was just beyond his abilities {too many moving parts?}, so he set his trash on the lid ………………. Walking back in front of the porch of the restaurant, he goes down face-first ………………….. gets in his car …………………… and a Splendora cop pulled in behind him, hit the ‘woo-woos’ & lights as the guy almost backs into the cruiser ……………………... now, Splendora cops AREN’T small – this one is over 6 feet, and built solidly ……………………. He walks up to the driver’s window & talks to the guy ………………….. talks the guy out of the car, takes him to the rear of the car, talks some more ………………………… and cuffs him & puts him in the cruiser ……………………… one of the kids working at the restaurant starts to walk up as the cop is cuffing the guy – cop tells her to get back – the kid visiting my neighbor got all bent out of shape – told her, the cop didn’t want her any closer until he was SURE he had the guy under control – turns out, {again, this is small-town rumor} the guy was in a motorcycle accident sometime ago – he takes some heavy-duty pain meds ……………………… but he ALSO adds alcohol to the mix, THEN gets behind the wheel of his vehicle ………………………. Dunno ‘bout the rest of y’all, but I really don’t want to be on the road with someone impaired to that degree ………………………..