waltappel 1 #1 February 16, 2006 I was one of the, uh, "innocent" (heh heh) guys. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #2 February 16, 2006 QuoteI was one of the, uh, "innocent" (heh heh) guys. Walt Me too a few times.. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #3 February 16, 2006 QuoteQuoteI was one of the, uh, "innocent" (heh heh) guys. Walt Me too a few times.. A *few* times?!!! Shit, you must *look* really guilty to get repeat invitations! Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #4 February 16, 2006 That's hilarious. Do you get paid for that?Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #5 February 16, 2006 Dude, if they pay people to do that, I am so down. I'm a pretty shady lookin' dude as it is. Walt, do you mind if I drop your name to the cops to get in? I'm just assuming here that the entire Austin Police force knows you by name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #6 February 16, 2006 QuoteThat's hilarious. Do you get paid for that? It was hilarious! I was at work one day and a co-worker approached me and asked me if I wanted to be in a police line up. He often did work with the local volunteer fire department so the police knew him and said they needed someone with his description for a police lineup. He was busy and I had the general same physical description, so he asked me if I was interested. Me?!!! Oh HELL yes!!!! So I went to the police station and was told to have a seat on one of the benches in the hallway--next to the other guys who looked a lot like me. It got really funny because during the next hour, every time we saw someone walk in who looked like us, we all started laughing because we knew what they were there for. One of the guys had been walking down a sidewalk when a police car pulled over and asked him if he wanted to be in a lineup! Imagine his surprise! So anyway, I think the poor guy who was the suspect had been busted for getting a forged prescription filled. Seemed like a nice guy and I wished him well. There were a *bunch* of us in a room with a small 2-way mirror mounted in the door. We all stood around and that was about it. Then they let us go. At one point I asked one of the detectives, "What if I'm in the lineup and I hear a woman's voice say something like 'YES--that's him--that's the man who molested my child!!!', and describe the clothing I am wearing?" He just laughed and told me not to worry about it. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #7 February 16, 2006 QuoteDude, if they pay people to do that, I am so down. I'm a pretty shady lookin' dude as it is. Walt, do you mind if I drop your name to the cops to get in? I'm just assuming here that the entire Austin Police force knows you by name. I haven't lived in Austin for years and I'm sure the APD thinks of me only as a fine upstanding citizen. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #8 February 16, 2006 damn good thing they didn't insist it was you walt!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #9 February 16, 2006 Oh walt, where the hell have you been all my life? You're one of the funniest guys I have ever met. Thanks for the laughs last night. Good times. And the story was good too I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #10 February 16, 2006 If a cop stopped me on the street and asked me if I wanted to be in a police lineup my first thought would be "It's a trick." I can't think of anything in particular I've done illegal lately, but I'm sure there's something and I'd likely not go. I've watched enough Maximum Exposure to know those kinds of things happen. Unless of course he told me I'd be getting paid. Which you never did tell us. So did you get paid? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #11 February 16, 2006 No, but I was "finger printed" one time. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #12 February 16, 2006 QuoteNo, but I was "finger printed" one time. Bobbi Did you buy after? I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klingeme 1 #13 February 16, 2006 Sounds like something out of the Usual Suspects. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #14 February 16, 2006 Quotedamn good thing they didn't insist it was you walt!!! I asked about that too. The way it works is the police know *exactly* who they think the guilty person is. If the witness picks out the wrong person, no problem--at least not for the person wrongly picked, Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #15 February 16, 2006 QuoteOh walt, where the hell have you been all my life? You're one of the funniest guys I have ever met. Thanks for the laughs last night. Good times. And the story was good too Me? No way, but thanks for the compliment. For funny, you need to hang out with airtwardo, or even better yet--airtwardo and RevJim. That was really funny last night--you, me, and boinky yakking. You guys crack me up! Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #16 February 16, 2006 Quotedamn good thing they didn't insist it was you walt!!! Exactly! My luck it would be my ex out there beyond the lights and she would definitely take the opportunity to try to screw me.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #17 February 16, 2006 QuoteNo, but I was "finger printed" one time. Bobbi Yep, me too. I needed to get finger printed to get my concealed handgun license so one Sunday morning I bought a shitload of donuts and went to the Harris County Jail (Houston) and asked them to do me a little favor. No problem! I asked if I could get one of those booking photos (you know--the ones with the height stripes and the little board with my name and booking number on it), but the jail guys said that the booking guys weren't all that friendly and it would be better not to ask. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #18 February 16, 2006 Sadly no... I was too scared...when the charges were dropped...I RAN home. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #19 February 16, 2006 QuoteQuotedamn good thing they didn't insist it was you walt!!! Exactly! My luck it would be my ex out there beyond the lights and she would definitely take the opportunity to try to screw me. Damn that would be funny!!! Not for *you* of course, but damn would that be funny!!! Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #20 February 16, 2006 I have to ask... I know what "I was finger printed one time" means, but what exactly does "I was "finger printed" one time" mean? I figured I should ask before my mind completely ran away with that one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #21 February 16, 2006 QuoteSadly no... I was too scared...when the charges were dropped...I RAN home. Bobbi ______________________________________ Reminds me of years ago when I was single and dating. The last words from my date when I dropped her off were; "That's him, officer!!!" Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #22 February 16, 2006 Yeah...I was single...yep, me too..I was dating at the time..amoung other things. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #23 February 16, 2006 I've never been in a police lineup but I had something interesting happen when I was a kid. When I was about 15 years old, I was walking to work a few blocks from my house when a car pulled over kind of in front of me where I'd have to pass it. Being the suspicious person that I am I immediately crossed to the other side of the street and continued walking. Then the car made a U turn and parked again, in front of me. I was right in front of it so I continued walking and I take a little peek out of the corner of my eye, into the car. There I see a man giving himself a handjob furiously! Now I didn't really see the guys face that well, only enough to see that he looked hispanic and maybe between 20-30. I kept walking, took out a pen from my backpack and wrote his license plate number down. Then I called the police and reported him. So anyway, a few days later a couple of detectives call me into the police station to identify the guy. They tell me the person that owned the car has been reported for this type of thing before. Then they give me a stack of photos. There were like 20 pictures on a sheet, several sheets thick, all hispanic looking men around 25. I'm like WTF man? Show me a picture of their dicks and maybe I can identify them! Seriously, they all looked so similar it was impossible for me to identify the guy. So I couldn't. This thing happened to me again when my best friend and I were walking in broad daylight down the street only this time it was a really hot guy in a truck and he was totally naked and choking the chicken. He honked at us. We were kind of up on a raised hill next to the road so we could see in easily but since his truck was so high no one on the road could see him. We just laughed and pointed and the guy drove away. I didn't bother calling him in this time. It was just too funny to see in daylight with a friend. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #24 February 16, 2006 I've been finger printed lots of times... every time I buy a gun, every abortion protest I was ever arrested at in the '80s, that time in the airport on New Years Eve, etc etc etc I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #25 February 16, 2006 QuoteYeah...I was single...yep, me too..I was dating at the time..amoung other things. Bobbi _______________________________________ Among other things? I'm scared to ask! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
