Okay, at the request of Erin and Nikki, heres the story about how we almost got thrown in jail. It really isn't as exciting as it sounds. But here it is...
When we went to the Dominican Republic we rented a car so we could go visit some of the families that Clint taught while he was on his mission. First, you must know that down in the "DR" they drive like lunatics! There's pretty much no rules except for red means stop and green means go. There's no 'right-of-way', no blinkers, no double yellow lines. Its pretty much every man for himself. So we were trying to fight our way through traffic when a cop on a dirt bike pulls up to the side of us and motions for us to pull over. So we pull over and he takes Clint's drivers license from him and tells us to follow him. He was taking us to the station because we ran a red light. (the stop light was actually not working at the time). Clint argued with him in Spanish for a while but he kept saying he had to take us to the station. He got back on his bike and we started following him. But a minute later he pulled to the side of the road, we did the same and he came to the window and said give me 100 dollars or I'll put you in jail. Clint refused and told him he lived in the DR for 2 years and knows how things work and this guy is full of crap. The cop said okay, give me 50 bucks then or I'm gonna put you in jail. Clint laughed at him and demanded he give him his license back and again told the cop that he's full of crap. Finally after yelling back and forth in Spanish the guy gave Clint his license and got on his bike and drove away. After about 15 minutes of me being absolutely confused about what was going on and Clint almost ready to assault an officer, we kept all our money and didn't go to jail.
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Ah, yes. You told me that when you got home. Sorry, you had to re-tell it just for me ;) It is a good story!
hee hee. That's a great story. So funny.
There's alot to be said for living in the USA!! Good thing Clint knew what he was doing :)
I'm glad Clint knew what he was doing to. We have friends that go to Mexico alot and there are officers that stand there by the borders that actually say that you have to pay them everything you have or you will be taken to jail. They say the fell for it once but not again when they heard that the officers are not suppose to do that. That triggers something....i'm sure we don't do that to them when they come here in fact, we pay them unemployment, welfare to be here...grrrrrr
Hey you! I've been peaking in on your blog and OH MY GOSH! I'm going to have to tell Jed to read this! He'll probably call your hubby! Hope you two are doing well. Let us know if you get a chance to visit the great U-T anytime soon!
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