SAW 1 - somewhat became a reality for me today

[ArfinGreebly]

Police Encounters

The last time we had to, uh, "involve" the police in an adventure (which brought out three or four units) we showed up in person a few days later down at the substation with five dozen doughnuts and three vegetable platters with dip.

They wondered what it was all about until one of the attending officers wandered in. Everybody got a good chuckle at our expense, but the free food went a long way toward mending fences.

We wound up with a small reputation and a small collection of new friends as well.

It always helps if you can laugh at yourself while thanking the guys who bail you out.

 

[CK]

Thanks for sharing man.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

How bizarre. I don't think I could have ever told that.

 

[.cheese.]

Arfin - not a bad idea. Even though I'm moving, I think I at least owe a thank you card to the officers. Bottom line is that once they were actually called, they were here in 20 minutes tops. Had the door down in another 15. Were very polite, and tried not to laugh because I imagiine they knew I was already embarassed beyond belief. I must have been a bright shade of red in the face.

I actually thought of one practical application of this thread.

Guys - if a woman ever wants you to wear handcuffs during, um... tv time.... (yeah.... tv time. )..... JUST SAY NO! If you mess up, and they leave.... I can tell you from my experience that there is NO WAY OUT of that situation.

See... now it's a practical advice thread.

 

[Neo-Luddite]

Could be fodder for a skit or a one act play. You could really play around with some metaphors and general life themes.

A Passover tie-in would be in order--that has to make this more interesting in some way. Give it some thought.

Glad you're OK. Reminds me of when I was a kid and used to play around construction sites. We jumped in a new foundation once without looking to see if there was any way to climb back out.

 

[CountGlockula]

TheEconomist-you're the best. You made my Easter buddy. Had family over, ate an awesome Easter meal and ended the day with your story.

I love THR!!!

 

[MikePGS]

It is pretty messed up that the only response your neighbor had to you yelling for someone to call the police was to tell you to shut up.

 

[starboard]

Many years ago a friend and I were on the first story roof of his parents' two-story house, trying to climb into a bathroom window. He'd locked us out, you see, and his parents were out of town.

The window was extremely narrow, narrower than hips and shoulders, and so I went in sideways as he boosted me up from below. Dang uncomfortable as I was close to getting stuck with the window frame digging into my side, and it was pitch black inside. The window was a ways off the ground, so once finally dangling inside head first I extended my arms to try to avoid dropping myself on my noggin.

All seemed to be going well and I was lowering myself to the floor nicely, when my downward progress suddenly halted and water came pouring down.

In the darkness of an unfamiliar bathroom, upside down, I was hooked by the belt of my pants on the shower faucet, flopping around, getting soaked.

But hey, at least I wasn't half naked and it didn't take the police to get me unstuck.

 

[.cheese.]

ROTFLMAO starboard

 

[Sylvan-Forge]

TheEconomist,

You had me wondering all day what sort of incident you got yourself into.
Good story

So, how's the hand?

Ya got me thinking on some things:

People are generally oblivious, self-absorbed, disbelieving and timid. In the utmost worst case scenario, yelling "fire" may bring attention faster than anything else.

S&W cuffs sound like they're pretty darn good at their job.

When heating metal, heat propagates upward very efficiently.

Inside the guts of that paper shredder (or fax) may very well have been a makeshift pick. A piece of hard copper, say off of the safety switch, or a motor connector, etc.

Cops like to break down doors instead of calling for management Of course time spent is time lost. I'da opted for the break down too.

Time to throw away my ninja boxers.

I'm one who believes that everything happens for a reason ..






Thanks again for sharing and don't beat yourself up too bad. There are infinitly more silly things one can get oneself into

 

[LAP35]

Good thing there wasnt a Saw next to you or anything sharp, 5 hours you wonder if you need your hand.
Good Story to tell tho
HAHAHA

 

[Hoppy590]

sorry you lost all sympathy from me about poor old you being locked out in the cold at....

This is South Miami

i dont care what cold front is moving in. try a winter or two up north

 

[rero360]

While my escapades with handcuffs have never gone that far, workng 8 hours at night in a truck by yourself, you end to get bored and play around with stuff. I remember one night getting a call over the radio from my buddy to come to his location, wouldn't say what it was, so I get over there and find him cuffed to the steering wheel, he could reach the radio but not his key, I laughed at him, drove away, just to mess with him then came back and let him free.

don't worry buddy, alot of people get bored and play with handcuffs.

 

[jhanderson]

Thanks for the entertaining story, maybe you could get Nightcrawler to integrate it into his next book. Now you should go read Gerald's Game by Stephen King to find out what to do if you ever get stuck again.

http://www.amazon.com/Geralds-Game-...0574415?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176124331&sr=8-2

jonas

 

[Kharn]

Next time, handcuff yourself to your towel rack or toilet paper holder.

Kharn

 

[junyo]

Guys - if a woman ever wants you to wear handcuffs during, um... tv time.... (yeah.... tv time. )..... JUST SAY NO! If you mess up, and they leave.... I can tell you from my experience that there is NO WAY OUT of that situation.

Lessons I've learned that could've helped you:

1. A spare key ON YOUR PERSON is a very good thing.
2. Slack is your friend. In darn near every sense of the word.
3. Cheap brass headboards are the best, if "tv time" gets ugly.

 

[esheato]

I won't say that I'm not laughing..because I am. Actually, more like giggling but that's besides the point.

First...glad you're alright!

Secondly, I bet you won't try that again.

Ed

 

[Afy]

I can get out of Handcuffs but that is because my hands are very pliant and can curl to a diameter smaller than my wrists. But hey I am not trying it any time soon...

Glad to hear it all worked out. We have all had our what the hell were we thinking... moments

 

[waterhouse]

A problem arises. This is South Miami. He doesn't speak english. Wishful thinking on my part. He understands the word "handcuffs" that's it.

It always made me laugh that in Spanish, the word for "wives" and "handcuffs" are the same (esposas). Funny he knew that one.

 

[alucard0822]

When I worked as an auto mechanic, various police departments would bring us the overflow from the state run shops for repairs. Techs got locked in the back seat of the cars all the time while doing interior repairs, usually a door would close from the wind when the bay door was opened, the windows are lexan, no crank handles, no interior locks, the doors have to be unlocked, then opened from the outside, but all in all we just made some faces at the guy locked inside and after he had been sufficiently ridiculed we would let him out, I got locked in one time with the key in my pocket and the doors locked once. noone would cut the window to let me out, the boss wanted to wait for the police to come wit the spare key, but the assigned officer was on a stakeout with the only other key, I had to unbolt the front seat and the divider screen to get to the front to get a door unlocked, this took about 2 hours worth of sweat and cussing as my unkind coworkers rocked the car, and made faces through the windows, I got out, then went straight for the hose to teach them all a lesson

 

[alucard0822]

I should have mentioned it took 2 hours because all I had was a panneling tool, a couple screwdrivers and was using my shoe as a hammer

 

[.cheese.]

well, first off thanks for all the stories. Definitely makes me feel better. Yeah, as was mentioned, I won't be trying that trick ever again.

I won't get worked up over this, but I did forget about one thing regarding this: the HOA reserves the right to revoke my ability to live here for any reason. I had to sign a contract saying that when I moved in a few years ago.

While I've never had any problems with them, never caused any trouble, never had a complaint or a code violation, certainly no police record or anything (never done anything worse than speeding in my life) I got a call today saying that they didn't appreciate the police presence on Easter and because of that I'm out. So I guess I have to go. Not going to fight it. Not exactly like I was thrilled with their willingness to help me during a problem anyways. I was already planning to move, now I guess it's just set in stone and being expedited.

 

[Afy]

They dont appreciate police presence... well they should keep that in mind the next time someone steals a radio or something.

How on earth have HOA's become so powerful in the US?

 

[.cheese.]

contracts I guess

 

[teCh0010]

I used to repo cars in college, my jobs was to do the legwork to find the difficult ones then call the tow driver. Another guy who did the same thing as me also worked for a bail bondsman.

I got a call on my cell phone from him, he gave me an address and asked me to come help him. It was off the road a ways and not in a neighborhood, just a dirt driveway by itself. I show up and he is sitting on the ground behind his jeep handcuffed to the rear tube bumper by one wrist. He also had a hell of swollen eye. He had a handcuff key in the glovebox he needed me to get for him.

He went to some guy who didn't show up in court's girlfriend's mom's house. He ran into the guy in the driveway by chance and apparently didn't win the handcuffing contest. At least the guy didn't take his cell phone.

This was before camera phones or he would have never lived it down.