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Law Enforcement

October 28, 2015 1 Comment

Law Enforcement

By Gregg Howard

“These small town cops take some managing,” Grandpa said. “If Sheriff Jack comes in of a morning, early, he’ll be hurtin’. Charge him for a large vanilla latte and a regular coffee, ‘cause he’ll be using the department credit card. But you give him a small latte to go and a big shot of Wild Turkey. Now, if it’s Delores who comes in, you ask her what she wants; she always gets the latte, so give her twenty percent off.”

“What about that deputy?”

“Burris? He drinks Mountain Dew in the morning; he’s too dumb to ever buy his boss coffee.”

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  1. Derrick says

    October 29, 2015 at 9:41 am

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