Reply #8: The funniest thing about the Border Patrol.

[arcadian]

There were three of them. I labeled them good/bad and neutral. Good was this guy about 30 years old, who was just trying to get me to fess up about the 35 pounds of weed he was sure I had stashed in the wheel wells. I swear he told me this story(paraphrasing):

"Yeah so, you know, I just don't get why people smoke grass. I was doing a search of a vehicle and this guy had 100 pounds of weed hidin in a pressurized tank, one of the agents accidently ruptured the tank with a screwdriver and mariajauna smoke blew all over us. I got high, but it wasn't my fault, I didn't like it. Why do people smoke pot?"

I looked at him and just said something like: "Wow, that sucks" containing my laughter for this guys inability to fabricate a good story.

Bad cop was a sterotypical cop with short buzzed hair, he was the one who fetched the dog. After he saw he had nothing on me this converstion took place: Him, "Where are you going?" Me, "California". Him, "Well, here in Texas we don't approve of people who smoke mariajauna, I know that they approve of such things in California but we Texans don't like that shit in our state." Me, "Oh, California isn't my final destination, I'm getting on a plane in San Francisco and flying to Hawai'i." Him, "Oh..."

Neutral cop looked like he was in training. In hindsight, that was some crazy shit.