"Open Mouth - Insert Both Feet"
Denny and Denny are out joy riding when a deputy sheriff pulls them over for reckless driving and possible DUI. Both men claim their name is Denny. After a roadside sobriety check, the men are cuffed and put in a caged unit in the back of the sheriff’s patrol car.
Waiting for a tow truck, the deputy inventories the two Dennys’ car. Meanwhile, back in the patrol car, the boys are running their jaws.
“If he finds our dope stash, we’re in a mess of trouble,” says Denny #2.
“He ain’t gonna find nothin’ in the car ‘cause they ain’t nothin’ to find,” says Denny #1. “All our dope is stashed back at the motel. I got the key hid in my under-drawers.” The men laugh hysterically as the deputy climbs back into the patrol car.
The would-be desperados are booked into the county jail and the deputy sheriff goes back on patrol. Waiting for his next radio call, the officer rewinds his windshield-mounted video tape camera and listens to the audio portion to see if the idiots had anything interesting to say. You, of course, already know what happens next.
A quick turnaround and the deputy is greeted in the sally port by a jailer holding up a motel room key, The jailer explains: “Denny pretended to be sick while he was changing into his prisoner’s jumpsuit. When I heard a ‘clink’ in the toilet bowl, I figured he was trying to flush something, but I got to it in time.”
A narc team with a search warrant finds 81 baggies of heroin in the motel room. During an interview, the deputy informs both Dennys: “Smile, you guys, you’re on Candid Camera.”
Copyright-Bob Ford-1999
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