One Law at a Time, Please

If you've been reading these, you know that my cousin came through with her parents. She told a great story of a friend's advice to her for college, and life.

She and X (I don't wish to incriminate anyone!) were leaving a party at which adult beverages were available. (X is over 21.) X got into the passenger's seat with the remainder of his drink, but did not fasten his seat belt. Y (the friend) stated, "Either fasten your seat belt, or get rid of the drink." He then turned to my cousin and said (I'm paraphrasing, of course), "If you're gonna break the law, be sure to only break one at a time. When you see those folks on TV, it's 'cause they've broken 3 or 4 laws at one time!"

Apparently, this system works for him. Dear Hubby just about shot beer out his nose. X is a recently retired juvenile probation officer, and DH is a cop! DH comes home with stories of this all the time. "If the underage kids had just been quiet, no one would have known they were drinking..." (Before anyone gets their panties in an uproar - we aren't advocating underage drinking or the breaking of laws. Kids - don't break laws, don't drink alcohol under the age of 21, and if you're going to, for the love of God, don't get behind the wheel of a car! There PSA over!)

So, that's today's lesson... If you're going to break the law, only break one at a time.