As the door of the police cruiser closed behind him, Randall watched the work crew hoist the Mrs. Paul’s delivery truck from the harbor. It had been a memorable 24 hours: the daring theft, the high-speed chase, the news helicopters shadowing him… He had come so close, and in the end only a padlocked latch stood between him and glory. As the cruiser prepared to leave, Randall heard a clap — just one at first, then more, until he saw his people, lined by the dozens on the side of the road, applauding him. Randall smiled to himself. He would leave them as a felon, but return to them a hero.
Thanks to sender-inner John B. (via Mashable.)
Mike, you make every day funnier.
*golf clap* It took me a second to find the critter in this pic but then it all clicked. Well done.
The pelican’s thoughtful expression is what nails it. I want Mike’s wonderful short story to be true story.
Correction : to be true or a true story.
It’s worth clicking through to Mashable and then their source, Jezebel. You’ll love the real one.
Thanks. The best caption at Jezebel was Thinking About the Mistakes I’ve Made.
😀
Had to go check it out–it WAS worth it!?
Cops: “We thought he’d sing like a canary, but he’s no stool pigeon.”
Mike, I love your new header – subliminal tattoo parlor? 😀
I like that! If anyone ever asks if I have tattoos I’m gonna say I have tons…but they’re subliminal tattoos.
Coffee spitting funny. ROFLOL subliminal tattoos.
Much less painful than the regular kind. 😉
Part of the fun would be the confused look on the faces of half the people you said it to!?
Especially if you start pointing out each tattoo of bare skin.
lol
So then this is the Billy Jack of the pelican world?
That’s the first thing I thought of when I read “until he saw his people, lined by the dozens on the side of the road”.
It then makes me think of the awesome parody SNL did …
Mrs. Paul’s delivery truck! Hahaha!
An approximate quote from somewhere – Ogden Nash?
“A wonderful bird is the pelican,
his beak can hold more than his belly can.”
Dixon Lanier Merritt
(Often misattributed to Nash)
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week
But I’m damned if I see how the helican!
???
That’s not just a pelican .. he was standing in for a Stork and got busted for
Breaking and Entering during a delivery
?
Pelican got busted for misplacing his brief ?
NOICE! 😀 😀 😀