A TRAFFIC STOP IN BATON ROUGE
POLICE OFFICER: (To WOMAN DRIVER) License and registration, please. Hey, is that an open bottle of MD 20/20 between your legs?
WOMAN DRIVER: Yes, officer, but it’s not mine. I was just holding it between my legs so my friend (indicates FEMALE PASSENGER) could look in her purse for her tabs of fentanyl.
POLICE OFFICER (sternly): And did she find any?
FEMALE PASSENGER: No, sir. I must have left them at home.
POLICE OFFICER: Good thing. You could get in trouble for that. (to WOMAN DRIVER) Do you know why I pulled you over?
WOMAN DRIVER: (Guessing) Because the car I’m driving looks like the getaway car from a bank robbery and kidnapping in Slidell that happened at 10.08 this morning?
POLICE OFFICER: (Frowning) No, it was because you have a burnt-out taillight. Do you mind if I look in the trunk? (Without waiting, he pops the trunk open) Is this a hostage in here?
FEMALE PASSENGER: (quickly) No sir, that’s my boyfriend. He likes to be taped up in the dark. It’s a kink thing. Ain’t no harm in it.
POLICE OFFICER: (suspiciously) Boyfriend, huh? Either of you girls trying to get a medically induced abortion?
BOTH WOMEN, TALKING OVER EACH OTHER: No, sir… Never, officer… That’s against the law. If I was pregnant...I love babies, Mr. Policeman.
POLICE OFFICER: (Sticks head in car. Loudly) DO I SMELL MIFEPRISTONE?
WOMAN DRIVER: No, sir. Ain’t no illegal abortifacients in this car.
POLICE OFFICER: Out of the car! (Pats WOMAN DRIVER down. Comes up with a handful of pills) What’s this?
WOMAN DRIVER: That’s just some Ecstasy, officer, except for the blue ones—they’re ‘ludes. Ain’t no morning after pills, I swear.
POLICE OFFICER (sneering) Really? They look like Mifeprex to me. You’re going downtown. We’ll find out which one of you is pregnant at the police station. Put your hands behind your backs.
FEMALE PASSENGER: But, officer…
POLICE OFFICER: Okay, now you’re resisting arrest. (Whips out Taser)
WOMAN DRIVER: Okay, I admit it, sir. I was chugging that MD 20/20 and listening to Nikki Minaj while driving. Just give me a breathalyzer. Please?
POLICE OFFICER (Grinning sadistically): Not today, lady. You’re not blowing on a tube. You’re in Louisiana. You’re peeing on a stick.