I've learned a lot of things from my television. It's taught me that all of America's crime problems can be solved simply by giving a few mutated turtles karate lessons. It's taught me that there's nothing funnier than a trio of Jews poking each other in the eyes. And it's taught me that Jeff Foxworthy sucks gelatinized ass-crust. But none of these things can really be applied to everyday life on a regular basis.
Cops, however, has taught me the greatest lesson of all: it is impossible to get arrested if you have a shirt on.
This is a scientific fact, and you can't argue with science.
I honestly can't count the number of times that I've been chased by the cops for huffing paint, indecent exposure, unlawful possession of a swerving car, or jus' plain ol' bootleggin'. But just when I think that I'm done for, I always remember The First Rule Of Cops: shirts (and pants) make you invisible to law officers, and I manage to prevent my heterosexual butthole from being violated in jail. If you don't believe me, just sit, turn on your television and watch a couple of episodes of Cops. Not a single person arrested on the show is wearing a shirt. Sometimes I get the feeling that when the officers on the show aren't quite sure who to arrest at a crime scene, they simply slap cuffs on the dude without a shirt on.
But I just realized something: the opposite must be true for women, 'cause the only ones that ever seem to get out of a ticket on the show either have on a low-cut shirt, a see-through shirt that advertises their naked boobies, or no shirt at all. So I guess The First Rule Of Cops doesn't apply to the ladies.
Either way - the next time you're being chased by Roscoe and Enos with a trunk full of moonshine, you know how to make sure you don't get arrested.
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Article comments
1 - Rich Powers
"And it's taught me that Jeff Foxworthy sucks gelatinized ass-crust"
ahahah what a great line.
2 - Alisha Karabinus
That is a great line, and there are some others... but this whole shirtless-Cops-getting arrested thing is old hat. I mean, google "cops" and "shirtless" and you get an avalanche of results, all talking about this very same thing.
le yawn, sez I
3 - Tan The Man
There's not a more scripter TV reality show than Cops.
4 - Timmy
Yeah, I hadn't realized that this was such a hackneyed observation. Oh well, it's true all the same...
I'll try harder next time.
5 - El Bicho
Cops Rules! We used to have a drinking game to it.
i.e.
face fuzzed out - drink
person swears - drink
suspect flees - drink
suspect escapes - shot
and so on
Hmmm, I'll need to find that list.