Jay's buds are kind indeed. ;)

Ok, here's the "Cops Made Me Sit In Their Car With Them And Watch The Wire" story.

Summer 2006, I went out to my car after work one day (I was in Americorps, on the south side of Chicago) to find that the windshield had been smashed and my headlights had been ripped out. I called the police to file a report for insurance purposes, and by the time they showed up (several hours later), it was dark and getting chilly. Come, they said, sit in the car while we fill this out. We don't want you out here getting cold. And so I climbed into the back seat of their police car (true fact: police car seats are just plain plastic. They are very uncomfortable) and sat, expecting to be there for about 5 minutes tops.

Nope. As soon as the door was shut, I realized that there are no inside door handles in the back seat of a police car. I also witnessed one of them flip down the screen of the police computer and replace it with one of those laptop-looking portable DVD players. They proceeded to watch an entire episode of The Wire while yelling shit at the screen ("SHOOT HIM, MOTHERFUCKER!") while I sat in the back uncomfortably. The next day, one of them called me to ask me out to dinner. I declined.

Yes, it's a real picture. It's the only time in my life that my bish,plz face has been captured on film!

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Thank you for introducing the phrase "gloriously fat" to my personal lexicon.

I firmly believe that if this hoodrat accompanied Winona Ryder to Saks Fifth Ave. on that fateful day, she wouldn't of got arrested. Trust!

Your comments are always thoughtful, knowledgeable and hilarious. Thanks, and keep on keepin' on.

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our obsession lives on.
also we totally made the gasolina jokes first.

You're wayyyy more eloquent than I, but we completely agree re: this whole new yorker/obama debacle.

Good work!

sadly I believe he is actually just that clueless.

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Hi - if you are serious about wanting to chat it up with my hubby about all things Turkmenistan-ese, I'd be happy to hook you up. He is a total All-Things-Former-Soviet-Union-phile, even speaking exclusively Russian to our son in hopes of the little one picking it up....

Thanks! Crap jokes are what I do while not working very hard on my university work.

It's been a long, strange day but "sory new acrylics cant type good" made me giggle, so thank you for that.

When I receive my Pulitzer, I will be sure to credit you.

You are awesome. You are the reason I went to that news roundup. It will be a sad day for me when you get bored of Jezebel.
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Seriously, where do I get released copies of these transcripts?

I just want to say that this is the best CH I have ever read and your comments regarding police search are clear-cut and helpful. I find you to be excellent at enlightening us about our rights.

Thank you for posting - as always, I enjoy your presence @ Jezebel.