http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/ Cataloging idiocy, deceit, stupidity, duplicity, and damn folly since 1994. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-64 mycroft Thu, 17 May 2007 14:08:07 +0000 #comment-64 No! Not ever that small bit of fond memory! No! Not ever that small bit of fond memory!

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-63 jones Thu, 17 May 2007 13:56:42 +0000 #comment-63 Great story. I hear the Bighouse changes you forever. Did you at least get to keep the jump suit? Great story. I hear the Bighouse changes you forever. Did you at least get to keep the jump suit?

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-22 A Random Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 #comment-22 Imagine now that you are a black/hispanic/ even asian "boy" - 15 to 40 years old; and you have learned to avoid the representatives of law enforcement AT ALL COSTS - so you r-u-n ! Forget the 4 cement roooms. You'll deal with high powered rifles from the helicopter! And you may not even have a ticket to justify the police attack! Life is sweet, eh? Imagine now that you are a black/hispanic/ even asian “boy” - 15 to 40 years old; and you have learned to avoid the representatives of law enforcement AT ALL COSTS - so you r-u-n !
Forget the 4 cement roooms. You’ll deal with high powered rifles from the helicopter! And you may not even have a ticket to justify the police attack! Life is sweet, eh?

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-21 A Random Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 #comment-21 I had a similar nightmare experience with the jail phones - attempting to notify relatives that I was in custody. Now, whenever I am even in the near vicinity of a "lawman" (sic), I immediately phone home - just in case... PS: There is an even lower form of life than a Harris County Sheriff's Deputy - a Harris County Constable. I had a similar nightmare experience with the jail phones - attempting to notify relatives that I was in custody. Now, whenever I am even in the near vicinity of a “lawman” (sic), I immediately phone home - just in case… PS: There is an even lower form of life than a Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy - a Harris County Constable.

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-20 A Random Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 #comment-20 Pleasure to meet you from the front and to serve as a character ref. "Bonding" with Harris County's finest -- both sides of the bars -- was obviously an enlightening experience. Pleasure to meet you from the front and to serve as a character ref. “Bonding” with Harris County’s finest — both sides of the bars — was obviously an enlightening experience.

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-19 A Random Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 #comment-19 Your ordeal has spurred my butt into paying my recent ticket. . . I guess the medicine for my dying Grandmother will have to wait. Your ordeal has spurred my butt into paying my recent ticket. . . I guess the medicine for my dying Grandmother will have to wait.

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-18 A Random Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 #comment-18 Sounds rather distasteful. But look on the bright side - you don't have to worry about those forgotten old tickets any more! Sounds rather distasteful. But look on the bright side - you don’t have to worry about those forgotten old tickets any more!

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-17 A Random Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 #comment-17 "...and it was a case of blind justice and there wasn't nothing noboby could do about it..." "I had to pay $50 bucks and I had to pick up the trash..." Guthrie Seems to me you could have a movie deal in the works. Thanks for sharing the experience. “…and it was a case of blind justice and there wasn’t nothing noboby could do about it…”
“I had to pay $50 bucks and I had to pick up the trash…” Guthrie Seems to me you could have a movie deal in the works. Thanks for sharing the experience.

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-15 A Random Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 #comment-15 Amid your unfortunate experience, you are a fantastic writer--I laughed out loud many, many times. I hope you are feeling well! Amid your unfortunate experience, you are a fantastic writer–I laughed out loud many, many times. I hope you are feeling well!

]]> http://satirica.net/2006/04/17/mycrofts-restaurant-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-16 A Random Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 #comment-16 Of course you failed to mention that at 7:00 at night it is IMPOSSIBLE to get a money order or to pull more than $500 from your account, regardless of how much money is in said account. Thus one is forced to got to a bail bondsman. Of course you failed to mention that at 7:00 at night it is IMPOSSIBLE to get a money order or to pull more than $500 from your account, regardless of how much money is in said account. Thus one is forced to got to a bail bondsman.

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