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09/04/2002 Entry: "Men in uniform....."

You know, being a pop-star-in-training can be an awfully convenient occupation when running into officers of the law... for example, I recently got pulled over for speeding in Oklahoma City by a very ready-to-give-a-ticket-looking officer... I apologized profusely, and was like “I’m SO sorry officer, i’m just TRYING to get to the airport and make my flight” and he said “which airport” and i said “uh, kansas city”... he said “kansas city? why kansas city is 6 hours from here” and i said “Yes Officer!, SEE why I am driving so FAST!”...

So, then he asked why in the world i had booked a flight so far away, and i explained that i was on tour and this is just the sort of thing that happens on tour. Then an idea popped into my get-out-of-ticket-little-head. I said (ever so sweetly) “officer, do you happen to have any children” and he said, “why, yes, 2 girls, may they have heard of you?” and I laughed and said “Absolutely!” “Just tell them you ran into me, they will be SO excited, you won't believe it!” I then proceeded to autograph 2 copies of my most recent release, with smiley faces and dedications to both daughters, and gave them happily over to the office. Boy, was he thrilled! He totally let me off.

Gee, I can only imagine the guy getting home that night his kids, so excited to give them the autographed cds, and them being like “um, dad... who the heck is BARI KORAL?!?”