[RKDinOKC]

Olivia Newton John reminds me...

Just after college I tried to drive my 4x4 Blazer on 2 wheels like you see them do in the movies. Got the bright idea could use the end of the guard rails that look like ramps. They don't work like ramps! Not even with a 4x4. Ended up pushing the front tire up into the fender.

It was on the highway about 5 miles from where we were partying at the lake. Had two other guys in the blazer. We had gone to a couple of bars to pickup some girls to take to the lake party. Every time I would get some young ladies that were interested in going to a lake party one of the two guys with me would say something stupid. So, I decided to just get drunk.

After "hitting" the guard rail one of the guys just ran off, running to the party. I decided I needed to get all the beer out of the blazer and in my mind threw it all in the median. Before =the cops got there the guy that ran off showed up in another car from the party. Still don't understand why we didn't all pile in that car, go to the party and report my truck stolen.

The cop asked what happened and I told him about trying to drive the truck on 2 wheels. He cracked up. Then he commented about the case of beer than had been distributed in the median. The funny thing is while randomly scattered they were all set upright. Arrested me for DUI. He was a really nice guy. On the way he stopped and let me get something to eat, and then again to get a pack of cigarettes and some matches. By the time they gave me the blood test and I was just barely over the limit.

Even after I got to jail they were pretty nice. Guess because I wasn't an obnoxious or violent drunk. Also overheard comments that one of the guys I was with had the same name as some local politician. They sat me on a bench in the foyer for hours before they put me in the drunk tank. Found out later, they weren't even watching me and I could have just got up and walked out. Learned that after I got put in the drunk tank from one of my HS teachers that also go tossed in the drunk tank that night. They brought him in, booked him, and took him to the drunk tank while I was still left on the bench.

What made me associate this memory with Olivia Newton John? The whole time in jail somewhere the song "Let's get physical" was playing so you could just barely hear it. Over and over. Every once in a while you hear someone yell to shut that noise off.