Today, I got stopped by the fuzz. The officer told me he "could care less" about my excuses. He was probably about to let me go without a ticket, but my inner Grammar Nazi kicked in and I explained why he meant to say "couldn't care less." I got the ticket. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a policeman pulled me over and proceeded to flirt with me. After I had rejected him, he gave me a ticket for "not paying attention to the road". FML
Today, I got pulled over for a traffic violation. Thinking I could get away with it, I spoke with a French accent. The officer then asked me a question in perfect French. I got a ticket. FML
Today, my husband and I were pulled over by a cop. He was still angry from our earlier argument over his constant freeloading, and when the cop told him we'd been doing 75 in a 55, he retorted, "Yeah? I did 75 in your mom last night, fuzzball." One more ticket I have to pay for. FML
Today, I got pulled over for a busted tail light. The officer gave me a warning and told me to fix it. Ten minutes later I was pulled over again for the same busted tail light by the same cop. This time he wrote me a ticket. FML
Today, I was driving home from work when I saw a cop come up behind me. Nervous about my expired license, I kept checking in my rear view mirror. In turn since I wasn't paying attention, I ran a stop sign. Needless to say the cop pulled me over and gave me 2 tickets. FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding. I know that I was in the wrong and will take responsibility for that. When the cop handed me my ticket, he asked me if I was smoking crack. I denied it because I don't do drugs. He asked me what that foul odor was. I was passing gas. FML
Today, I got a ticket. From my dad the cop. FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding. I started fixing my hair and unbuttoning a couple of buttons on my shirt, hoping the policeman would let me off with a warning. When he got to the car, he rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath. I saw him walk back to the cop car gagging. FML
Today, I was pulled over for speeding. After a few minutes of conversing, he told me he didn't need to give me a ticket. He then asked for a date. I politely declined. After staring at me for a very long moment, he said, "I think I'm going to have to give you that ticket after all." FML
Today, while I was driving, a police officer jumped out from the sidewalk and into my lane. I slammed on the brakes so I wouldn't hit him. He then gave me a ticket for "obstructing traffic." FML
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beccaishereyay 11
Ugh. I'd give you a ticket too.
Dargoria 1
Sometimes you just got to force it down. Sorry about the ticket.
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Comments (107)
Meme1988 18
Yesh! You people need to take it easy!
photoquilty 6
Being a member of the grammar police myself - don't call yourself a Nazi; there's no comparison - I understand the inclination. But, seriously, you have to put a lid on it when you're pulled over by the police. YDI
OhDearBetrayal 25
The reason why people say Grammar Nazi is because of the force put into enforcing grammar upon other people.
abceasyas123abc 12
You aren't forced to flee your home and sentenced to death in a torturous manner..
OhDearBetrayal 25
49- Obviously, it's just a loose comparison.
abceasyas123abc 12
There's actually no comparison. It's just one of those senseless utterances, like "I could care less".
OhDearBetrayal 25
I would say it's more like the phrase "so hungry I could eat a horse." A person couldn't possibly eat an entire horse, but the language is used to empathize the hunger, much like the term Grammer Nazi is used to empathize the persistence and lack of indifference towards correcting grammatical errors.
OhDearBetrayal 25
** emphasis
OhDearBetrayal 25
Well, this is more than a bit embarrassing. Emphasize**
Llama_Face89 34
I'm the only one who gasses those with poor grammar?
photoquilty 6
Are you kidding me? Are you really giving me thumbs down because you prefer the word nazi? Wow. If I didn't think you people were all morons before, I do now. It's a hideous term, with tons of meaning behind it. To be compared to a nazi is disgusting. Show some respect for what people have endured. I don't take the holocaust lightly and those who do are clearly uneducated, unsophisticated, and unsympathetic to the horror and suffering put upon millions of people by nazis. Hardly comparable to a person correcting others' grammar.
outoftown 27
#13, Absolutely. "Nazi" should only used with "soup." ;)
tj4234 36
I'd have done it too, I'm not even American and that phrase annoys me...
redmane 21
That phrase isn't just American...
tj4234 36
saying it as 'could care less' is American. Everywhere else says it as 'couldn't care less'.
hansbo 6
What are you, some kind of idiot?
sweetsammiedee21 6
Idk why but your comment made me lol
gc327072 31
67- if so, all you have to do is thumb it up, no need to tell them. (don't worry, I did it for you)
Cynictowinit 4
This is so not the opportune moment for you to play English teacher...
LittleGreenPaola 23
You deserved it, but I admit that I would have done the same thing.
Enslaved 38
Nah, you probably would have gotten the ticket anyway. Especially since he did say he didn't care about your excuses. Look on the brighter side, you taught him the correct way to say that expression and hopefully will continue from that day forward.(: Your work is done. ***On a side note: slow down if you were speeding. : P
TehCezar 5
You're a ******* idiot, I'd hate to know you.
gummy_bears1492 0
No need to be so harsh. Jeez...
mrnuleef 7
You should get some Imodium for your diahrrea of the mouth. Save your grammar tyranny for when you are on here commenting. YDI.
FaygoAndMiracles 18
Even though correcting someones grammar during a situation like that, I still decided on putting FYL, because, as someone who hates bad grammar myself(Although, mine is probably worse than the majority of Grammar Nazis), I kind of empathize.
FaygoAndMiracles 18
*Even though correcting someones grammar during a situation like that is probably not the best option, Wow I feel like an idiot.
PaulB123 11
*Even though YOU ARE correcting someone's grammar, it is probably not the best option during such a situation.