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My twin brother shared this joke at dinner last night...

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎05-30-2016 06:36 AM

An old lady was pulled over by a patrolman for speeding
When she rolled down her window the officer asked, Do you know you were going 90 in a 45 zone?
no I didn't officer.
can I have your driver's license?
They took it away two weeks ago for a DUI.
How about proof of insurance?
I stole this car and hacked up the owner and he's in the trunk.
The officer pulls his gun and backs away while calling for backup.
6 squad cars arrive and the captain says to the patrolman, I'll take it from here.
He walks up to the car and asks for the woman's license. She hands it to him.
Hmmmm everything seems to be in order but my patrolman says there's a body in the trunk.
Would you please walk back with me and open the trunk?
They do, she does.
The trunk is empty. He asks her why his patrolman would tell him such a thing and she says
that liar? he probably told you I was speeding too.

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About the Author
Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.