I went to go see my friend graduate from College Park and afterwards the plan was to go out to eat with her family. I'm not going to name my friend bc I dont want to embarrass her--- but anyways her family is really funny to be around. They are always joking and doing spontaneous things. However, her dad is fairly quiet and very very conservative. Anyways, to cut to the picture everyone in the car was acting really goofy and quarreling about stupid things so her dad was getting distracted while driving. He was in the right lane while passing through a traffic light and there was a cop in the left lane who was waiting to turn left at the traffic light. Apparently her dad didnt realize that the traffic light had turned red so he continued driving. Being aware of the whole situation I call out "Agha X! Police poshtetoon bood!" (which basically means there was a police officer behind you).. He didnt really realize what I said at first and then he flipped out. The police officer was still stuck at the intersection bc the light was red but he immediately turned on his lights to come after us. Mr.X got nervous and quickly turned into a neighborhood. He put his foot on the accelerator and made numerous sharp turns in between tightly packed streets. His children ( which are 22 and 28) were screaming "DAD DONT KILL US!" and his wife was like "Omg my husband is James Bond!".
I was just quiet bc I didnt know what the heck was going on and why this man was doing this. For the lat 18 years that I have known this man his actions seemed completely out of character for him. (Maybe he had a lot of points? ) But I have never seen someone so adamant about hiding from the police..LOL
anyway he continued making these turns for what seemed to be forever and finally he pulled into a public parking space and turned off his car. We all sat there for 30 sec until everyone in the car broke into laughter.
The first thing his eldest daughter said was " Mom, now you see why I wont let dad borrow my car?" (the funny thing was we were in her car too. He was driving so fast we felt like the jeep was going to tip over.) His wife kept asking him how he knew exactly where to go? But I could tell she liked the thrill of being in the car. Dont get me wrong, my friend comes from a well-respected educated family. Ive never seen them do this sort of thing-- i think the whole situation was kind of random since I was in the car-- anyway the story isnt over. So after we parked he got out of the car to walk up the street just to check to see if the police car was still there or not. The police hadnt seen us turn into the housing development. He was gone for like 5-10 minutes and when he came back he said that the police officer had pulled over another car. I was quiet the whole time.. my friend kept telling her dad "Wow dad, youre such a bad role model".
This is actually a really long story but I cut it short. basically for about 30 min before that whole ordeal my friend and I were reminiscing about the "bad" things we used to do when we were in middle/high school. lol our random adventures walking from her house up route 40 - we would walk for hours up high ways and find random restaurants to eat at, roll down hills, etc (nothing "bad" but not exactly safe for a 12 year old). Our parents never knew but one day my mom was driving on the high way and saw us walking she flipped out. LOL.. seriously if I had kids I would saw them doing that -_- end of story...
anyways this is one of the many things we would do when we were bored and we were sitting her telling her dad and mom all this. her mom knew most of it but her dad had know idea.. he was bashing us for it why we would do such stupid things (not that he was really mad or anything bc theres nothing he could do about it now since his daughter is all grown up). the point is-- what he did next is what made all of this funny. lol after that he had nothing to say about our shenanigans.
On a side note: Inshallah this May (right after finals) I will be going to Mecca with my mom and aunt Shiva. My cousin Sahar is will be getting married 1 week after we come back-- so things may be a little squished during that time period. But hopefully thing will work out great! I'm really really really excited and I will be very grateful if I am given this opportunity.
I also have funny stories that I have to write about in regards to rockville pike, georgetown, donuts and the metro. I will try to catch up on my blogs soon!
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