A German truck driver pulled over for using his mobile behind the wheel recently, concocted what has to be either one of the most ingenious, or one of the most ridiculous excuses in the history of mankind. When the boys in blue (or green and khaki as they wear over there) questioned the 43-year old, he claimed that he wasn’t using it to talk but to “warm his ear” in order to alleviate the pain of an earache he was suffering at the time.
He didn’t stop there though, following through on his claim, the man later produced an itemized telephone bill that proved wasn’t using the phone at the time he was stopped. The court that heard the case in Hamm accepted the excuse and let him go scot-free. It really puts excuses like ‘my dog ate my homework’ or ‘she was helping me relieve tension in my back’ firmly in their place doesn’t it?
(Via switched)
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