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Shit, I would've bought from him just on principle. That guy is smooth.
Could have been a police officer since he did say illegal substances
That'd be entrapment.
I responded with... "umm... no?" which satisfied her enough for her to go away and let me sell ice cream.
Good point. Then if that was really was a drug dealer, then thats just nuts.
Once a old guy in a hockey jersey came up to me and my friend and asked "Did Wayne Gretzky play left wing or right wing?" I think my friend answered right wing.
"WRONG! He was neither, he played center." And started laughing to himself loudly and walked away.
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Fun fact: in my country not only would it be entrapment, the police officer would be the only one comitting the crime. He'd be guilty of selling illegal substances, while the client wouldn't have commited a crime, since only the selling, and not the buying, is illegal and cops aren't allowed to commit or pretend they're willing to commit crimes to arrest people.
But, yeah, monocle and top hat all the way.
I'm going to have to Google entrapment later then, because when he said it would be I believed it.
And no, Drug dealer and monocle do not belong in the same sentence! (oh no look what you made me type!)
An undercover officer approaches a citizen in a vehicle with a prominently displayed firearm, and offers him "illegal substances"?
How could you possibly say that that crime would have occurred regardless of his actions?
Entrapment.
Where do you live?
Indeed I did! In fact, I myself have many fine illegal substances available for purchase. Unfortunately they're at the top of this very tall building. Perhaps I could lift you up their with my crane to get them?
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INAL; No, you have to approach the person. If the law enforcement agent approaches you without you expressing interest, that's entrapment. However this is a hot button topic that's still debated even in the courts and will definitely lead this thread way off course.
see also #1: http://www.slate.com/id/1003657/
although according to some states, #2 -- you need to be very pushy and aggressive in the sale for it to be entrapment.
Where's CoJo when you need him.
Monocle, tophat and waistcoat, gesturing with his walking stick towards a dark alley with a sign posted out front: "Messrs. Nesbitt & Deglman's Fine Illegal Substance Emporium"
That sounds like a fine, reputable establishment.
I don't know how often people in the USA are visibly carrying fire arms, but here in Canada if someone approached you carrying fire arms and offered to sell you illegal substances I think you could claim entrapment. You would claim to have been scared shitless of getting shot if you didn't buy something, but that normally you would never purchase illegal substances.
"Hey man, do you believe in aliens?"
I was 16 at the time, sweeping the floor in a mostly deserted McDonalds when this guy cornered me and asked me that. I said something mostly noncommittal, like, "Well, I've never seen any, so who knows."
Apparently that's all this guy needed to go on a rant for 45 minutes. And it was an insane rant, about how he's seen them, and they put things into him and that I need to protect myself. I really had no idea what to do, so I just stood there and nodded the entire time.
The best part is that my coworkers had wondered where I had went off to, but no one actually checked to see if I could use some assistance.
Not entrapment unless he coerced you into crime that you wouldn't otherwise be likely to do. I'd guess he wasn't a cop, since they usually try to look like average criminals during stings. If you'd really been trying to score some drugs, wouldn't you feel uneasy about the gun-wielding chap with politeness and grammar all over the place?
Dunno. Depending on the situation I might respond "Why good sir, I am delighted and intrigued by your offer and wish to inquire into the nature of the illegal wares you are peddling this fine evening. Shall we stroll somewhere away from the public's eye to discuss the details of our transaction in greater safety?"
Just because, that'd be one hell of a unique experience, even if he did turn out to be undercover.
I have what is generally considered to be a fairly Jewish looking look (curly hair, big nose, etc.), and sometimes when people find out my dad is Jewish they will mention something about my look, or ask me something about it, the reason this is kind of awkward is that I am adopted and as far as I know do not have any genetically Jewish relatives.
Me: What lights are lit up on your modem?
Customer What do you mean by lights?
I wish I was making this up. I also ran into a guy that called his CD drive a "tape record player", thats verbatim. Oh and our modems had a fatty big black ac adapter for the power cord and I don't know how many people asked how they are supposed to tell which one is the power cord and which one is the phone cord.
Hmm, now that's how you get someone to buy drugs from you, I'm pretty sure all his drug dealing friends have been wondering how he sells so much, the secret is to be polite.
You should have known that!
Not only are you young, you're a young failure of a Canadian. Your friend too!
That was an awkward one.
"It's 7AM on a Saturday and I'm hung over and you're asking me if I want to be in porn. I'm sure you've been getting this all morning, but fuck. You."
"Well, actually, you'd be fucking someone else, but yeah, pretty much."
*click*
Wait, you got cold-called for porn?
That's creepawesome.
Yes
Evidently some dude at whatever porn company got hold of the university directory
The next semester the directory was moved to a secure server and you had to log in to see it and everything
That is great.
Me: WHAT
AF: You know, on his chest?
Me: That's not a codpiece.
The next day, I loaned him my Blackadder DVD; it did a far better job of explaining things than I ever could.
edit: once, when I was in Calgary, we had this random guy walk up to us and say:
"Hey, did you know that if you go to jail up here they only give you two meals a day that are *this* big, but in America they feed you SPAGHETTI!?!"
We thought he wanted money. But then he walked off.
Guy comes running down the street.
"Dude, the girl I was with just passed out on the street. What do I do?"
"I don't know, call an ambulance?"
"Call an ambulance. Right."
Guy runs away again.
I laughed too hard
Guy: ...so, after it bit me, I captured it and brought it in. Here.
Nurse:
Guy: Its in the jar - it cant get out.
Nurse: Not yet, but if it does, we cant have that thing running round. We'll need to kill it.
Guy:
Nurse: We wont... crush it or anything, maybe we can suffocate it.
Guy: You cant kill it.
Nurse: We cant risk it getting out.
Guy: You cant kill it.
Nurse: We need to keep it, just in case, but we cant keep it alive
Guy: You cant kill it.
Nurse: I'm going to have to insist.
Guy: ...
Nurse: OK?
Guy: ... ... ... Can... Can I kill it?
*stunned silence*
I laughed so hard I got asked to leave.
*takes spider out behind barn*
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"My asshole has prolapsed" will always get them to stop being dickheads. Seriously, charge-nurses are mean fucks in ERs usually.
I'll have to try that next time, I was shocked enough to draw a blank for about a minute.
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Haha, my girlfriend went into the ER leaking pus from her surgery. Visibly leaking. Soaking her clothes, leaking. The charge nurse went, "Why are you here? You don't look like you're having an emergency."
Turns out she was bleeding internally from her transplant graft. And there was a ball of blood the size of my fist in her abdomen pinching blood vessels and nerves in her legs.
I hate charge-nurses who think they're entitled.
By the end of a 10 hour shift - I'm amazed you didn't get a poke in the eye.
Sorry about your girlfriend though.
I think I derailed... so.
A german girl I met once did an exchange to the States (when she was 16). She was telling the history of her town and somehow the Moon was mentioned... A girl put up her hand and asked "Is that the same moon we have?"