{"id":6278,"date":"2025-08-18T13:46:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=6278"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:46:58","slug":"a-highway-patrolman-pulls-over-a-motorist-for-speeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=6278","title":{"rendered":"A Highway Patrolman pulls over a motorist for speeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"247\">It\u2019s the height of summer when a Highway Patrolman pulls over a driver for speeding. As he writes the ticket, flies keep buzzing around his head, driving him crazy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"308\">\u201cFlies sure are bad this year, huh?\u201d the driver comments.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"441\">\u201cYeah,\u201d the officer replies, \u201cif these are circle flies, you\u2019re right. But I\u2019ve never heard of a circle fly before. What\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"589\">The driver explains, \u201cCircle flies are a type that loves horses\u2014they tend to circle a horse\u2019s rear end. That\u2019s why they\u2019re called circle flies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"767\">The patrolman smirks, catching the hint. \u201cReally? Interesting\u2026 but I hope you\u2019re not suggesting I\u2019m a horse\u2019s rear end. You wouldn\u2019t say that about a law officer, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"918\">\u201cOh, no sir!\u201d the driver protests. \u201cI have the utmost respect for police and would never imply such a thing. I\u2019m sorry if it came across that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"964\">The officer nods. \u201cYeah, didn\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"1051\">The driver adds with a grin, \u201cBut there\u2019s no fooling those circle flies, is there?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; It\u2019s the height of summer when a Highway Patrolman pulls over a driver for speeding. As he writes the ticket, flies keep buzzing around his head, driving him crazy. \u201cFlies sure are bad this year, huh?\u201d the driver comments. \u201cYeah,\u201d the officer replies, \u201cif these are circle flies, you\u2019re right. But I\u2019ve never &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6280,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6278\/revisions\/6280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}