An Alexander County deputy pulled a car over on I-57 about two miles north
of the Missouri state line. When the deputy asked the driver why he was
speeding, the driver answered that he was a magician and juggler on his way
to Branson to do a show that night and didn't want to be late. The deputy
told the driver he was fascinated by juggling,
and if the driver would do a little juggling for him that he wouldn't give
him a ticket. The driver responded that he had sent all of his equipment on
ahead and didn't have anything to juggle. The deputy told him he had some
flares in the trunk of his squad car and asked if he could juggle them. The
juggler said he could, so the deputy got three flares, lit them, and handed
them to the juggler. While the man was doing his juggling act, a car pulled
in behind the squad car, a drunk got out and watched the performance
briefly. He then went over to the squad car, opened the rear door, and got
in. The deputy observed him doing this and went over to his squad car,
opened the door,
and asked the drunk what he thought he was doing. The drunk replied, "Might
as well take my ass to jail ---
there's no way in hell I can pass that test.