5.18.2011

Be Careful Where You Snooze

I think you understand that Pete's grown man persona wasn't far from his childhood- boy personality. He loved to scare us, push us into the pool with our clothes on, put his foot out and trip us when we walked by, make noises with his voice that would make us scream ... no matter how old he was ...




Well, adults weren't immune to his antics either and I have to say, for this next story, it's a good thing Pete's cousin Steve had a partner who was a slow shooter, or Pete would have learned a lesson the hard way.

Pete's first cousin was a highway patrol cop. And, as hard working men sometimes do, they'd take a little lunchtime nap in their patrol car, on the side of the highway, where they thought no one would see. Pete just happened to be driving by and saw his cousin napping in the patrol car. Pete beeped his horn, but he got no reaction. So, he drove back around, parked the tank and snuck up to the patrol car. Nothing. They didn't even hear him. So, like a large cat he jumped on the hood of the car in an "attack cat stance" and both policeman jumped up scared out of their wits. Steve's parter threw the door open and reached for his gun, when Steve realized who the hell this nut was who was standing on their hood.

Thankfully Steve recognized his cousin and reached out to shake Pete's hand as he jumped off the car hood. It's a good thing the cop partner had a sense of humor and a slow trigger hand. When Pete told this story later on, he would do the animation associated with the stalking, while we all laughed, because, Pete was like that ... he could scare the hell out of you when you least expected.

9 comments:

  1. OMG!!! I bet they never took a nap again!! And probably had to go home and change their underwear!! ROFLMAO!! Ohhhh he was soooo bad!!! I love it!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. He was safe because the biggest problems had them fighting his demons.
    Ratajczyk family, have you had a wonderful idea to start this blog, thank you so much!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Haha. I can see this in my mind. RRRAWR! O.O))

    ReplyDelete
  4. lol i love petes sense of humor! i have a similar story.7 years ago i moved from my home here in tennessee to my hometown in central indiana.a really good friend of mine and former bandmate had become a city police officer here in tennessee.i moved back here a couple years back and one day out and about i see my buddy driving along in his patrol car and decide to pass him in my car,as i passed him i threw my middle finger high in the air and the chase was on lol.i pulled over and he creeps up the side of the car,gun pulled and says" driver turn the car off" so i do and then he gets to me and with a look like he had just discovered he was on a hidden camera show says "hernandez,i thought you were dead" lol ahhh memories! thanks for the post!
    -erik hernandez-

    ReplyDelete
  5. so nice to get an intimate view on a life that touched so many, thank you,

    ReplyDelete
  6. holy moly Pete! that was a close call! The story is funny as hell but jeez! Good thing the partner wasnt trigger happy because the sight of Pete crouching menacingly on the hood of a car would make anyone jump and react! thank you so much for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  7. I could see the newspaper headlines " Large crazy man shot to death while attacking police officers thinking he was a savage cat". You keep us smiling Peter.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I wold have paid good money to witness that!!! ROTFLMMFAO

    ~Patricia Mitchell

    ReplyDelete
  9. LOL...Thats awesome thank you for sharing :)

    ReplyDelete