Masterbadge, don't leave home without it.

Let's say you're a little late to work. Riding a motorcycle lets you get through traffic a little quicker than everyone else, and you're just plain in a hurry.

Then suppose a local cop feels your breaking this thing they like to call a "speed limit". You follow the rules and pull over, but like the Grinch, so smart and so slick, you think of a ___________ and think it up quick.

"So, why are you in such a hurry?" says the cop without even asking you for your social conformity papers. Yet.

"I'm on my way to the hospital. I got called in and they need me there." is the Grinchy reply.

"What do you do? Are you a doctor?"

"I do Nuclear Medicine. I actually am in kind of a hurry and I do need to get there..."

"Really? You got a badge you can show me?"

Flint grey eyes twinkling, you know you just won. "Yeah, here it is." And you produce a badge for a nearby hospital with your picture on it and the impressive words Nuclear Medicine.

"Alright, you can go. Remember, I'm just like you. My job is to help people to and you don't see me speeding around."

I'm not even sure he heard my "OK" and I rode off. Smiling.