Here’s a funny idea with a high potential to go wrong: bake a batch of cookies in the shape of iPhones, drive around pretending to talk on them, and then when you inevitably get pulled over, take a bite, look the law enforcement official straight in the eye, and say, “Are cookies against the law, officer?”
This bold (although possibly ill-advised) plan was the recent brainchild of Los Angeles comedian Randy Liedtke. Thanks to Twitter, followers were able to see how the dicey scenario played out in more-or-less real time. Here’s what happened:
I’m honestly gonna drive around wih my iPhone Cookie today and see what happens!
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 11, 2013
Out driving. Being pretty obvious. Havnt even seen a cop yet.
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 11, 2013
Whoa! Almost ran a red light tweeting that last one. Gonna put my real phone down and focus on the cookie phone. Wish me luck
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 11, 2013
Just saw a police car going the other way. Gonna turn around and see if I can catch up and drive by it. #iphonecookie
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 11, 2013
OH MAN IM GETTING PULLED OVER STAY TUNED!
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 11, 2013
OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN pic.twitter.com/S9agLdSJPS
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 11, 2013
Took a bite out of the cookie. He was so confused and angry. Told me to hold tight, he is back in his car now.
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 11, 2013
Says I have a warrant for unpaid parking tickets? Making me go with him. Letting me text gf but Im tweeting this. pic.twitter.com/vv89MUqg0Q
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 11, 2013
The last image, taken a number of hours later, shows Liedtke holding what looks to be a lengthy writ of some sort. Ominously, this is the last thing he has tweeted since.
Wasn’t worth it. I’m an idiot… No more iPhone Cookies pic.twitter.com/MbQZq0UA9O
— Randy Liedtke (@randyliedtke) December 12, 2013
And that, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is why iPhone cookies are better in theory than in practice.
Source: Twitter
Via: Laist
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
4 responses to “This Man Was Pulled Over For Talking On An iPhone-Shaped Cookie”
Texting while driving? Don’t need that paper to prove you are indeed an idiot.
Did this idiot pay you to advertise for him?
The guy’s an ass.
White people.