Jack gets pulled over for speeding.
As the cop approaches the car, Jack requests permission to step out of his car and the cop agrees.
The cop then says, “Sir, I’m obliged to ask you why you were speeding?”
“You see that woman sitting in the passenger seat?” says Jack. “That’s my wife. And the stern, miserable-looking woman in the rear seat, that’s my mother-in-law.”
“Right,” says the cop. “but how does that justify speeding?”
“My mother-in-law’s been living with us for three months now,” Jack continues. “This morning my wife and her mother had a terrible fight and my mother-in-law insisted I take her home. I’m trying to get her there before they have a chance to make up and she says she wants to return home with us.”
The cop smiles benevolently at Jack and says, “Get back in your car sir and I will give you a police escort under blue lights and the siren and we’ll get her home as quickly as possible.”