[Hannah snorts]
Shane: Really? [Hannah laughs]
[Upbeat Introduction theme music plays]
Hannah: What you just saw is a clip from the first time either of us had ever gotten pulled over.
It was on our road trip, 2 years ago
and we were in Cody, Wyoming Shane: I'm sorry I'm s-
*I* did not get pulled over [Hannah Laughs] YOU got pulled over.
H: You were an an accomplice. [Shane laughs]
Anything that happens in the car,
just because you can't drive doesn't mean you don't have a responsibility.
S: Mmm hmm, yeah. Because I was totally like, egging you on.
H: You were!
S: I was like, go faster, go faster.
H: Shane has always wanted me to hit a hundred.
On like, some random road. We were in, like Texas, driving through and there was no one around
and he was like, "Hit 100! Hit 100!"
I didn't want to! And then we passed a cop, do you remember that? See? S: And then we did, yeah. Alright, so-
H: So it is your fault.
S: We were on a road trip, and, uhhh, we got pulled over, and as Hannah said.
First time ever, so-
H: I was almost in tears [Shane Laughs] Yep, I was... panicking.
S: You were like "No, no, what do I do, what do I do, what do I do?" Like, verge of crying.
H: Yeahhh
S: And like, I was nervous, like my hands began to sweat but... cause like...
I don't even know why, I don't know
what I was worried about, but H: I d- I didn't want a ticket, I didn't S: Yeah,
H: wanna to talk to him. S: It's scary, but I was just like
relax, like it'll be okay, we just have to tell him
that we didn't know what the speed was. Cause it was true!
H: I did know the speed. What happened was we came
off of a highway, this happens, if anyone ever drives ummmm
West into Cody, Wyoming this will happen to you.
[Shane laughs] you, the highway sort of just like ends in the town
so the speed limit goes from like 70 to 35 S: In like, a minute.
H: Yeah! In like a minute
And so, I was like, I was slowing down. I wasn't like driving recklessly
but I was probably still going like 50. Like slowing down.
Like I wasn't pressing the gas but, I wasn't braking and the cop was sitting
right where the sign switched from like 70 to 35
and I , I mean yeah, I was going...
we were going too fast [Shane giggles]
So, the cop comes over
and he goes to Shane's side. To like be safe, away from the road
S: yeah H: Thank goodness because he gave me a little bit of like breathing room
S: and I told you, I was like i'll interact with him. H: yeah.
S: which was a little bit awkward when he goes, the first thing he says is
"Do you know why I pulled you over?" and I go
"yes officer." H: yeah, but both of us went "uh huh, yes, yes."
"we were, I was speeding I am so sorry, I know."
S: I was like "yes dad, I mean, uh sorry." [Hannah laughing]
H: After he asked us
ah, if we knew why we got pulled over he was like "you've got some...",
he was friendly, he was really nice. S: well he probably heard the fear in our voices. H: yeah yeah, like my voice was cracking, my eyes were watering. S: He was like
S: like in that moment he was like..
H: he probably thought we were siblings that were like 16 years old also.
so he was like, "Pennsylvania license plates, you guys are really far, like what brings you all the way out here?"
and I would have said, " we're on a road trip." Period.
end of sentence. S: yeah, you were trying for the minimal.
H: yeah, minimal interaction. Shane said...
S: I, I had an idea
And I -
H: This actually happened
S: I was like, "Well, it's kind of a funny story"
Which I know cops love to hear.
Um-
I was like, "We're kind of celebrating something."
And he was like, "Oh, what are you celebrating?"
Probably thinking I'm like, you know, not-
H: Graduating middle school?
[Both Laugh]
S: I was like, well, a few weeks ago,
Uh, I found out that the
first ever treatment for my disease was approved by the FDA.
And it's going to basically allow me to live a full life -
[Laughs]
So we're taking a road trip to celebrate that.
Which was kind of true--
H: It was true- it was, we had just found out that Shane's insurance had approved-
S: Right.
H: I think you said your insurance had approved it.
And he was getting it right when we got back from the trip.
So we were like, it wasn't a lie-
S: It wasn't a lie-
H: but I would never have shared that
S: And he was like, "Oh, wow!" Like, "That's really cool!"
"Let me go process your stuff."
[Laughs]
H: And you were like, *yeah*
Go process our stuff.
S: So, while he was doing that
We're like, think it'll work, like, think he'll go easy on us?
H: He came back, and he was like,
"I"m just going to give you a warning."
Like, "Just drive more slowly."
"Be careful."
And I was like, "I truly will."
I think that what helped
was us saying, "Yes. We know we were speeding,"
I'm so sorry" and being nice.
Shane thinks it was his dramatic story.
S: I think playing the wheelchair card, pity, whatever it was, uh, I think it played a role.
H: Well, it's not even— If someone says there's a treatment that's going to extend their life—
S: Obviously it's pity.
But he seemed happy about it, so.
H: Yeah, he was also very nice. That was a good experience.
I got a ticket, for real,
uh, a year later S: A year later. On another road trip
H: Both of us together. Shane makes me dr ive fast.
I've never been pulled over without Shane. Isn't that interesting?
S: You don't drive without me-
H: Yes I do!
Anyway
For many years of my life, I also did - never pulled over
Anyway
We were going
85, apparently
In a 70
I was in the middle lane, we were driving south from Pennsylvania to Florida
We were in Georgia,
And I was in the middle lane, and there were cars everywhere
Like I was going with the pack
Like smashed in on all sides
S: With the pack.
H: Yeah! I wasn't driving - like, if I had been going 70, people would have been honking
And like, zooming around me.
It was a very safe driving moment.
(silence)
S: What is the-
The heart of the wolf...is the pack.
And the pack- no, wait-
How does it go?
Right? H: The-
The-
H: Is it the heart? No.
S: No, it's not the heart.
H: And the something of the pack, is the wolf. S: The - the heart of the pack is the wolf.
H: And the heart of the wolf is the pack- it's not heart, I don't think.
Shane really likes that line from Jungle Book.
(Hannah laughs)
S:Anyway,
H: I'm gonna be surprised if you don't get a tattoo of that line on your arm.
S: I already have one.
H: Nope. Not of that.
S: You haven't seen it yet.
H: Oookay.
Anyway-
S: It's in that one area that you never wash.
H: Ewww!
Anyway!
I got a ticket that time. I wasn't as nice, 'cause I was like-
Seriously, sir?
That time, we couldn't get out of it, I didn't even want to engage with him, I was annoyed-
S: I told him to him the spinraza story again
I was like, "well officer..." [Laughs]
H: No, he was not friendly and didn't wanna talk.
S: Yeah, I was in a bad mood that time. H: No I mean the cop but also I guess both of-
Yea we were annoyed, cause it was like, why did you pick us? Out of all the cars driving down the road at the same speed
But yeah.
S: So I think the moral of the story is
wear your seat belts, don't text and drive,
follow the speed limit
H: follow the speed limit
S: and the heart of the wolf, is the pack
and the pack... here, can you look up that... [Hannah Laughs]
I really need to know what that is
H: Augghh okay
should i look up the heart of the- the part.
S: no, look up uh-
Both: jungle book pack?
S: jungle book amazing phrase H: no pack-
quote. S: yeah H: oh that's one of the things that comes up
H: ahhh, for the strength of the pack is the wolf S: Ohh yea
and the strength of the wolf is the pack
S: Have a good day, everyone.
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