Tommy, a senior citizen in Galway bought a convertible. He took off down the Bishop Connell Road, flooring it to 80 mph and enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left on his head. Then he looked in his rear view mirror and saw a cop-car behind him.

"I can get away from him" thought the old man and he tromped it some more and flew down the road at over 100 mph. Then 110, 120 mph. Then he thought, "What am doing? I'm too old to be making such a holy show of meself."

He pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the garda to catch up with him. The garda pulled in behind the old fella and walked up to him.

"Sir," he said, looking at his watch. "My shift ends in 30 minutes and today is Friday. If you can give me a reason why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."

Tommy looked at the garda and said, "Years ago my wife ran off with a copper and I thought you were bringing her back."

"Have a good day, Sir," said the officer.