A highway police officer was sitting in his car, radar in his hand, when a car crawled past doing exactly 25 kilometres per hour in a 100 km zone.

He blinked in astonishment.

“Now that’s just as dangerous as speeding,” he muttered.

He pulled the car over and walked up to the driver’s side window.

Inside were six elderly ladies — two in the front, two in the back, and two squeezed in the middle — all looking absolutely petrified, their eyes wide and bulging.

The woman behind the wheel rolled down her window and smiled sweetly.

“Good afternoon, officer. Was I speeding?”

“Not quite,” he replied. “But driving far below the speed limit can be just as risky. May I ask why you were going 25 kilometres an hour?”

She looked confused. “Well, that’s what the sign said — Highway 25!”

The officer stifled a laugh.

“Dear lady, that’s the highway number, not the speed limit.”

Her cheeks flushed pink. “Oh dear,” she said. “That explains a lot.”

He nodded and glanced inside the vehicle again.

“I have to ask … are your passengers alright? They look like they’ve been on a roller coaster ride.”

The driver leaned over and whispered,

“They’ll be fine in a minute, Officer … we just left Highway 152.”

A quiet, soft-spoken priest was getting ready to officiate a wedding at a small chapel. He greeted the guests with a nervous smile and barely said a word. Everyone assumed the ceremony would be short and simple. But as the couple approached the altar, the priest suddenly transformed. He delivered a heartfelt, hilarious, and perfectly timed speech — full of personality, charm, and laughter! The crowd was stunned… and impressed. After the ceremony, the priest quickly returned to his quiet self, barely making eye contact or small talk.
The groom walked over and said, “Father, that speech was amazing! But now you’re so quiet again. What happened?”
The priest smiled shyly and whispered, “Oh, that? That was just my altar ego.”

With thanks to Bernadette Bates

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