Rap,
Many years ago, some traffic police got into a lot of trouble when it was discovered that they were playing a version of "billiard's" when issuing traffic fines. The game of billiard's is played on what you would call an oversized pool table (which itself is really an undersized Billiard table). The game uses different coloured balls, a "triangle" of red balls, then several other coloured balls (from memory, green, yellow, brown, pink and black). In the real game, the players take turns trying to sink a "red" ball using the white to project it into a pocket. If they sink a red ball, they then can then try to sink a "coloured" ball. Each coloured ball is worth varying points depending on colour, black is 8, pink 5, yellow, green and brown (2, 3 and 4 - don't ask me in what order). A red ball is worth one point. So you have to shoot, red, colour, red, colour, red, colour until all of the red balls are sunk, (the coloured ball once sunk is replaced back on the table in its starting position until all reds are sunk). Once all the red balls are sunk, the coloured balls are then sunk in ascending order. If you sink the white, I cannot remember if it is points or just two shots. If you miss sinking a ball, you lose your turn.
So, where did this leave our intrepid policemen - well they would try to book a red car, then a colourd car and continue to do so, to accumulate points. So if you had a red car, you got booked more often. Only consolation is I have a black car, so I was next highest on the list after a red car. If you had a white car, you were safe.
Got to love people and how they amuse themselves.
