Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.

Today on the show, comedian Matt Knutson talks about getting pulled over by the cops one night after a comedy show.

So, of course, I'm driving.

I'm trying to slow down in a timely manner, but I see the cop sitting right there where they change the speed limit with his gun out.

Boop!

And it's never a good sign when you see a police officer set his coffee down.

It just means I have some action I need to take. It's going down.

Okay, this can't be good. He had his hands near his hips, right? Not on his hips. It's near his hips. There's an important difference. On your hips means

I'm very disappointed in you. Near your hips means in two seconds, I could pepper spray your face

and then shoot it. Today on Storyworthy, comedian Matt Knutzen tells the story about getting fooled over and trying to make a cop laugh.

Stick around for A Brush with the Law.

Hey, it's Matt Canootson, and you are listening to Storyworthy.

Music Welcome to Storyworthy.

My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.

I'm so glad you guys to me today.

If you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy. I think I need to get like a sound effect there. Like maybe like a whish or like a tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, tic-dickety-something. Maybe fireworks. Anyway, listen, you guys, I hope you enjoyed this story last week with comedian Kristen Carney

and her story, I was a cross-eyed kid, which I have to tell you, it was sort of intense.

I mean, I thought it was just going to be about like her being bullied, having cross-eyes,

you know, crossed eyes as a kid or, you know, being teased.

But actually, it's more about like a childhood trauma story about her getting this eye

surgery when she was only three years old and how that became like this unresolved trauma

that has stayed with her her entire life. So it's pretty darn good. So you guys go back and

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