The highway patrolman stopped a speeding car and noticing the motorist's inebriated condition, delivered a stern lecture on the dangers of drunken driving. "Do you realize that you were going over seventy miles an hour?" the officer demanded.
"I know," the driver explained.
"But the speed limit here is FORTY miles per hour!" continued the officer.
"I know. I'm trying to get home before I have an accident"