Subject: FW: POLICE WORK ISN'T FOR EVERYONE<br /><br />Three college grads were applying for the last available position on the<br />Texas Highway Patrol.<br /><br />The detective conducting the interview looked at the three of them and <br />said,<br />"So ya'll want to be a cop, eh?" They all nodded.<br /><br />The detective got up, opened a file drawer and pulled out a file folder.<br /><br />Sitting back down, he opened it up and pulled out a picture, and said, "To<br />be a detective, you have to be able to detect. You must be able to notice<br />things such as distinguishing features and oddities such as scars, etc."<br /><br />So saying, he stuck the photo in the face of the one wearing a UT <br />sweatshirt<br />and withdrew it after about 2 seconds. "Now," he said, "did you notice any<br />distinguishing features about the man?"<br /><br />The UT grad immediately said, "Yes, I did. He has only one eye!"<br /><br />The detective grabbed the photo, shook his head and said, "Of course he has<br />only one eye in this picture! It's a profile of his face!" "You're<br />dismissed!" The first applicant hung his head and walked out of the office.<br /><br />The detective then turned to the applicant wearing a Baylor sweatshirt,<br />stuck the photo in his face for 2 seconds, pulled it back and said, "What<br />about you? Notice anything unusual or outstanding about this man?"<br /><br />"Yes,! He only has one ear!"<br /><br />The detective put his head in his hand and exclaimed, "Didn't you hear what<br />I just told the guy from UT? This is a profile of the man's face! Of course<br />you can only see one ear! You're excused, too!" The Baylor grad sheepishly<br />walked out of the office.<br /><br />The detective turned his attention to the third applicant who was <br />wearing an<br />A&M sweatshirt and said, "This is probably a waste of time, but....He<br />flashed the photo in his face for a couple of seconds and withdrew it,<br />saying "All right. Did you notice anything distinguishing or unusual about<br />this man?"<br /><br />The Aggie said, "I did. This man wears contact lenses."<br /><br />The detective frowned, took another look at the picture and began <br />looking at<br />some of the papers in the folder. He looked up at the Aggie with a puzzled<br />expression and said, "You're absolutely right! His bio says he wears<br />contacts! How in the world could you tell that by looking at this picture?"<br /><br />The Aggie rolled his eyes and said, "DUH ! ! ! With only one eye and one<br />ear, he certainly can't wear glasses!"
