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[caption id="attachment_2250" align="alignright" width="134"] Bradley displays his birthday present from the VPD. Click the fuzzy photo to make it bigger, and blurrier.[/caption]

Today is Bradley's birthday! He came over to my sorting table at the bottle depot.

"Guess what I got for my birthday Stanley!"
"Uh... a woman, a computer, a TV, drugs...?"
"You'll never guess," Bradley declared, disgusted.
"I had the munchies this morning, so I got on my bike and rode to the 7-11 on Main. Gues who I ran into?"
"Uh... I dunno."
"A bicycle cop. At 5 o'clock in the morning!"
"He didn't write you a ticket?"
"He did. For not having a helmet. On my birthday!"
"Did you tell him it was your birthday?"
"Yes, I did."
"Did he... wish you a happy birthday?"
"He did. Then he noticed I didn't have a light."
"But it wouldn't have been dark out!"
"No. So he decided not to write that ticket."

"Funny thing," Bradley added, "I think I got a ticket on my birthday, last year too."