tify it.
Can I help you, officer?
This is the respectful way that a person addresses a policeman.
You’re required to display temporary tags
either in the plate area or taped to the back window.
A reference to a license plate, which all cars must have in the back.
I was going to tape up those tags to be in full
compliance, but it must have slipped my mind.
To be "in full compliance" with a law or regulation is to do everything that is required
or necessary. If something "slips your mind," this means that you forgot about it.
License and registration.
Every car must have a license plate in the back and
be registered or officially documented with the state.
You’re a smoothie, ya know.
A "smoothie" is slang for a person who does things very professionally or
with great skill. Here, said sarcastically, or in a joking manner.
Just clear him off the road.
"To clear a person off the road" is to remove them from the road.
Marge begins the search for two killers, as Wade, Stan and
Jerry discuss how to best get Jean back from her kidnappers.
Oh jeez, be there
in a jiff.
An old-fashioned but still used expression which means very quickly.
Time to
shove off. :: Love ya, Marge.
"To shove off" is a slangy way of saying to leave.
Note that "you"----->"ya" in rapid speech.
Prowler needs a
jump.
The "prowler" refers to a police car, since "to prowl" means to move quietly in hopes
of not being seen (A lion can be ‘on the prowl’ for food). A "jump" is short for a
jump-start, which is the use of one car to start another car after it’s battery has died.
Thought you might need a
warm-up. ::
Thanks a bunch.
In this case, a "warm-up" is used to refer to a cup of coffee, to help
Marge get warm in the winter cold. "Thanks a bunch" seems to be
the most common way of saying thank you very much in Minnesota.
Triple homicide.
"Homicide" is a legal word for murder, and in this case, three murders.
I guess that’s a defensive
wound.
A "wound" is an injury on the skin, such as a burn
or deep cut. Here, probably gotten in self-defense.
Where is the
state trooper?
A police officer who works for a state, rather than a city or county.
He’s back there in a
ditch next to his prowler.
A "ditch" is a U-shaped hole that is cut into the ground,
often made for water to run through.
We got a trooper
pull someone over, we got a shooter, those folks drive by.
Note the use of the historical present verb tense to describe what (probably) happened.
When a policeman "pulls over" a car, he orders it to stop, usually in order to ask
questions of the driver.
A
high speed pursuit ends here, and in this
execution type deal.
A "high speed pursuit" is a car chase, like those one sees in the movies.
An "execution" is the legal shooting of a person by the
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