A Corvette is pulled over for speeding. At the wheel is a 40's guy and in the other bucket seat is his wife, quietly crocheting an afghan.
The officer says, "I clocked you at 80 mph, sir." The driver says, "Sorry, officer, I had it on cruise control set at 65; perhaps your radar needs calibrating." Not looking up from the afghan, his wife says sweetly, "Now don't be silly dear, you know very well this car doesn't even have cruise control."
As the officer makes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, "Can't you keep your mouth shut for once?" The wife smiles demurely and says, "You should be thankful that your radar detector went off when it did." As the officer makes out a second ticket for the illegal radar detector, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, "Woman, shut your mouth! Now!
The officer frowns and says, "And, I notice you're not wearing your seatbelt, sir; that's an automatic $75 fine." The driver says, "Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over to get my license out of my back pocket."
The wife says, "Now dear, you know very well that you didn't have your seatbelt on. You never wear you seat belt." And, as the officer makes out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, "WHY DON'T YOU JUST SHUT UP?"
The officer looks over at the woman and says, "Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma'am?"
"Oh heavens no, officer, only when he's been drinking."