My dog ate my homework, I mean ticket..

So, as you know I got a ticket for my wreck. Well, I went to court to try and get it dismissed. Last time I had to go to 201 Poplar for a ticket it was a disaster. I didn't have cash for parking, fifty cents for a locker (because you can't bring a camera into court), couldn't find the right court room. It was a mess, but I had it together this time. I had cash for parking and left all my electronics in the car. I get in line to go through the metal detectors, which are the serious ones like at the airport. They make you walk through and they scan your purse. So as I'm in line, I start digging through my purse to find some chap stick and I realize I have four box cutters in my purse. Dang it..I decided to just play dumb and act like I didn't know they were there. So I put my purse on the conveyer and went to walk through. As I started through, the security guard called me over and he asked me if I had any tweezers in my purse. So I ended up having to throw away my tweezers because they were considered a weapon, but walked into court with four razor blades! Crazy, crazy people. I finally got to the courtroom and got in line again. There are always a million people at Memphis court. Well, the guy finally called me up to discuss my ticket and asked me how I plead. I told him NOT guilty, so he had to get up and find their copy of my ticket and accident report. But turns out he could find their copy, so he asked me if I had mine. I just smiled and said I was hoping he wouldn't ask me that because my dog chewed up my ticket. He just laughed and said oh well, we'll just dismiss it this time. I was amazed that the "my dog ate my homework" excuse actually worked in traffic court. :) Nobody can top that. Haha.