OK (caught me at a good time, miserable weather outside today).
So the cop told me to wait there, as he intended to check the car out. Thinking "Oh s***, he's REALLY gonna get a whiff now

" I said "OK" and leaned back against the trunk to wait.
He took off along the passenger side of the car. Next thing I know, I hear:
HP: "Sir?......Hello, sir?"
I looked around, and saw he wasn't talking to me. He was talking to my friend, so I said nothing.
Then he continued to repeat himself, a couple of times with pregnant pauses in between. That's when I remembered "Oh s***, that's Dan he's talking to".
See, my friend Dan is a big dumb Polacko. Nice guy, good to the core, just s_l_o_w.
And, more importantly, stone deaf in his right (curbside in this case) ear.
So, I determined that at risk of violating his lawful instructions, I should in any case approach the officer to intervene (since it would have been rude to shout

)
As I walked around the corner of the car I observed that Dan's window was closed. No wonder the deaf SOB couldn't hear! So, I politely said:
culero: "Uhh, excuse me officer....."
HP: (back to me) ~jumps half a foot off the ground, reaches for holster~
"WHAT????"Dan the Polacko: ~sees motion out of the corner of his eye, turns, sees a cop in mid-air grabbing for his gun, and shouts loudly~ "WHAT THE F***???"
culero: ~sees the stark terror produced by panic in the guy's eyes as he snaps around in mid-air to face halfway between Dan and I and try to watch both simultaneously~ ~raises both hands palm forward~ "Whoa, sir, just trying to help here!"
HP:
"I TOLD YOU TO WAIT BACK THERE Golly-geeMIT!" culero: "yes sir, I know, but you were also here trying to talk to a deaf man, and I thought you ought to know that"
HP: ~stares silently at me, looks at Dan who is staring at him with his mouth open like a fish, glares back at me then back at Dan~ ~shakes head~ "Golly-geemit. Golly-geeMIT!" ~gestures wildly~ "You guys get the f*** out of here!"
culero: ~stares back, starting to grin a bit now that he realizes the crisis is past~
HP: "I said GET THE F*** OUT OF HERE! NOW, Golly-geeMIT!"
culero: ~shrugs~ "OK" ~leaves~
Poor guy, he probably didn't deserve all of that

culero (and yes Dan never figured out WTF

)