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Re:Stoned drivers are safer than drunk ones, new federal dat... by duderific on Monday May 16, 2016 @05:10PM (#11709650)
Deep in my memory banks I have the recollection of a song "Backwards Alphabet", maybe it was on Sesame Street or something, that would allow you to "sing" the alphabet backwards without actually having to think about it; the melody acts as a mnemonic device to go along with the "lyrics" which are just the alphabet backwards.

I wonder how a cop would react if you started singing the alphabet backwards.

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Re:Stoned drivers are safer than drunk ones, new federal dat... by ams6110 on Monday May 16, 2016 @06:52PM (#11710253)
The request is usually accompanied by "without singing" because they definitely know this trick.

In fact I think it's mostly not a test they use, or if it is it's to see how the person handles it, not that they can actually do it.

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Re:Stoned drivers are safer than drunk ones, new federal dat... by civilian on Monday May 16, 2016 @05:25PM (#11709761)
I don't know about you, buy my drunken singing is noticeably different than my sober singing.
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