I have a runner-up I considered before going with the Sharon Osbourne thing
One time when I was in Cambodia I got wrestled to the ground and subsequently shaken down by a mixture of taxi drivers and policemen, apparently at random as I wandered past. I had some weed on me and they slapped the handcuffs on and forced me to sit and listen to my rights - ten years in a local jail, having to pay for an English speaking lawyer to fly over and represent me, etc etc. Mentally I was crumbling. I was just a travel bum, my parents were almost as broke as me. I dreaded my father's reaction. My then-girlfriend's friends showed up at precisely the right moment and began talking to them. I was in no condition to talk reasonably or coherently, as was the case for my ex. They managed to bargain a $300 bribe out of the policeman, which my ex had to pay (using my card) while they drove her (and her alone) to the nearest ATM. We were all very drunk and I can't remember why, but her friends disappeared off somewhere before this happened. So I sat and waited. At a certain point one of the cops gave me a beer and told me everything was going to be okay. We did a cheers with our cans.
Some forty minutes later, the police entourage returned with my ex and the money in tow. They removed my cuffs and off we went home.
I had a pretty quiet couple of days after that
