Dieter, at 23:57 on May 25 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> I actually keep a plentiful supply of nice fat juicy rocks on my balcony, 
BG> for throwing at speeding hoons (the hard part is figuring out how far up 
BG> the street they need to be when I throw the rock).  One fellow no longer 
BG> speeds, not since his windscreen mysteriously smashed as he drove past.

DM> What is your recommended hurling technique ? 

Jeeze, it took me weeks to perfect, and you want it for FREE ?

DM> The classic high-arc toss or the fast-and-flat shoulder-wrenching throw ?

As the timing is critical when the offender is travelling at speeds of
80-100kph, much experimentation proved the flat trajectory to be superior.

DM> Do you feel you have an advantage throwing missiles from your
DM> balcony, rather than from ground level ?

Absolutely.  The extra 10' of gravity helps immensely, I found.

BG> I bet you think I'm joking, too.  :)

DM> No......

Good.  I'd hate anybody thinking that I wasn't anti-social.

DM> Actually, it's been awfully quiet around here lately. For nigh
DM> on a couple of months. No hoons, no murders, although the local
DM> milko lost one of his runners. Fell off the truck, so to speak.

Sure he wasn't moonlighting as a receiver of stolen goods as well?

Regards, Bill
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