Maurice Kinal wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RT> Just in the past couple of days there was an incident around here
 RT> where a drunk woman decided that it was time for her to go out to the
 RT> "state store" and get some more.  So she did,  and ended up driving
 RT> her car right _into_ the store -- through a brick wall.

 MK> That's been known to happen around these parts.  I heard one tale
 MK> where a guy borrowed a truck and did something simular on purpose,
 MK> but not a liquor store.  It was a government building and as far as
 MK> I know there wasn't any liquor involved although you never know for
 MK> sure.

Knowing how irritating some bureaucrats can be,  I can sympathize with
this,  though I don't think I'd take that tactic.  Seldom is it as
satysfying in relation to what it costs you in the end as you'd like...

 RT> I've seen lots of bumper stickers saying things like "hang up and
 RT> _drive_" but yesterday was the first time I saw this other one.  It
 RT> said "would you drive any better with that cell phone up your
butt?"
 RT> :-)  I can understand the sentiment there,  for sure.

 MK> Heh, heh.  Have you seen any involving makeup?

No.  But if I could find one like that guy had on the tailgate of his
truck,  I'd put one on _my_ car.

 RT> We had one,  got it for free basically.  And got rid of it when we
 RT> could.  It wasn't a bad car,  but way too much emphasis on the
"glitz"
 RT> and way too expensive to fix when anything went wrong with it,  like
 RT> trying to figure out which of four different electronic modules was
 RT> the problem when the heat stopped working in the middle of winter...

 MK> Sounds like PCs and, especially, laptops.

More like a mac than a pc.  Or something like that,  anyhow.

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