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So... on the back of my little Hyundai, I have a Veterans for Kerry-Edwards sticker, as well as several other rather political statements. I was waiting at a red light, minding my own business, when this massive, huge white Freepermobile of an Excursion comes up on my left side with all of the silly, draft-age boys hanging out the window screaming "Kerry Sucks" (They're in the turn lane, and their arrow is green.)
I shrug, Mr. Pcat shrugs, we look at each other and start to call back our standard of "Go Enlist Yourself!" but the Freepermobile has gone around the corner... and into the concrete retaining (Jersey barrier) wall on the right side of the road... We couldn't help it, we laughed. Loudly.
Airbags deployed, no other cars involved, but the boys were definitely going to have some 'splainin' to do to Mumsy and Daddums. Mr. Pcat and I, being generous and forgiving souls, pulled into the gas station just past them, called the cops, and went to be of assistance and to hang around as witnesses. Two other cars did, too.
The boys tried to say something about veering to avoid an animal, but the problem with three cars' worth of witnesses, who had seen, and more importantly, HEARD them acting like dimwits is that the story about the phantom kitty just doesn't hold water. The driver was not paying attention. And when the cops heard THAT... well...
The Police Union in this town has endorsed Kerry. Most of the cops are Kerry supporters. And even the few that aren't don't like it when politics gets between the driver and the steering wheel.
Result of moment of Freeperish enthusiasm? 1 totalled Excursion (thou shalt not ram 2 tons of concrete into the engine and the radiator and expect truck to survive....) 6 tickets for public nuisance and creating a public hazard, 1 ticket for failure to control vehicle and 1 ticket for driving while under the influence (the driver refused a breath test as a civil right... )
Pcat
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