{"id":16,"date":"2007-02-08T15:23:50","date_gmt":"2007-02-08T21:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stringer.cc\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2007-02-08T15:23:50","modified_gmt":"2007-02-08T21:23:50","slug":"damned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stringer.cc\/blog\/2007\/02\/08\/damned\/","title":{"rendered":"damned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m fed up.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Really.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t own the road &#8211; contrary to my wife&#8217;s statements about me.\u00c2\u00a0 I just want everyone to follow the rules.\u00c2\u00a0 Like turn signals.\u00c2\u00a0 And slow down at a friggin yellow light.\u00c2\u00a0 Rules of the road people.\u00c2\u00a0 Use &#8217;em.<br \/>\nYesterday, I picked up my daughter from tutoring, and went to go pay for the registration for my SUV, then got the other two kids, then a run to Payless Shoes, then dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, that that order.\u00c2\u00a0 In the 2 hours I was on the road, I yelled at 4 people, flipped one off, and 1 of those were in my neighborhood.\u00c2\u00a0 Waiting to turn left, and the person in the opposing lane just slooooows down and turn on street I&#8217;m on.\u00c2\u00a0 and putts along, and then against TURNS into a driveway.\u00c2\u00a0 No singal.<\/p>\n<p>Some a&#038;^ in a F250 King Ranch was turning into the feed store on Spencer.\u00c2\u00a0 No turn signal and he stopped short, no warning.\u00c2\u00a0 He got a honk.\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Really meancing from my Nissan.<\/em><br \/>\nSome kids zoomed around the corner on his scooter, did look as I was about to round the corner IN MY VAN, and cut in front of me.\u00c2\u00a0 Anti lock brakes don&#8217;t make near the same effect in the quick stop to scare the %&#038;#$ out the moron in front of you.\u00c2\u00a0 Didn&#8217;t even look.\u00c2\u00a0 They&#8217;re from Cali-forn-i-a.\u00c2\u00a0 Twits.<br \/>\nSo, in my quest to punish those that never are, I&#8217;m requesting designs for hiding a paintball gun in the engine area of a vehicle.\u00c2\u00a0  You should be able to shoot thru the grill of the car directly in front of you, just below hood height.\u00c2\u00a0 If you&#8217;re good, they&#8217;ll never know who it is (oh, and change which vehicle it&#8217;s after about 2 weeks &#8211; that&#8217;ll keep the suspicion off).<\/p>\n<p>Someone stops short?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 SPLAT!<\/p>\n<p>Some runs a red light RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU?\u00c2\u00a0 SPLAT-SPLAT-SPLAT-SPLAT!<\/p>\n<p>Some kids runs out in the street after a ball in front of you? \u00c2\u00a0 SPLAT!\u00c2\u00a0 and, when their pansy liberal, my-kid-own-the-whole-@$^&#038;ing-street come running at you?\u00c2\u00a0 SPLAT SPLAT!\u00c2\u00a0 Right in the crotch too &#8211; that&#8217;s gonna hurt.<br \/>\nBrand new Mecedes SUV illegally parked?\u00c2\u00a0 SPLAT SPLAT!\u00c2\u00a0 and a &#8220;Friggin liberal!&#8221; inside your car.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s gotta be covert, cuz you know leaning out to tag the speeders will probably get you a trip to the pokey if the cops see.<\/p>\n<p>Yessir.\u00c2\u00a0 The covert traffic violator tagging system.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a winner, folks.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got a money maker on my hands and instant gratification.\u00c2\u00a0 Even better than cat pr0n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m fed up.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Really.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t own the road &#8211; contrary to my wife&#8217;s statements about me.\u00c2\u00a0 I just want everyone to follow the rules.\u00c2\u00a0 Like turn signals.\u00c2\u00a0 And slow down at a friggin yellow light.\u00c2\u00a0 Rules of the road people.\u00c2\u00a0 Use &#8217;em. 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