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Received this real story in my email recently...one of the funniest stories I've heard for some time...
I don't think I could incorporate it into my comic, so I thought I might put it up here for anybody who wants a little chuckle...
Dutch's email wrote:Only an Aussie could pull this one off!
From the state where drink driving is considered a sport, comes a true story from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a local neighbourhood tavern. Late in the evening the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the car park for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.
After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five vehicles, the man managed to find his car which he fell into. He was there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
Finally he started the car,switched the wipers on and off (it was a fine dry night), flicked the indicators on, then off, tooted the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few cm, reversed a little and then remained stationary for a few more minutes as some more vehicles left.
At last he pulled out of the car park and started to drive slowly down the road. The police officer, having patiently waited all this time, now started up the patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over and carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having consumed alcohol at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the Police station, this breathalyzer equipment must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the man, "tonight I'm the designated decoy".
True story...
Cheers.
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Joel Fagin wrote:I heard that one a long time ago. I may well be true but it reeks of being a joke. Anyway, it's probably true now. Someone would have tried it.
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joystiq.com wrote:Former Gizmondo exec. involved in Ferrari Enzo crash
Posted Feb 22nd 2006 12:30PM by Conrad Quilty-Harper
Filed under: Culture, Driving, Business
Stefan Eriksson, the former executive officer of the now bankrupt Gizmondo Europe, who resigned from the company after it emerged that he was convicted of financial fraud in the mid-90s, was involved in a high speed car crash which totalled a $1 million Ferrari Enzo. Police in the Los Angeles district of Malibu said in a statement that the car was owned by Mr. Eriksson, but that he was not driving.
According to the former exec. a German man called Dietrich--who fled the scene--was driving the car. That's convenient considering that Mr. Eriksson's blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit. The car, which was travelling at around 192km/h, mounted an embankment, became airborne and was sheared in two on collision with a pole. Apparently the car was taking part in a street race with a Mercedes SLR, a $677,500 car.
So when Mr. Eriksson claimed to have left Gizmondo to "pursue new entrepreneurial ventures", he meant to say that he'd be throwing away a third of the $3 million in salary and bonuses he earned from his time at Gizmondo by getting involved in the writing off of his one million dollar car. Stefan Eriksson, with his mobster past and reckless attitude to his own life and others, is the sort of person the video games industry (or any industry for that matter) doesn't need.
Photos from the accident
joystiq.com wrote:The car, which was travelling at around 192km/h, mounted an embankment, became airborne and was sheared in two on collision with a pole.
Am I a bad person for finding this statment hilarously dirty sounding?
joystiq.com wrote:The car, which was travelling at around 192km/h, mounted an embankment, became airborne and was sheared in two on collision with a pole.
Am I a bad person for finding this statment hilarously dirty sounding?
no, but i think you offically have the dirtiest mind here.
-D. M. Jeftinija Pharm.D., Ph.D. -- Yes, I've got two doctorates and I'm arrogant about it, what have *you* done with *your* life?
"People who don't care about anything will never understand the people who do." "yeah.. but we won't care."
"Legostar's on the first page of the guide. His opinion is worth more than both of yours."--Yeahduff
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