"[Man], 50, was injured in a September incident in Concord, Calif., in which he became enraged at a group of bikers and drove toward them in his car, waving a pool cue with his left arm. It wasn't the bikers who injured him, though. Brooks got out, still in a rage, walked around behind his car, and was backed into because he had left the car in reverse gear. The collision knocked him into traffic, but some of the bikers pulled him to safety. "
"[Man], 50, was injured in a September incident in Concord, Calif., in which he became enraged at a group of bikers and drove toward them in his car, waving a pool cue with his left arm. It wasn't the bikers who injured him, though. Brooks got out, still in a rage, walked around behind his car, and was backed into because he had left the car in reverse gear. The collision knocked him into traffic, but some of the bikers pulled him to safety. "
See, the poor dears need us! ;-D
Bikers in this case being people in leather jackets with skulls on, according to the original news article. If it hadn't been, I'd have had no compunction in publishing the driver's phone number, which a Google search generously reveals.
"[Man], 50, was injured in a September incident in Concord, Calif., in which he became enraged at a group of bikers and drove toward them in his car, waving a pool cue with his left arm. It wasn't the bikers who injured him, though. Brooks got out, still in a rage, walked around behind his car, and was backed into because he had left the car in reverse gear. The collision knocked him into traffic, but some of the bikers pulled him to safety. "
See, the poor dears need us! ;-D
Bikers in this case being people in leather jackets with skulls on, according to the original news article. If it hadn't been, I'd have had no compunction in publishing the driver's phone number, which a Google search generously reveals.
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(Peter) said:
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:32:09 +0100, Paul Boyd <[email hidden]> wrote:
>On 19/10/2006 19:08, [email hidden] said, > >> OK, my bad. > >I despair of the English language. We're all going to end up speaking >like Telly-Tubbies soon.
Yes, I think he meant, "my bad grammar" ;-)
Mea culpa
I despair of the Latin language. We're all going to end up speaking like Romans soon.
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On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:06:37 GMT, [email hidden] (Peter) wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:32:09 +0100, Paul Boyd <[email hidden]> > wrote: > >> On 19/10/2006 19:08, [email hidden] said, >> >>> OK, my bad. >> >> I despair of the English language. We're all going to end up >> speaking like Telly-Tubbies soon. > > Yes, I think he meant, "my bad grammar" ;-)
Mea culpa
I despair of the Latin language. We're all going to end up speaking like Romans soon.
Romanus eunt domus.
Romani ite domum.
I would draw it out, but you know who might hear, and nobody expects the python police.
I despair of the Latin language. We're all going to end up speaking like Romans soon.
Spero non. EGO can tantum narro English!
Which reminds me of Jack King (champion time-triallist in the 50s) had. On his bicycle frame were emblazoned the words "excretum agitum" :-)) Dan Gregory