In Texas it's "hold my beer and watch this"
Larry Miller
> As the old joke has it:
>
> "What are the three most dangerous words in the English language?"
> "Hey, watch this!"
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> Jim Algar
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> > From: William M. Gilroy
> > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:05 a.m
> > To: Ajhsys@aol.com
> > Cc: JamesA@hi-torque.com; spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Floating a VW
> >
> > Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > I knew that! I used to own a '64 Beetle myself, and I tried to float
it
> > > once! (Not on purpose.)
> >
> > Years ago my buddy and I were traveling down a dirt road and came upon a
> > tree blocking the road. I told my friend to go around the tree. He
> > pointed
> > out the only way around was through the front yard of an abandoned house
> > and there were some hedges blocking the way and view. Boy genius,
(that's
> > me)
> > told him the hedges are not a problem if you have enough speed. So he
> > backs down the road and gets ready for the run. His only concern was
what
> > might be behind the hedges. I figured since it was front yard there
would
> > only be trees and since there were none taller then the hedges in view
> > it was not a problem, "Trust me" I said. Sadly he did. So he gets the
> > VW up to about 30 MPH, since we did not want to get stuck and we left
the
> > road and plowed right through the hedges like a hot knife through
butter.
> > Once were in the front yard doing about 20 MPH imagine our surprise when
> > we
> > saw the large in the ground swimming pool. Off the shallow end we went.
> > We came to a stop in the deep end in about 5 feet of water. Since the
> > VW had holes in the floor it sank quickly. To make matters worst the
pool
> > was filled with about 5 feet of black water, leaves, and it had a really
> > bad smell. Oh yeah those holes just help shoot a massive stream of
water
> > all over the interior of the car and us. Let me tell you old, black,
> > stale pool water has a really bad taste. We both got a mouth full since
> > we hit the water screaming. So we had to wade out and walk
> > several miles to a phone to call a friend for a tow. He want to know
> > why we needed him to bring a couple of 2x10s. He laughed for a good 10
> > minutes when he saw our predicament. I wonder just what kind of mental
> > patient puts a pool in the front yard, don't they know the danger to
young
> > foolish children. True story.
> >
> >
> > Bill "Hey I have an idea, trust me" Gilroy
> >
> >
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