Re: My friend Bart

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

So the trick is to yank the chain without him knowing or pulling his 
teeth out if he does show them...

:-)

Alex

On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Mann Law wrote:

> 
> 	Bart, in case you was a wondering [not to be confused with a 
> wandering], the sound ya herd a tick ago was me poppin open a cold one in 
> your direction.  BRAVO!  You really should come visit us more often.
> 
> 	Now you guys [and girls] know that I don't rant politics here.  
> Ain't the place, I agree.  But, be careful what rights you give up under 
> the guise of "that sounds reasonable".  IMHO, emptying Ma, Pa, the kids 
> and the dog out of the car to sit under the 55 mph sign is not the way to 
> spend a summer vacation.  Brief detention?  Define brief, and then define 
> detention.  While you are defining these nebulous little gems, let me 
> just ask this:  WTFF?  If Ma was pushin it too hard, giver a summons to 
> appear [lovely little words].  Don't make them folks crawl out of the air 
> conditioning and sit around gettin pissed.  Life is way too short, and 
> worth way too much, to go around thinking up ways to make easy things 
> like traffic stops hard.  
> 
> 	Now, I have a respect for the officers [which does not extend to 
> pretty Miss Janet] and the job they sometimes find themselves in.  But, 
> based on a whole lot of experience I can tell you flat out the more times 
> you yank on the Bluetick's chain while he is comfortable in the 
> shade--the higher the probability is that you will find out why he has teeth.
> 
> 	Sorry for the wasted BW, I seem to be doing more and more these days.
> 
> Bruce
>