Do you see yourself in here? PWR

[Paul_Royal@idx.com]

To:   bob

Listers, sorry for the BW...deal with it


A few humourous tidbits fin this one from what I remember of Colorado
drivers...
>  HOW TO IDENTIFY WHERE A DRIVER IS FROM:
>
>  -  One hand on wheel, one hand on horn:  Chicago
>
>  -  One hand on wheel, one finger out window:  New York
>
>  -  One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on
>     accelerator: Boston
>
>  -  One hand on wheel, cradling cell phone,brick on accelerator:
>     California.   With gun in lap:  L.A.
>
>  -  Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in
>     terror:  Ohio, but driving in California.
>
>  -  Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head
>     turned to talk to someone in back seat:  Italy
>
>  -  One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on
>     brake, mind on game:  Seattle
>
>  -  One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between
>     both feet being on the accelerator and both on the brake, throwing
>     a McDonalds bag out the window:  Texas city male
>
>  -  One hand on wheel, one hand hanging out the window, keeping speed
>     steadily at 70mph, driving down the center of the road unless
>     coming around a blind curve, in which case they are on the left
>     side of the road:   Texas country male
>
>  -  One hand constantly refocusing the rear-view mirror to show
>     different angles of the BIG hair, one hand going between mousse,
>     brush, and rat-tail to keep the helmet hair going, both feet on the
>     accelerator, poodle steering the car, chrome .38 revolver with
>     mother of pearl inlaid handle in the glove compartment:  Texas female
>
>  -  Both hands on steering wheel in a relaxed posture, eyes constantly
>     checking the rear-view mirror to watch for visible emissions from
>     their own or another's car:  Colorado
>
>  -  One hand on steering wheel,  yelling obscenities, the other hand
>     waving gun out the window and firing repeatedly, keeping a careful
>     eye out for landmarks along the way so as to be able to come back
>     and pick up any bullets that didn't hit other motorists so as not
>     to litter: Colorado resident on spotting a car with Texas plate.
>
>  -  Four wheel drive pickup truck, shotgun mounted in rear window,
>     beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to antenna:  West
>     Virginia male.
>
>  -  Junker, driven by someone who previously had a nice car and who is
>     now wearing a barrel:  Las Vegas
>
>  -  Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above window
>     level, driving 35 on the interstate in the left lane with the left
>     blinker on:  Florida "seasoned citizen" driver, also known as
>     "no-see-um"  (or could it be Marge Simpson?)
>
>  -  Two hands on the wheel, driving forty-five in a seventy mph zone
>     in the left lane, with the left turn signal on, and making a right
>     turn:  New Mexico resident.
And my own addition:
- Both hands on head frantically trying to remember which side of the road
you
should be on, repeating the mantra, "Stay out of the path of oncoming cars"
-
US citizen living in UK driving anywhere
P'thal