Aye!
That's how he got his redhead obsession.
From what I hear, that was most of your teens and at least half of your 20s.
Are you sure you don't hate it?
You went to a Police concert featuring a wrecked car full of booze for prom?
GasBandit
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I was riding shotgun in my friend's car (a $500 POS with a $2500 stereo system) on the way to after-prom with 3 of my best buddies, when a guy in a Saturn fell asleep at the wheel and ran a red light (the ONLY green we'd made all night) and we t-boned him in the intersection. We skidded to a stop against a storm drain, and being the most forward-thinking of my group, I grabbed the keys from the driver, jumped out, opened the trunk, and confirmed my fears - most of the bottles had shattered and the trunk was now all broken glass and soaked upholstery. Still high on adrenaline, we quickly disposed of the evidence of MIP down the storm drain before the cops arrived. (The Saturn had already fled the scene, and we didn't even get a license plate). Unfortunately, that ensured that we all smelled like a distillery when the police DID arrive. But as we hadn't yet begun the festivities of the evening, we all blew 0.00 on the breathalyzer, and told the cop the reason we smelled was because someone had spilled on us at a party and we were going home to change. We all had to fill out statements, though, and as there was not enough room in the police car for all 4 of us, I filled my paperwork out on the hood. Which, from the rear, looks an awful lot like "assuming the position" on the hood. So, while I was doing that, half my graduating class drove by and saw. Next day it was all "Gas! I heard you got arrested last night!"
Anyway, my buddy's car was totalled (because it was a $500 POS).
GasBandit
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As sure as you have bees in your teeth.
I'd that one of those Mississippi sayings you are so fond of spouting?
MIP? Something related to underaged possession of alcohol? The rest of the story is great, but just wondering about that one.
The extra-funny part to me here is that where I grew up, the drinking age was 18, and I WAS 18 at my graduation (as were about half of my friends) and so as long as there was no open alcohol, you could even have it in the front of the car, not even necessary to be in the trunk. So if such a situation had happened to me at that age, I would have just left it all in the trunk, broken. No laws against transporting non-open alcohol if at least one person in the car was of appropriate age!
Wikipedia: Minor in Possession - In the United States, a Minor in Possession, or a MIP, (also referred to as a PAULA, Possession of Alcohol Under the Legal Age) is a criminal offense, typically a misdemeanor.
As my post said, based on context that's what I thought, but thanks for the explicit confirmation.
GasBandit
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Yeah, Minor In Possession. The drinking age in all states is 21, and in most places that includes just "holding" or transporting it. It used to be 18 in some states, but no more, because the federal government withheld highway funds from any state that didn't toe the "21 years old" line.
Nay. I vote for Gazprom's night.
Honestly, as long as you all blew .000, I wouldn't have been stressed about it, even had the bottles been there.
So long as you're not in public when you do it, and it's not something like spice, Krokodil, or flakka, I don't care what you put in your body.
So long as you're not in public when you do it, and it's not something like spice, Krokodil, or flakka, I don't care what you put in your body.
GasBandit
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Yeah, but you weren't working Colorado Springs on prom night. Every single CSPD officer is looking to take down every misdemeanor like it's a mafia don holding a tommy gun and a bag of cement.Honestly, as long as you all blew .000, I wouldn't have been stressed about it, even had the bottles been there.
So long as you're not in public when you do it, and it's not something like spice, Krokodil, or flakka, I don't care what you put in your body.
Well, half of them are, anyway, and we couldn't know until it was too late if we were gonna get a cool cop or a hardass.
...You disapprove of interstellar space travel?Honestly, as long as you all blew .000, I wouldn't have been stressed about it, even had the bottles been there.
So long as you're not in public when you do it, and it's not something like spice, Krokodil, or flakka, I don't care what you put in your body.
The spice melange must flow, but Spice is poison.
I came out as bi to my brother last night. And told him about my girlfriend. Which..for my very conservative family and very conservative town, is kind of scary.
But he just said he loves me and wants me happy. I want to cry, but in the good way.
But he just said he loves me and wants me happy. I want to cry, but in the good way.
Dave
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While there are still issues here and there (mostly from old, white, conservative men), most people don't give a shit. It doesn't matter to me who loves who as long as they are both consenting adults. Hell, as long as they are all consenting adults, I don't care about multiple husbands/wives/SOs.
GasBandit
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I'm in favor of disenfranchising marriage entirely as a governmental construct. Government should have no involvement in marriage or other similar domestic arrangements, much less be issuing licenses for it.
Except maybe to protect minors (or other groups incapable of properly giving consent), I feel similarly.
And I live in the land of the issues - Utah. Mormon central. My whole family is very LDS and my Ma is as traditional as they come - no R-rated movies, no dating until you're 16, no sex before marriage, no gay love, no living with SO unless you're married, no drugs, no alcohol, church every Sunday, etc etc. This is a big deal in this realm, though I agree with you, it really doesn't matter.
Outside of Utah, I'm sure no one would give a damn, honestly. But here, they do, they really do.
I'm convinced 99% of the problems come from the government using the same name for a civil union as the religious union.
fade
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Never have I experienced emotional whiplash so fast. Someone from these very boards, who would prefer to remain anonymous, just donated a sizable amount of money to me and...I just don't even have words for how grateful I am. How grateful my family is!
Why did I ever stay away from these boards so long? All of you are truly some of the kindest people I've ever known. I remember a few years back (four? five?) I had issues this time of year then as well and you all pitched into help. I never expected to need that kind of help again nor to receive that kind of help again. I hope, in a few months time when my husband gets his yearly bonus, we'll be able to do something to help one of you or the board as a whole and pay it forward.
As for you, Anon, you are a God send...and that's coming from a firm Agnostic! I will never in my life forget this. I'm in legit tears.
Why did I ever stay away from these boards so long? All of you are truly some of the kindest people I've ever known. I remember a few years back (four? five?) I had issues this time of year then as well and you all pitched into help. I never expected to need that kind of help again nor to receive that kind of help again. I hope, in a few months time when my husband gets his yearly bonus, we'll be able to do something to help one of you or the board as a whole and pay it forward.
As for you, Anon, you are a God send...and that's coming from a firm Agnostic! I will never in my life forget this. I'm in legit tears.
GasBandit
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We gather here today to mourn the passing of Terrik's video gaming. Few people have touched as many others' gaming lives (inappropriately), and forever will "Terriking" be burned into our collective lexicon. Though he will no longer be with us in game, we take comfort knowing that he goes on to a much more lucrative place, and that he will yolorofflefacetank root canals, and eliminate cavities with a gurnayde launcher. Amen.
Grats dude.
Dave
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We do have some of the best people. I was going to offer to help as well, but with my moving and all this month is going to be crazy expensive.
Congrats! Now dental assistants all over can be heard saying, "God damn it, Terrik!"
It happens around here. It doesn't happen a lot, just when it's needed.
--Patrick
(wasn't me, btw)
He left you for Snuffles long ago when it came to gaming.