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My Own Personal Tale Regarding Drinking and Driving this Holiday Season
Reaganite Republican ^ | 22 December 2012 | Reaganite Republican

Posted on 12/22/2012 5:25:53 AM PST by Reaganite Republican

With the Holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with my friends about drinking and driving-

As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a 'social session' out with friends... we all love to have a good time.

Well, a couple days ago I was out for an evening with friends and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine. Feeling jolly I still had the sense to know that I may be slightly over the limit.

That's when I did something that I've never done before - I took a cab home.

Sure enough on the way home there was a police road block but since it was a cab they waved it past- I arrived home safely without incident. 

This came as a real surprise to me, since I had never driven a cab before -don't know where I got it- and now that it's in my garage I really don't know what to do with it...

[ZZ Top: Driving While Blind]

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KEYWORDS: alcohol; drinking; driving; safety
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To: equaviator

Begging doesn’t change the truth of it.


21 posted on 12/22/2012 5:57:29 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Reaganite Republican
Hilarious. My mom was hit by a drunk driver.

I hate to be a party pooper but DO NOT DRIVE DRUNK. And if you think you absolutely must drive drunk, please make sure to only injure or kill yourself.

22 posted on 12/22/2012 5:58:16 AM PST by Casie (Chuck Norris 2016)
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To: HChampagne

My buddy and I got drunk once and didn’t want to drive home. He got sick and we sat on the curb. Cop came by and saw me with his finger up his ass. He said “What the Hell are you doing?” I said “He’s drunk and wants to puke.” He said “If you want him to puke, you need to put your finger down his throat”. I said “ I will, I will.”


23 posted on 12/22/2012 5:58:34 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: equaviator

I shudder to think that there are young people on the roads who drink, text and drive. They might even be drinking in the car at the same time. The future belongs to who?...Prolly not them. It’s called thinning the herd.


24 posted on 12/22/2012 6:00:28 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: nevergore

Is your dog a pitbull?


25 posted on 12/22/2012 6:01:04 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Reaganite Republican
This came as a real surprise to me, since I had never driven a cab before -don't know where I got it- and now that it's in my garage I really don't know what to do with it...

Save it for New Year's! :)

26 posted on 12/22/2012 6:01:56 AM PST by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: nevergore
Did you, by chance, see a rabbit with a pancake on it's head while you were saving yourself and the dog?
27 posted on 12/22/2012 6:05:29 AM PST by pepperdog ( I still get a thrill up my leg when spell check doesn't recognize the name/word Obama!)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Maybe more people ought to leave their PC at work which is the only place I feel pressured to follow its guidelines but that’s just me.


28 posted on 12/22/2012 6:05:58 AM PST by equaviator
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To: equaviator

But what about the Mac and Linux boxes?


29 posted on 12/22/2012 6:08:30 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Reaganite Republican

I understand the story. I’m not like that anymore, but back in the dipsy days, I often had to drive home - too inebriated to walk. But it was too dangerous, so I got an apartment with the bar on the first floor so I could get home safe and without anybody stepping on my fingers. Too old for tanglefoot now -—


30 posted on 12/22/2012 6:08:30 AM PST by imardmd1 (An armed society is a polite society -- but dangerous for the fool --)
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To: Reaganite Republican
That story is a nice example of a lengthy paraprosdokian. Here's a good short one by Groucho Marx:
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening...but this wasn't it."
Here's another nice one (unattributed):
Behind every successful man is a woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

31 posted on 12/22/2012 6:08:45 AM PST by RoosterRedux (He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
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To: Reaganite Republican

FrogDad and I are chuckling, thanks for the funny!


32 posted on 12/22/2012 6:08:55 AM PST by FrogMom (Chicken Little is coming, and he's right!)
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To: Ezekiel

Winner! :>)


33 posted on 12/22/2012 6:09:11 AM PST by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: nevergore

I like it!


34 posted on 12/22/2012 6:11:14 AM PST by FrogMom (Chicken Little is coming, and he's right!)
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To: Reaganite Republican

I’d already seen it via email.

On a more serious note, a friend/business contact got a DUI two weeks ago. I was all I could do to not forward this one on to him; it was just too soon.

First time for him, it will still be painful.


35 posted on 12/22/2012 6:12:16 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Reaganite Republican
You did the right thing. I helped work my way through college by driving a cab in a mid sized midwestern city. It was a great job during the worst winter weather. Everything was paid straight commission, so the more runs you made, the better the money.

We appreciated the business and I especially liked the attitude of one regular who told me that he could buy a lot of cab fares for the price of one DWI ticket.

It was an interesting business. A lot of college kids (like me) or farmers took up driving cab when the weather turned rotten. Most of us left as soon as it started turning nice in March or April as there just wasn't enough support all the drivers.

36 posted on 12/22/2012 6:16:04 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Norm Lenhart
No more gun at the bottom of a lake jokes . . .

I know, and mine were a real tragedy - they got eaten before they hit the bottom:

I'm going to tell any ATF stormtroopers who come looking exactly where they can stick their heads if they want to find the guns I used to own. I sure hope any ATF staff who are loyal to the communist will search diligently.

37 posted on 12/22/2012 6:18:13 AM PST by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Reaganite Republican

So that’s where my cab went. Don’t worry though, I got the car under similar circumstance.


38 posted on 12/22/2012 6:18:20 AM PST by azsportsterman
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To: Reaganite Republican
Pls disregard my post #36. I got the joke.

We had one cabbie which actually liked his liquid nutrition. A couple of customer complaints and he was gone.

39 posted on 12/22/2012 6:19:01 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Joe 6-pack; nevergore
Hmmmm...

Shortly after arriving home....

My sister went back to the shower....

My dog,a very friendly pit-bull, went in my fenced backyard were strangely, the neighbors rabbit had hopped into and onto the patio table were we always store a stack of pancakes....

That's when my friendly pit-bull (whose name is “Killer”) saw the bunny covered in pancakes....

He killed and ate the rabbit (and pancakes)and was peacefully sitting in my backyard drooling blood and foam when a Police Officer, responding to a call from my neighbor, jumped the fence and shot poor “Killer” 35 times.

Then he jumped the fence and shot the neighbor's dog for good measure... Fortunately, “Killer” is fine and is now recuperating from his wounds and still digesting the rabbit...... The Police department issued the officer a commendation for excellent police work and my sister still remains in the shower..... I went back to decorating my Holiday Tree with all natural vegan decorations and a midget...Whew...what a day!! Merry Christmas to All!

40 posted on 12/22/2012 6:20:33 AM PST by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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