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To: Michael.SF.
"We did the same thing to sneak in to drive ins."

When I wasn't much older than 13, I had a buddy with a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere with an absolutely cavernous trunk (and no spare tire). We lived in a one-horse town and to entertain ourselves one Saturday night, we put six kids in the car and another six in the trunk and went driving around. No, I'm not kidding.

Every time the driver pulled up to a stoplight, he'd put the car in park and everybody in the car would jump out and run back to the trunk and open it. The six who had been in the trunk would get out and run around to get into the cab. And the six who had been in the cab would crowd into the trunk.

The objective was to complete the exchange before the light turned green. Then whoever was under the wheel would drive to the next traffic light and the whole operation would start again.

We called it "the Polish Fire Drill" (no offense intended to any Poles among us, ... unless they're demoncrats).

23 posted on 01/07/2022 2:53:38 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

LoL. We did similar, though without the trunk component. We called it a ‘Chinese Fire Drill’. I was on the west coast, I would guess you were Midwest or east?


43 posted on 01/07/2022 3:47:14 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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To: Paal Gulli

In 1977 our car wasn’t that big. Stopping at a red light, all passengers getting out, running around car & jumping back in before the light changed was called: A Chinese Fire Drill.

My old 1977 Ford LTD Wagon could transport 11 adults, to the bar in the other town, then back to our bar for last call.


48 posted on 01/07/2022 4:49:30 PM PST by BarbM (FU Pence. You refuse to be alone with a woman, but have no compunction in screwing the USA))
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