[Hans]

We are going to be serving a long prison sentence. I have found the idea of owning a Mercedes problematic.
Reminds me of a joke, “What is the difference between a porcupine and a Mercedes owner? Answer “One has the pricks on the inside!”

[Ken522]

I heard that same joke about a BMW!

[Snardius]

“What is the difference between a porcupine and a Mercedes owner? Answer “One has the pricks on the inside!”

Not to be too picky, but the joke goes:
What's the difference between a (insert name of luxury car here) and a porcupine?
The porcupine has pricks on the outside.

[jimt]

Reminds me of a joke, “What is the difference between a porcupine and a Mercedes owner? Answer “One has the pricks on the inside!”

I've always heard it applied to BMWs. Seems to fit, largely.

[Kenny Bunk]

Hans, baby, when driving my Benz, and peering through the gunsight hood ornament, I do go into Panzer mode.

Now that is not just a hood ornament. It is a symbol of auto power, and when some punk rips it off to use as a belt buckle, or to hang around his or her neck, it drives us Benz'o'philes wild with rage.

10 shots? For an egg? A bit extreme. This case of vandalism against der Fuehrer's favorite transport does however, demand severe reprisals. Level the punk's housing project ...salt the earth sort of thing ... exile the punk's family to the Aleutians (deliver on Sherman's "40 acres" deal, although the promised mule would freeze) ... turn off their cable ...take away their Section 8 ... make him pull up his pants (probably would have gotten away if a belt had been in use!)

BTW, I hope the shooter and shootee are properly registered Democrats. Those 27 votes will be sorely needed come 2012. The fact that one is dead and one will be in prison has no bearing on it.