How to drive fast on drugs ... without spilling your drink.
How to drive fast on drugs ... without spilling your drink.
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anonymous-user

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83 months

Saturday 27th October 2012
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An oldie, but a goodie, and there may be some of you who have yet to read it:-


http://www.heretical.com/miscella/reptile.html


"When it comes to taking chances, some people like to play poker or shoot dice; other people prefer to parachute-jump, go rhino hunting, or climb ice floes, while still others engage in crime or marriage. But I like to get drunk and drive like a fool. Name me, if you can, a better feeling than the one you get when you're half a bottle of Chivas in the bag with a gram of coke up your nose and a teenage lovely pulling off her tube top in the next seat over while you're going a hundred miles an hour down a suburban side street. You'd have to watch the entire Mexican air force crash-land in a liquid petroleum gas storage facility to match this kind of thrill. If you ever have much more fun than that, you'll die of pure sensory overload, I'm here to tell you."


Now read on....

DrTre

12,957 posts

261 months

Saturday 27th October 2012
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PJ O'Rourke?
Brilliant bloke.

kowalski655

15,220 posts

172 months

Saturday 27th October 2012
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Always a good funnybwrite, but that whole website looks bloody wierd

hidetheelephants

35,851 posts

222 months

Sunday 28th October 2012
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kowalski655 said:
Always a good funnybwrite, but that whole website looks bloody wierd
Very weird indeed. eek

Condi

20,355 posts

200 months

Sunday 28th October 2012
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Anyone care to summerise, or is it really worth reading?

hidetheelephants

35,851 posts

222 months

Sunday 28th October 2012
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O'rourke writes humorously about being a motoring delinquent; if you like O'rourke it will be funny. If not you'll bewail the loss of several minutes of your time.

MrMoonyMan

2,702 posts

240 months

Sunday 28th October 2012
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Excellent!

That's my plan for this afternoon sorted.

And I don't mean reading, you pussies.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

83 months

Sunday 28th October 2012
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Ii you like that, try also "Third World Driving Hints".

MC Bodge

29,686 posts

204 months

Sunday 28th October 2012
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The bit I like:
"Even more important than being drunk, however, is having the right car. You have to get a car that handles really well. This is extremely important, and there's a lot of debate on this subject – about what kind of car handles best. Some say a front-engined car; some say a rear-engined car. I say a rented car. Nothing handles better than a rented car. You can go faster, turn corners sharper, and put the transmission into reverse while going forward at a higher rate of speed in a rented car than in any other kind. You can also park without looking, and can use the trunk as an ice chest. Another thing about a rented car is that it's an all-terrain vehicle. Mud, snow, water, woods – you can take a rented car anywhere. True, you can't always get it back – but that's not your problem, is it? "

Also look up "Ferrari Refutes the Decline of the West".

The book is worth reading. Buy cheap used via Amazon

Edited by MC Bodge on Sunday 28th October 15:25

dcb

6,065 posts

294 months

Sunday 28th October 2012
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MC Bodge said:
Also look up "Ferrari Refutes the Decline of the West".
I was hoping someone would mention that.

Lovely bit of writing. Recommended for all car fans.