He didn't get the memo....

[Tanasi]

My oldest daughter graduated from Army basic yesterday at Ft. Jackson, SC. The wife, our two youngest yardapes (8 & 12), and I drove down to watch her graduation and do all the huggy-kissy-mommy crying stuff. Made it there without problems (I wa surprised how much it had changed since I was last there) we went out to eat again without problem, spent the night again without problem. As were leaving a Waffle House some fellow in a crown-vic came out of no-where and started tailgaiting me so close I couldn't see the hood. Granted I was taking my time getting up to speed but I was in the right lane and the left lane was clear so he could pass. I tapped my brakes and the guy brakes hard and falls back, he then speeds up and resumes his place on my bumper. I tap my brakes again, and he brakes hard again and resumes his place as a pimple on my a$$. I'm getting tired of this so I speed up a little to create a some space between us and then I hit my brakes and dip the front a little. Well Mr. Pimple locks it up, smokes the tires and swerves into the break-down lane.
Now Mr. Pimple speeds up and then is keeping pace with me but in the left lane. I don't pay him any attention because the upcoming light is red and I need to pay attention.
We stop and I look over and Mr. Pimple is waving his arms and most likely cussing (I had the AC on), I smile at him and pulls a switch-blade (I found that out when he opened it). The light turns green and we take off, Mr. Pimple is again keeping pace and starts crowding me and making dives as if to run me off the road. I again look over at him and he's pointing at the shoulder, shouting and brandishing the knife. I open my console, smile at him, roll down the window and display my pistol :devil: , Mr. Pimple stands on the gas and speeds out of sight.
Today's memo said "Don't bring a knife to a gun fight." It's an 88 Magnum, it shoots through schools. Quick who said that?
Tonight I have all my babies under one roof again and all is well. Buttons the Mistress of Security is on duty and has relieved me of security duties for now.

[ladodger34]

We stop and I look over and Mr. Pimple is waving his arms and most likely cussing (I had the AC on), I smile at him and pulls a switch-blade (I found that out when he opened it). The light turns green and we take off, Mr. Pimple is again keeping pace and starts crowding me and making dives as if to run me off the road. I again look over at him and he's pointing at the shoulder, shouting and brandishing the knife. I open my console, smile at him, roll down the window and display my pistol :devil: , Mr. Pimple stands on the gas and speeds out of sight.

Not a gun related thing, but similar story. I came up on a 4 way stop one day. When I got to the interesection, I was the only one there. A group of jackass kids decides they want to do a rolling stop. I decided that I didn't want them to do that and took my turn as I should have. They start tailing me until the next intersection (with a stoplight and turn lane). They pulled in to the turn lane next to me and started "mad dogging" (as the kids like to call it).

I didn't have a gun or a knife but I had the next best thing. I pulled out my cell phone. They pretty much stopped it at that. Now, I really wasn't trying to scare them or anything. I figured if they were going to do something to me, I was going to make damn sure they were going down.

I still like your story better!

[Knightmare]

" It's an 88 Magnum, it shoots through schools. Quick who said that?


That would be Danny Vermin from the classic Johnny Dangerously.
Awesome movie, and Joe Piscopo (Danny Vermin) had some of the best lines.
My favorite:

You shouldn't hang me on a hook, Johnny. My father hung me on a hook once. Once!

[Tanasi]

That would be Danny Vermin from the classic Johnny Dangerously.
Awesome movie, and Joe Piscopo (Danny Vermin) had some of the best lines.
My favorite:

You shouldn't hang me on a hook, Johnny. My father hung me on a hook once. Once!

Ding, ding, ding we have a winner but in the future always submit you answers in the form of a question. Don Pardoe tells us what Knightmare has won. Well Alex he had won a years supply of Rice-a-Roni that San Fransico treat. That's one of my favorite movies, the little sublte things made the movie, like when he was using a pricing gun on the puppies.

[Acolyte]

I drive a Crown Vic, and I rarely have issues with tailgaiting because a) It looks like an undercover cop car (Thank you, friend working at the plant that builds them, located in my old hometown) and b) I've got all manner of ways to getting them off my ass. I once, in the middle of a deserted road, stopped and told the tailgater to piss off.*

But, that car is SO much fun. In my old town, there were always teens screwing off somewhere-fireworks in fields (Ok, I've done that more then most of them-but mine were actual pyrotechnic display tests, not Black Cats. And it was my grandpa's field.), parking lot burnouts, ect.

So, myself and some friends decided to have some fun. We went to the local Crappy Tire and bought the following:
Grille Rally Lights
Party siren with interchangeble colours (Including red)
CB radio with external speaker
Party siren

Yeah, you know where this is going. I'd don my trenchcoat, put on the high beams and the assorted bells, lights and whistles, and come bombing into a parking lot, do laps around until they cheesed it or stopped, then leave, laughing my ass off.
Although the best time was at a cast party. I pulled this trick and was greeted with the sight of dozens of friends booting it into the forest. It took an hour to round everybody up and tell them is was a joke.

*I wasn't stupid to do this on some major road. This was an Ontario backroad populated by nothing but farm fields, we were the only cars moving for dozens of kms, and this was some soccer-mom looking woman in a Windstar.

[ladodger34]

I drive a Crown Vic, and I rarely have issues with tailgaiting because a) It looks like an undercover cop car (Thank you, friend working at the plant that builds them, located in my old hometown) and b) I've got all manner of ways to getting them off my ass. I once, in the middle of a deserted road, stopped and told the tailgater to piss off.*

My parents have a Crown Vic. I was driving it one night and was shocked that some idiot decided to pass me on the right on a two-lane street. Outside of the "wow, you must really need to get somewhere, you idiot" reaction, I was dumbfounded that someone would take the chance doing something that stupid near any car that looked like a police cruiser.

Of course, the idiot pulls into his apartment complex a block or two down. It wasn't like I was holding him back that much (aside from going the speed limit). I'll never understand how those sort of people think. Maybe he had to pee or something like that...

[sportsmom]

Today's memo said "Don't bring a knife to a gun fight." It's an 88 Magnum, it shoots through schools. Quick who said that?


Just so ya know, Sean Connery says something similar in "The Untouchables." The line is "Just like a wop to bring a knife to a gun fight." (Please note I am not using that particular term from my own thoughts, but because that is the actual line.)

Also, your story reminds me of a friend of mine. He used to go to a theater in a not so nice part of Portsmouth, VA (It is a very cool theater called the Commodore for anyone in that area) and he would always stick his grandfather's Kabar (Very large friggin' knife for those that don't know) in between the front seats. One night after he got in the car some guy walks up and taps a switch blade on the window, J looks at him, reaches down and grabs the Kabar and taps back. The guy left, I don't know why. ;)

[fizzgig]

He's got a knife. Thats not a knife.................This is a knife. :roll:

[BusBus]

He's got a knife. Thats not a knife.................This is a knife. :roll:

That's a spoon.

I see you've played "Knifey-spoony" before!

[protege]

I'm still amazed at the idiots who actually get out of their cars to 'confront' a driver that they think somehow 'wronged' them.

Last year, I'm minding my own business driving home from work. The neighborhood I was in at the time, isn't exactly known as a low-crime area. In fact, it's just the opposite. I always stick to the well-traveled roads. I'd been seeing this fugly Chevy Cadavalier (yellow, with a checkerboard down the side) at various intersections in that section of town. At the time, I didn't think much about it. Fast forward a few minutes as I'm about to turn back onto Second Avenue. Cadavalier suddenly stops and blocks that road :eek: :eek: Can you say "possible carjacking, boys & girls?" Not sure what was going to happen, I threw the car into Reverse and waited. The driver (some gangsta wannabe) got out and walked over to my car...and proceeded to scream at me for "following" him, and for "taking every turn they did."

Uh :wtf:? Last time I checked, it was a *public* street, and there's bound to be *other cars on it* at times. Methinks someone needs to lay off the crack for awhile. With people like that in that section of town, it's no wonder some commuters are armed (I have a can of pepper spray in the car), and roll through most stop signs at night.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Well, my policy on tailgaters and assholes is that I don't care if they don't like my driving. I dont' care if they are angry. I will ignore them. If they approach my car, I will assume they are doing so to attack me and will react accordingly. I have a neurotic number of knives in my car, a machete, and sometimes a pistol. I know how to use them all. Plus, at the end of it all, I punch like a man, and I promise you won't be expecting it. I will not start a fight with anyone, but I have no compunction about finishing one.


With the number of drivers out there who are armed, I have to assume anyone approaching my car is either armed or crazy. After all, I'm assuming HE'S assuming I'm armed, right? Otherwise, why would he risk it? Therefore, he MUST be armed. Right?

I'm a woman. I can't afford to be cautious. These idiots need to stay the hell in their cars. Because I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this way.

Also, what do I care if someone rams into he back of me? I drive a used GMC Safari, aka. The Big Green Bitch. And I like free money. So ram away. If you tailgate me, I will slow down. If you hit me I will sue you. So how about this? Everyone needs to drive like they have some sense and everyone will stay happy.

[Bella_Vixen]

That's a spoon.

I see you've played "Knifey-spoony" before!


Gotta love The Simpsons. :lol: