Veyron hits the drink.

(removes hat, listens to "Taps" playing in the background)

nate

A million bucks? Must have been the stripped down model. Whatever the price, I like you bumble bee excuse. Hopefully I can use it someday - that would be a good caper. :-)

IIRC, there was a book or short story that put the "wasp syndrome" into history. The context is that, in this case, a wasp inside a car could set off a chain of events, by overreaction, that are far more deadly than the wasp itself was capable of doing.

Many people have succumbed to the "wasp syndrome" over the years. My wife, bless her sweet and kind heart, starts fighting them whenever a wasp or bee comes close. She loses all presence. That makes the matter worse and the insect is more likely to sting.

One of my old Phoenix buddies taught me that you will not be killed unless all the forces of the universe align against you at that particular time. If they do, then you can not avoid it anyway. Cuhu, you probably know what I mean.

Another caper I did when I was in Vietnam, one night around 11:00 PM, I ''borrowed'' a Jeep.I drove that Jeep from Tan Son Nhut to down town Saigon to a bar where a Vienamese girlfriend of mine worked.(the bar was directly across the street from the U.S.O.I used to go to that U.S.O.and get sanwiches and Shasta grape soda pop for her) I parked in front of the bar.I sat there and I talked to her about fifteen minutes, then I figured I better get that Jeep back to our Company area before somebody misses that Jeep.On my way back to Tan Son Nhut, a guy swung wide around a corner and he missed me by about two feet.I can still see that big old

When I got back to Tan Son Nhut, I parked that Jeep exactly where I found it.I don't think anybody ever noticed it was missing.

snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3173.bay.webtv.net:

Nope. Let me guess: Tony Stewart?

I have driven with 2 hysterical kids and a bee in the back seat before. My experience is that telling them to act like a man doesn't improve the situation at all. Of course, a bee is one thing and a wasp is another. I might get hysterical if a wasp landed on me. I hate those bugs!

One time I let my brother and friend borrow my Toyota van and they told me a large centipede ran up into the dashboard. A car with a centipede somewhere in the dash is probably the most creepy vehicle you can drive. :-)

A centipede wouldn't bother me any more than a bug on my tv screen.I leave them alone. cuhulin

Different people react to things differently, and sometimes totally out of proportion to the risk.

We had a couple of older women who used to like to go fishing in the lake on our farmland. One day as they were drifting around near the bank, a water snake dropped off a limb and into the boat with them. Now THAT was a sight to see ;>)

I leave them alone too. Over here in Hawaii, those things are aggressive and will attack - their sting is quite painful I hear.

snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3173.bay.webtv.net:

Finally saw it on the local news. Another idiot with a cell phone apparently.

I read somewhere the guy is somewhat of a celebrity in the Lufkin,Texas area.He took it all in stride, but underneath he is kind of upset about driving his Veyron into the salty marsh.

Ahh well, what's a paltry million dollars? cuhulin

Poor, poor Andy House.According to the article, he owns a company that restores luxury cars.Shouldn't be a big problem for him to restore his

snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net:

There's your answer: it was a publicity stunt and he was calling the local press at the time.

Big deal. Volkswagens float.