tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post8588610045583418685..comments2024-03-28T17:14:26.070-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Paraphrasing Kim, 'Drive-by phone snatches' my ass,Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-45704434687389957912017-05-31T07:57:58.087-07:002017-05-31T07:57:58.087-07:00Oh, I know, that's why I said I shouldn't ...Oh, I know, that's why I said I shouldn't go.<br /><br />On the other hand, I get arrested, I call the consulate, they come by with a sob story about cultural differences, I explain that I reacted without thinking because that's what you do in Texas and did I mention that I was from Texas I bet you could tell that from listening to me, and... after all that I would take a wager that they would let me go with a stern warning not to do that again in Olde Blighty and let me travel home.<br /><br />And by wager, I mean I'm taking them off that fucking bike. After all, do they <i>really</i> want the story out there that "Texan gets mugged in London, victim is charged with assault"? When they do it to their own people, it's not a story. When they do it to a foreigner, now it's a story.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-18837411358485395652017-05-31T05:11:10.159-07:002017-05-31T05:11:10.159-07:00Bet you get thumped with an assault charge, Phelps...Bet you get thumped with an assault charge, Phelps.<br /><br />Remember, (formerly) Great Britain now has that wonderful (/sarc) concept called 'proportionate response'; if you somehow 'overdo' it, you're the one in trouble.<br /><br />Whereas in the free states here, beating an armed attacker down with a chair is simply considered 'needs must when the devil drives'.Toastridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-74610525528494047202017-05-30T12:05:10.659-07:002017-05-30T12:05:10.659-07:00I really shouldn't go to England. First thing...I really shouldn't go to England. First thing I thought was, "these clowns are doubled up on a <b>bike</b>. Body check that mofo and watch them both, at best, end up skittering across the concrete on their heads, and at very very best, trapped under a few hundred pounds of Fagio scooter.<br /><br />They've got a hammer? I've got fucking boots, and they'll be in prime leather shampoo range.<br /><br />Bet they drop the hammer.<br /><br />Bet I pick it up.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.com