Old Woman Has Me By the Balls

[DaShi]

He said that she stole his credit card and that he will pursue it to the full extent of the law asking for maximum penalties.

[DrSpike]

He'd better hope they don't read 'Poly then.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

On the contrary, he should pray they read 'Poly; he would avoid any legal blowback by being deemed not mentally competent to stand trial.

[DrSpike]

Nah, I'm pretty sure he can demonstrate that himself if needs be.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Whaleboy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4253849.stm

+ methinks

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Lancer
What exactly did the police say? No, better yet, what exactly did you say to the police?

He can't answer you. He's in jail where he belongs.

[Winston]

Let's hope he brought enough credit cards to correct any mistakes he might make.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Lancer
I have a friend that moved up from Silinas in Cal. He said that gang bangers drive around with their lights off and when someone flashes their lights they shoot them. Some initiation thing.

Urban myth. Been around for years. Check Snopes.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Shrapnel12
ROFL!! Glad to see this thread going strong and getting even funnier. With the addition of Darius to the thread, this is better then Dumb and Dumber.

Originally posted by Wezil
I nominate Darius for the Apolyton Advocacy Award. He has put together a decent argument with limited resources.

I hope you wouldn't actually take me seriously; I just wanted to see if Wiggy could be persuaded to report those charges. Mission Accomplished apparently, assuming this isn't all just a running gag which it probably is.

It was fun enough for me to troll people as devil's advocate but if Wiggy's for real and gets what's coming to him, so much the better.

[SlowwHand]

I ran a Google search on Ball Rentals. Pretty much a failure. It appears that demand is much greater than supply.
You may remain gonadless.

[Wiglaf]

[Robert]

It's really easy, people tend to speed up when people try to pass. It's something you do automaticly.

therefor you always need much speed to pass someone. You can't pass someone by driving a bit faster then that person. You must be much faster.

Not to mention that you should only pass someone if there's no oncoming traphic. Most people make the mistake to pass someone while they can't even see the upcoming traphic (mostly because they're too close to the person they try to pass) (you need distance from the person you want to pass, then you start speeding up, then you pass within 5 seconds, and go back to the other lane)

Other people pass people before a corner or something.
Anyway, passing someone is easy. Nobody should be able to speed up that hard so that you can't pass anymore (unless they're in a porche or something).

Anyway, apparantly Wiggy had to break down pretty hard to get his car behind the old lady again. (that's what he said) (doesn't sound like driving 35 mph btw). Maybe he could barely make it behind her in time, that's possible. But the seconds after that the old lady should've driven away hard from him, since the concequences of his breaking down and her speeding up must result in a big gap in the end.

After that wiggy must have hunted her tail, fallen asleep or be really drunk to crash on her. I'd say: most probably the 1st option. Then the lady either had had enough of this idiot, and pushed her break hard, indeed to hit him. (which is totally valid to do! Someone should always be at a distance large enough so that you can break down, it's not for nothing that all laws in all sane countries always blame the car that hitted the other car from behind).

It may also be that the old woman just lived there, and had to leave the road. Old women tend to slow down very much when leaving the road. (something that every sane driver should know) (and if you don't know, no problem, just keep enough distance and you won't hit any old lady)

Anyway, the old woman was hitted from behind. Cars are expensive things, it wouldn't suprise me if $350 will be barely enough to repair the car. Everybody who's been in car accidents knows that the costs tend to grow quickly.
And since Wiggy didn't pay her in cash, but in natura, it's only valid to gain a little bit more then what the price might be to fix the car anyway. (books don't fix cars)

The woman didn't grab him by his balls.
C'mon, someone who's smart enough to shop for $350 within 20 minutes could use his CC to shop for $10.000 easily.
I'll tell you that I could've bought for $10.000 (that's ten thousand, you yanks) easily within 30 minutes.

Only $350 is a joke if she tried to screw him over.
$350 sounds reasonable for me, certainly if you keep in mind that it's an old lady that was being hunted on the road by some young maniac.

Wiggy, just get real. I have no problems with speeding. Speeding is not dangerous. Just keep distance and act reasonable. (don't speed if there's tense traffic).
But the key always is: keep distance.

And if you want to pass, start by getting some distance, speed up, and then pass the car you want to pass without problems.

In the end you must have been speeding up WHILE passing her! That's the most foolish thing to do! When you're passing her, then you must already have sped up to the max. Speeding up next to the person you try to pass is n00bish. Passing someone without space to jump is n00bish. Giving your credit card away is uber n00bish.

But most n00bish is that you do all those stupid things, and come online to complain about others!!!!!!!
I really hope I'll meet you on the road one day! I need 4 new laptops

[Robert]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
Car was fixed a while ago. As per your suggestion I have reported the woman's scam in its entirety to the police. An investigation is ongoing. Mastercard says I am only liable for $50 of the $350.

Thanks for your help, now she has paid for her intentional scam scheme.

So, what did the police say in it's entirely?
Did you tell them the same story you told us? Or did you pimp it up a little bit?

[Provost Harrison]

I agree, the distance kept is critical whereas the speed is not (depending on the road of course - the 70mph limit we have on motorways is truly pathetic, and mostly ignored).

[Richelieu]

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