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Location: Yucaipa, California | LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. A man with car trouble is in trouble after shooting five rounds into the hood of his Chrysler "to put my car out of its misery."
John McGivney, 64, shot his 1994 LeBaron with a .380-caliber semiautomatic, Broward County sheriff's deputies said.
When the property manager at his apartment complex asked what he was doing, McGivney said, "I'm putting my car out of its misery." He tucked his gun in a pocket and went back inside.
He was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor charge of discharging a firearm in public. He posted $100 bail Saturday.
McGivney said the car has been giving him trouble for years and had "outlived its usefulness." He called the shooting "dumb" and worries he will be evicted. But he doesn't regret it.
"I think every guy in the universe has wanted to do it," McGivney told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "It was worth every damn minute in that jail."
...anyone seen CWK2 lately???? :rolleyes: |
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Location: closely held secret | In the sand trap off the 4th green, hacking up his clubs with a machete.
"It's quieter than a .38", he was quoted as saying. "This is a golf course, after all."
Club officials decided not to press charges after reviewing his scorecards from the last year. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | None of this is true.
That sand trap is on the 5th hole
You don't hack up clubs with a machete, you throw them. And as a wise golfer once said, "Always throw them in the direction you are walking". You use the machete to cut the palmettos out of the way to retrieve your clubs when they fly out of the fairway and deep into the caca. |
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Location: Chapin SC | Floridiots! gotta love 'em! |
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Location: WV | Unfortunately in this "Politically Correct" society the poor guy will probably get evicted, fined and social services will come take his dog away :eek: Now I'm not advocating discharging a weapon in public in a frivolous and unsafe manner. But I at one time owned a LeBaron :( And all I can say is he should have used a bigger gun. Mine died a slow and agonizing death, draining my bank account little by little over the 2 years that I had the pleasure of owning this tribute to American obsolescence. Kudos to Mr. McGivney for having the courage to use the Dr. Kvorkian method. I have to run now-my refrigerator is making noises again. I wonder where I put my shotgun? :mad: |
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Location: Florida | HydraShok... bigger gun, aye. Make it a .45 next time.
On a lighter note, when my ol' bud Bob used to dive for balls at various local clubs, he was usually good for a #3 wood and some irons as well. |
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Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | He WAS evicted...
Ab in Ft. Lauderdale... |
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Location: SoCal | W-2 said "Always throw them in the direction you are walking"
Maybe that's why Callaway won't meet Wall Street's expectations.
C'mon Bill, you're hurting the company and economy - they ramped up production figuring you'd be a continued good customer. :D |
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Location: Cicero, NY | My brother in law played with a guy that, upon finishing a particularly challenging round and deciding on the spot to give the game up for good, proceeded to throw his entire bag into the pond just off the 18th and leave. The rest of the boys didn't know what to do so they went to the balcony to have a cold one and ponder the options. Twenty minutes later (apparently when he thought the others had left already and much to the delight of those who hadn't), Hothead was back wading in the pond. Apparently his car keys were still in the bag. He fished out the bag, took the keys, promptly re-deposited the bag back into the pond and went home.
He still refuses to talk to my brother in law. |
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| I wish my golf-playing brother-in-law would stop talikng to me. |
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Location: WV | Weaser that is PRICELESS!
I broke a 7 iron once and one time hit 17 consecutive balls into a lake. I'd have hit more but that was all I had and the guys I was playing with refused to give me any. Go figure. Now whenever I approach a water hazard before I hit I throw a ball into the water as a sacrifice to the Water Gods. |
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Location: WV | Originally posted by schroeder:
I wish my golf-playing brother-in-law would stop talikng to me. I don't reccomend it but after my divorce ALL my in-laws quit speaking to me. Now that I think about it they never had anyhting intelligent to say anyway.... |
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| "never had anyhting intelligent to say anyway...."
That's what I said .... golf-playing brother-in-law..
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Location: East Tennessee | Chevy Vega. The only car I had that I wanted to shoot.
Golfing in Florida, I usually hit where the gators are. I use cheap golf balls. |
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OT Floridians...again
