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April 21, 2005
They shoot horses, don't they?
Life often imitates art, which often imitates life.
MIAMI (Reuters) - Fed up with his troublesome car, a Florida man fired five rounds from a semi-automatic pistol into the hood of the 1994 Chrysler LeBaron.
"I'm putting my car out of its misery," 64-year-old John McGivney said after the incident outside an apartment building in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, according to a police report that listed the car as "deceased."
McGivney surrendered to police, was jailed on a firearms charge on Friday and released on bond a day later. He told them the car had been giving him trouble for years.
"I think every guy in the universe has wanted to do it," the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Wednesday quoted McGivney as saying. "It was worth every damn minute in that jail."
Click the pic for more of Bill Mauldin's Willie and Joe. Enjoy!
Posted by LindaSoG at April 21, 2005 11:34 AM
Comments
In the early '60's I had an old Studebaker that used a quart of oil every 30 miles, had to park it on an incline to get a rolling start, after fighting this "car" for months I drove it to the local dump, parked in at the edge of the trash drop and walked home, never looked back and never missed the car either, I can sympathize when someone has had enough. Bill Mauldin is still the best.
Posted by: Jack at April 23, 2005 01:52 PM