I was just talking to a friend who reminded me of something spectacular from my youth. I had completely forgotten about it. I'm not really proud of it, and I did not initiate it, but remembering it gave a good laugh.
Good laugh= vomiting laughter= scared you will die laugh so hard.
When I was young, my friend had a neighbor who was somewhat of an ass. Make that a big arse. This wasn't just a matter between a "get off my lawn" guy and some punk teenagers, it involved the entire neighborhood. One night, another of our friends (who had a deuce and a half military truck) came over.
The neighbor, had his driveway lined with nautical chains- big chains-like those on a ship. Each chain was about 80 feet long and lined each side of the road. The friend, hooked his deuce up to one of the chains and drove off.
What happened next was spectacular. Like the indian from "One flew over the cuckoos nest" groaning/ breaking loose the medical table from the ward and throwing it through the window- the deuce groaned, but broke the chain free. As he drove down the road late in the night, there was a string of sparks about 150 feet long behind us. As he took it up to about 30 mph, the sparks increased in intensity, lighting the night behind us. As we got to a corner, we turned (at full speed to keep momentum), but what we did NOT anticipate was that the chain whipped across the street, wrapped around/ pulled out some signpost or something and started dragging that with us as well. We drove around for some time, then, returned the chains to a nearby location so the neighbor could retrieve it. The next day, I remember a flat bed tow truck delivering the chains back to the neighbors house.
Looking back on this- I'm not entirely proud, however- don't mess with kids from the 80's
Edit- the chain still had a lot of meat on it and serviced as a driveway chain for many years into the future. The neighbor (also) quieted down after that. I also think all the property owners involved have passed on years ago. Now I think about it, about a week later, the chains were stabilized with ground stakes/ rebar placed every other link.
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