The Squid King
Spineless Tyrant
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- Jan 6, 2002
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I went back to my hometown last night. It is only 60 miles north.
I went because a friend of mine was in a car accident.
He was out drinking with two more of my friends, when he vomited in one of their cars because he drank so much. Instead of giving him a shower, some ratty clothes, and a place to sleep it off. They instead, drove him to his car and suggested that he go home, take a shower, and catch up with them later. He never made it. He went off the road at about 50 mph. Hit a sign, a mailbox, and a telephone pole before his car came to rest on a tree. His rear driver's side door was pushed all the way in to the passenger's side when it hit the telephone pole, this caused his door to fly open and he was ejected from the vehicle.
He nearly died from blood loss, but he is O.K. He has some lacerations on his head and he tore his spleen, but it looks like the only permanent damage will be the scars on his head.
This all leads me back to my original question.
If I don't know where I'm coming from, where would I go?
I've always trusted my friends to look out for me, as well as each other. We've always let each other drive when we've been drinking, but there was always a cut-off point. My friend very obviously past the cut-off point when he was throwing up, but the let him go anyway, it was their idea. He nearly died, one inch to the right or left and I would be standing over another friends gravestone. Life is too short as it is.
I went because a friend of mine was in a car accident.
He was out drinking with two more of my friends, when he vomited in one of their cars because he drank so much. Instead of giving him a shower, some ratty clothes, and a place to sleep it off. They instead, drove him to his car and suggested that he go home, take a shower, and catch up with them later. He never made it. He went off the road at about 50 mph. Hit a sign, a mailbox, and a telephone pole before his car came to rest on a tree. His rear driver's side door was pushed all the way in to the passenger's side when it hit the telephone pole, this caused his door to fly open and he was ejected from the vehicle.
He nearly died from blood loss, but he is O.K. He has some lacerations on his head and he tore his spleen, but it looks like the only permanent damage will be the scars on his head.
This all leads me back to my original question.
If I don't know where I'm coming from, where would I go?
I've always trusted my friends to look out for me, as well as each other. We've always let each other drive when we've been drinking, but there was always a cut-off point. My friend very obviously past the cut-off point when he was throwing up, but the let him go anyway, it was their idea. He nearly died, one inch to the right or left and I would be standing over another friends gravestone. Life is too short as it is.
