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Around this time of year I post this poem, in the hope it stop's someone from driving home drunk. Instead of buying that last drink use the money for a taxi home.
I went to a party, And remembered what you said. You told me not to drink, Mum So I had a sprite instead.
I felt proud of myself, The way you said I would, That I didn't drink and drive, though some friends said I should.
I made a healthy choice, and your advice to me was right as the party finally ended, and the kids drove out of sight.
I got into my car, sure to get home in one piece, I never knew what was coming, Mum something I expected least.
Now I'm lying on the pavement, And I hear the policeman say, "The kid that caused this wreck was drunk",Mum, His voice seems far away.
My own blood all around me, as I try hard not to cry. I can hear the paramedic say, "This girl is going to die."
I'm sure the guy had no idea, while he was flying high, because he chose to drink and drive, now I would have to die.
So why do people do it, Mum Knowing that it ruins lives? And now the pain is cutting me, like a hundred stabbing knives.
Tell sister not to be afraid, Mum tell daddy to be brave, and when I go to heaven, put "Daddy's Girl" on my grave.
Someone should have taught him, that it's wrong to drink and drive. Maybe if his parents had.
I'd still be alive. My breath is getting shorter, Mum I'm getting really scared. These are my final moments, and I'm so unprepared.
I wish that you could hold me Mum, as I lie here and die. I wish that I could say I love you,Mum So I love you and good-bye.
In memory of all who have been punished by drunk drivers.
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Thats really good.
stopped a gy last week at the local, too far gone to know better or too dumb! lets hope the cops pull over all the 'lads' this xmas
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Is this a pisstake? It reminds me of Tell Laura I Love Her - that great 60s rock and roll classic about the guy that wants to buy a wedding ring but has no money so he enters a race and crashes and on his deathbed says "tell Laura I love her".
Sickly mush.
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It is a bit sugary, but the message at the heart of it is good. Possibly it could be better expressed as
"Oi! Don't be a bloody knob, leave the motor at home or you'll kill somebody!" or something! ;D Actually, joking aside, I reckon what's needed is a hard hitting government capaign about that sort of thing, I've seen the one set in a pub that comes close, but a right hard hitting ad where you see some girl getting ran over, then her lying in a pool of her own blood with the ambulance crew and police round her, with the voiceover telling you that some b*stard who was driving drunk did it and that she'll be dead within the hour would hit home quite well, I'm imagining it being properly graphic and distressing, I think it'd work pretty well.
One other thing I take issue with in the poem, one of the first things we were taught in traning at St Andrews Ambulance was that you should never let the casualty know that their condition is critical, really he/she shoudln't be piping up "this girl is going to die" so close to her if she's showing signs of consciousness, I've found myself telling casualites who were in a quite critical state that they were going to be fine on many an occasion, that's just what you do, otherwise you end up with a casualty who is not only in a critical condition, but hysterical, which makes matter much worse than they already are. Sorry I'm being so pedantic, just something that occurred to me about the medic's 'bedside manner'.
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Yeah, the sentiment is fine. Although I don't think this type of poem will hit home with the average drink-driver, if it stops just one person drinking & driving, and killing another, then great.
A good mate of mine was killed when a pi55ed truck driver drove straight over his E30 325i, and another mate who was riding shotgun committed suicide a couple of months later, because he just couldn't deal with what he'd seen (being stuck in the car for an hour while the fire crew cut him out). Puts things in perspective....
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My fleet: Suzuki GSX-R600Y SRAD with bald, melted tyres A borrowed Mondeo
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TBH i don't think anything will stop drunk drivers or any of the dicks in our society, is my thoughts. sad but true. although riding a motor bike after 2 pints put me off plenty! maybe that should be a test or punishement
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Sadly, I too feel that this is true Your all ok 'round me though. I don't drink at all! Driving or otherwise.
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Your all ok 'round me though. I don't drink at all! Driving or otherwise. Same here,.. I believe there are a couple of other non-drinking types floating around as well,.. which kind of suprised me in the hairy chested world of modified cars.
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Memorably vomit-inducing poem that IMO, so much so, that it might ---just--- come back into someone's head as they're picking up their keys after last orders!
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT!
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i don't drink either. doesnt stop me driving like I'm drunk though
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Nick
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i don't drink either.
more worried about my younger brother (18) who doesnt drive getting into the car with one of his driving mates over the holiday period whilst they aredrunk...one of his friends is already in prison for killing his gf in a car crash...
anythin to stop people driving whilst drunk is a good think no matter how cheesy the poem may be.
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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Your all ok 'round me though. I don't drink at all! Driving or otherwise. Same here,.. I believe there are a couple of other non-drinking types floating around as well,.. which kind of suprised me in the hairy chested world of modified cars. i don't drink, but do still have a hairy chest. ;D
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My word, I didn't realise there were so many non-drinkers in this day and age.
I have found my home :-)
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Same here,.. I believe there are a couple of other non-drinking types floating around as well,.. which kind of suprised me in the hairy chested world of modified cars. i don't drink, but do still have a hairy chest. ;D Me neither ;D So any friends of Dr Bob then ?
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Last Edit: Dec 3, 2005 21:19:18 GMT by CR500Dom
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Dr Bob?
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Dr Bob? Obviously not then
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Huh?
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Well I do drink a bit (well I could hardly be a commie working-class scotsman without drinking something could I? ;D ), but only responsibly, if I'm driving that night or the next day, or working the next morning, then absolutely no drink, it's just plain stupid. And even then I'm not one for getting absolutely hammered until you have no control over yourself, so that you do something silly and either wake up in a police station cell, in a bed next to someone you really wish you hadn't been next to, or having done something else silly and having no memory of it. Just not dignified or responsible, and never worth it in my opinion, so if I have a drink I try not to have too much.
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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i don't see the point of paying for something that makes you do stuff you don't want to do, makes you feel crappy the next morning and makes you wonder what it was you did last night and who oyu need to apologise to
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i don't see the point of paying for something that makes you do stuff you don't want to do, makes you feel crappy the next morning and makes you wonder what it was you did last night and who you need to apologise to Well said - sums up exactly how I feel about it. I'm not entirely teetotal, but I don't get drunk just for the hell of it. I'll drink if there's a reason to (wedding / funeral / new year etc) & have the occasional beer with friends but otherwise I'm not interested in alcohol. I certainly don't touch a drop if I'm going to be driving, simply because that's the best place to draw the line.
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