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    What a concept

    Sorry pal---we gave your car away to someone who needs it

    RIGA, March 9 (Reuters) - Latvia began seizing cars from heavily drunk drivers this year, and as hundreds of vehicles began overfilling impound lots, decided to send them to Ukrainian military and hospitals.
    I would think the realization of their humanitarian gesture will sooth their hangovers

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    It's the kind of program I can support...I suggest supplementing it by sending the drivers to Russian army recruitment camps...I hear they're getting short on prison volunteers......Ben
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    It's the kind of program I can support...I suggest supplementing it by sending the drivers to Russian army recruitment camps...I hear they're getting short on prison volunteers......Ben
    On the up side it sure as hell has reduced their overcrowding problem in the gulags
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    "Two hundred cars were taken from drivers found with blood alcohol levels over 0.15%..."
    - Reuters

    That's nowhere near "tipsy" - it's downright drunk. If it works I'm all for it.

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead

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