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>>>>Well, I got lucky. My old VW Golf was broken into (the small trianglular window was broken) and my stereo stolen. But I had the last laugh. The stereo was crap and didn't work worth a damn.
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>>> (the small trianglular window was broken) - we call that the quarterlight.
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>>Thanks. I didn't know it had an official name. Kind of like the 2 little lines under one's nose ...
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>They're called COCAINE!
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An American sports magazine just had a short piece, prompted by the upcoming World Cup I suppose, about soccer shenanigans. (They unaccountably left out the famous photo of Vinnie Jones seizing an opponent's manhood in a vise grip). One of them was a guy -- sorry, I don't remember the name of the player or the club -- who had been arrested for cocaine possession. After scoring a goal he taunted the home fans by pretending to snort a line off the goal line. He got fined some huge amount of money.

Also on the subject of soccer -- sorry, football -- I heard on the radio that an English fan took out an insurance policy for 100 million pounds in case England is eliminated early in the World Cup again. The insurance company actually issued the policy, with the stipulation that medical proof of pain, suffering, mental anguish, etc. will be required. This is the little reminder we all needed that the word "fan" is derived from "fanatic."