Comments on: West Coast choppers

By: Salil

Salil — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:11:16 +0000

Manish, you're on a roll with the puns today.

I'm envisioning the car-thieves "keyring." That's gotta be gross as hell. I mean, rabbit's foot, sure...but fingers? No matter what you drive, your date isn't going to be impressed.

By: Maitri

Maitri — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:37:19 +0000

So, I take it these brainiacs have some way of preserving his finger in full vital form, free of decomposition forever and ever, until authorities do them part.

"Hey, pull the finger out of the formaldehyde, la, I want to go for a ride."

Poor guy.

By: Saheli

Saheli — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:12:10 +0000

Ow, ow, ow. Poor poor man. That’s not quite as bad as losing an eye, but I think the index finger is your most experienced tactile sensor. That’s a lot of tactile experience he’s going to miss out on. I hope he’s at least right handed. Yeah, in general I’m not down with these biological-based locks and keys.

By: A N N A

A N N A — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:43:59 +0000

gawd, deepa…that’s even MORE horrific…

By: deepa

deepa — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:41:14 +0000

This is pure Malaysian-style thuggery. It reminds me of the apocryphal stories that my aunts and uncles would tell about childnappers. Apparently, the kidnappers would offer the child a freshly-cooked whole fish and watch to see what portion the child selected for himself. If it was the fish eye (considered a delicacy), they knew that he was from a rich family, and they would ransom him. If he didn't, they knew he wasn't, and would just kill him.

I'm assuming the children kidnapped were Malaysian Chinese, b/c I couldn't see this "test" flying with, for example, someone who was vegetarian!

-D

By: Amit

Amit — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:05:12 +0000

Am I glad I drive a rusty 1992 Subaru. Shameful act.

By: A N N A

A N N A — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:57:48 +0000

horrific.