Deputies were dispatched to the town of Sherman in upstate New York on Sunday night responding to complaints about the youths drinking and drag racing their horse and carriages on the road, said Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace.
When police arrived, the kids had two buggies staged on the road ready to drag race, and each was taking up a lane of traffic. "One of the buggies tried to shift out of the way when a patrol car came and ended up crashing into it," Gerace said. "These Amish kids were racing their buggies up and down the street,"
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How exactly do you drag race a buggy?
Quote from: son_of_montfort on March 20, 2012, 10:07:11 PM
How exactly do you drag race a buggy?
Easy, you need to wear beer goggles...everything is possible and make sense when you have them on.
Great story. In 60 years it will be the stuff of legend for them.
....that 1925 Ben Hur movie really adulterate the youth, we should have never allowed that it was shown in Stoltzfus'es barn last Easter ;)
and...
"The Faithful and the Furious" comes to mind ... RFOL
would like to see Ghostriders photoshop-art about that 'movie' 8)
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Everyone knows you never drink and drive. You might hit a bump and spill your drink...especially in a buggy.
Its OK if you have a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale, not much sloshes out when you go round corners, and when empty, its a nice projectile that can be thrown with quite a bit of accuracy.