Headlights and speed traps
 

This was common in the Northeast when I was younger. No idea if it is still done today because I do very little highway driving in Texas.

I did have an interesting (to me) encounter with a cop car the other day tho when I decided to pass a very slow moving truck (going about 10-15 mph) on a kind of busy city street in an area where dashed yellow lines were painted on the street. I thought it was a questionably legal maneuver when I did it, but was surprised when I got to the side of the truck to see slow moving traffic on the other side being passed by a police car on my (rightful) side of the road. We both made it past our respective crawlers and he never turned around to stop me, so it worked out ok.

The Cat Slippery Slope
 

You'll have to replace "poker tips" with "head" in that sentence if you're talking about Penske's momma.

And the answer would be, "That bitch is always crazy."

TM

Headlights and speed traps
 

totally universal. This is something that truckers do for other truckers nationwide from what I've seen - and I've driven coast to coast a number of times. But will extend the courtesy to other drivers because I think they hate highway cops.

I've also had guys on Harleys give me the slow down signal (palm facing down to the road) while driving on back roads. I think a lot of it has to do with type of car you're driving too. More common to get the courtesy in a sports car than a Geo Metro.

Headlights and speed traps
 

It's a gang ritual. If you flash back they will kill you.

Isn't that ironic?

Headlights and speed traps
 

People still do it around here. Someone flashed us recently and we were very surprised to see a policeman around the next bend.

In Florida, it started to die out because flasing headlights was some signal for gang members, or something.

Ah, the sunshine state . . .

Headlights and speed traps
 

That is, I believe, a pretty well documented urban legend.

But I'm too lazy to go to snopes for the confirmation.

aV

Transexuals
 

Wrong. Reread. She has one cat and is less nutty than you.

TM

Headlights and speed traps
 

You sir, are correct!

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightout.htm

Transexuals
 

And all this time I thought the old Village Voice personal ad written by a "lesbian woman trapped in a man's body" (while confusingly claiming not to be transsexual) was a scam for some guy to try to nail lesbians.

I went to law school with a transgendered woman. Up to then I'd led a very sheltered life so it made me a little uncomfortable at the beginning of my 1L year to share the bathroom (silly, I know as there were separate stalls) with her. Eventually, I stopped thinking of her as someone who used to be a man. In part it was helped by the effect of the hormones that got rid of the 5 o'clock shadow she used to get by Con Law class.

The more interesting story is that my Dad knows a transgendered woman. He is a licensed firearms dealer and goes to gun shows where most of the attendees and dealers are pretty macho NRA types. He became friends with another dealer who used to be a sniper in the Canadian military. A few months ago Dad's friend showed up with long blond hair, makeup and women's clothes and announced his upcoming surgery and new name. (He went to Europe for his surgery -- do they require a shorter period of living as the other gender before having the operation?) For a conservative old fart, Dad is remarkably blase about it as are, apparently, the rest of the dealers he knows. A cautionary note: if you're a guy and think you really should be a woman, don't get large macho tattoos on your arms. It really spoils the look after you make the change.

Headlights and speed traps
 

Like a death row pardon two minutes too late.

Transgendered (and more catsup)
 

Have you tried topical application of semen?

Transexuals
 

You remind me a lot of boys in gradeschool who would tease girls that they liked. :kisscheek

Headlights and speed traps
 

I've certainly seen people do this in various places around the country, so it's not regional. I don't know if people do it very much anymore, 'cause I don't drive that much.

Headlights and speed traps
 

Up until four days ago, I thought the line was "like a death row hard-on two minutes too late".

Which would actually be pretty ironic.

Laminated list
 

I see what you mean. I've met a decent number of men who are litigators and also military (or ex-military) and this can be a hot combination. They tend to be modest and hard-working but fit, worldly and decidedly masculine.