How hammered..

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Do you have to be before this starts seeming like a good idea?

A man drove a > Rolls-Royce > through the window of a Tesco supermarket yesterday after staff at the store refused to sell him alcohol.

Six woman were injured as the glass windows shattered and shelves came crashing down. Two check-out counters were demolished.

Witnesses said that the man had come into the store in Andover, Hampshire, at around 4.30pm to buy alcohol but had been turned away because he was already drunk.

Minutes later, he drove at the store front in his luxury silver saloon. Although he failed to break through on his first attempt, he reversed, revved and came back for a second try.

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Somewhat.

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Anyone that would subject a car as valuable as a Rolls probably has nothing to lose. Yeah, he must’ve been smashed. :smiley:

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It looks like it could be an older model Rolls, maybe the repair charges were adding up and this was a way to dispose of the vehicle. I noticed they interviewed a Ford for the article, how crass.

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Dude, like, totally! :swear:

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Quite a bit.

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At least the car wasn’t stolen.

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What I learned today: that “saloon” is British for sedan.

Out here in Amerikay a “saloon” is the place we all go to fist-fight during poker games before the showdown at high noon.

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A Ball Peen’s worth!

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Actually, given some road rage cases I have read about, saloon fits quite well. :laughing:

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I shared this very tidbit at band practice yesterday, and let me tell you, eyebrows were raised. Yes, sir.

Then again, upon learning that day of our (rather youngish, IMO) singer’s latest new grandchild, I had to explain what a stoat was, too. :laughing:

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Sedan/saloon isn’t the only one. A station wagon is an estate car.

Somehow the words “station wagon” and “estate” didn’t go together for me. But then I realised that housing projects are also called council estates…