Alert Reader MR sent the following pic of a driver ending up – somehow – where he definitely didn’t belong…
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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No link to the story? That’s just plain teasing. LOL
Would love to hear how the driver explained that one to his/her spouse… and the insurance company.
Sorry ML, I was just looking at some silly accident photos (Yes I have way too much time on my hands) and found this pic with no link back. Sent it to Joel because of that rental truck stuck under bridge story. After looking at the pic I somehow think the driver may have had a lot of explaining to do.
Indeed, but I’d really like to hear that explanation. LOL
My first husband had an old Buick two door when we were first married. One day I was driving it down a major street in town, went to turn left at an intersection, and was horrified to see the right front tire go rolling on down the street… I had no idea how it came off, and was certainly not responsible for it, but the city cop was not amused… and not interested much in my husband’s red faced explanation later.
I never could get the lug nuts loose on any car we owned after that… thank goodness that flat tires were a rare occurance. 🙂
Did a search on that and found the picture all over the place, but nary an explanation. The only way I can figure is that he was stopped at the crossing, got impatient tried to turn around, and had to back up to complete the turn and…
…just plain got stupid.
That would do it, but he must have been in a tearing hurry then. You’d think he’d stop when the rear glass broke… but yeah, do stupid stuff – win stupid prizes. 🙂
That’s a simpler explanation than the one I came up with, that the driver tried to cross the tracks and the train knocked the car into the pike. But yeah, it would require someone in an absurd hurry.