Speeding driver tells cop he has to get home for an eBay bid

The guy was clocked going 110 mph. "He didn't say what he was bidding on but the trooper said his car was filled with Star Wars stuff," says a cop. (Seattle Times)

Comments

[G-Man]

I don't think this guy will last one minute in jail. They'll have him screaming like a Wookie.

[elchampino]

That's what you get for trying to make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.

In other news, I'm going to need to take an extended hiatus from OS&RR (new job). It's been fun, and I hope to be back. Cheers.

[lynn]

good luck elchamp!!!

[sometimesilie]

I think this might be the rare story where nothing we say on here can top the story. Holy Cow, that was good.

I also read lynn's comment first and took it to mean that it was elchampino in the car and she was wishing him luck on his star wars bidding. LOL.

Good luck elchampino!

[MONKEY JERK]

i am sure the cop let him off

[Navy Chief]

We await your return elchamp.

Great, another Washington story. I think we're in the running RMM and Merc. What do you think?

[RockyMtnMac]

LMAO @ G-Man...
I dunno Navy Chief, you may be 4th- been seeing a lot of PA lately!

[Sheila]

Washington needs to come up with something a little more bizarre to be in the running.

[mianne]

The force is NOT with him.

[USMerc]

Good luck, and hurry back Elchamp! We'll miss you!

Washington may place or show, but my money's still on Wisconsin for the win!! (Although, Florida IS the returning champion, Cheeseheads are getting wierder and wierder...)

But, back to the story.... "Bidding you are not, home in less time you would be if lighter on the pedal you are."

[troschne]

elchamp--good luck--we'll miss you--hope you come back soon!!

Even though I'm not willing to break the law to win an Ebay auction (especially not for anything Star Wars), I did stay up until 4:00 AM on a Saturday night/Sunday morning to win one. I guess it all depends on how bad you want something.

[Phranqlin]

Best of luck with the new job, elchamp!

"All his life he has looked away -- to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was! What he was doing! Ebay auctions! Action figures! A Jedi craves not these things!"

[Caffeinated Katie]

Obviously if he has a car full of Star Wars crap he's definitely not speeding home to any kind of woman.

[Caffeinated Katie]

troschne, you need to check out auctionsniper.com. It hasn't lost me an auction yet and you can program it and not have to try to remember to bid because it does it for you.

[troschne]

Thanks, CK--I will definitely check that out. I was hating life all of the next day. I never stay up that late, and I had a fundraiser brunch to go to at noon that day, and then my friends and I went on a pub crawl, so they pretty much just threw my carcas on my front long by the time the day was over. I guess I'm glad I didn't wind up at a pet store!

[lynn]

no katie, unless she is in the princess leia cimannon bun hairdo and sporting a light saber.

[LimeGreenLizard]

Best of luck to you Champ! Don't work too hard!

You guys and your Yoda-speak! LMFAO!

[Caffeinated Katie]

Lynn, I meant a real woman, not that poster he has up in his mom's basement above the stack of spare towels.

[tiacheryl]

I used to date a guy who subsequently moved to Washington State, and he was just the type to collect Star Wars memorabilia (although he was more into D & D). I clicked on the link with some trepidation, but thank God it wasn't him.

[lynn]

LOL@ katie...lots and lots of spare towels....:)

[Caffeinated Katie]

Oh, and I forgot about the gallon bottle of hand lotion.

[twerp]

ebay mobile, dude....

[lynn]

LMAO @ katie.

[Zoot]

May the force be with you elchamp!

[David]

He could have saved all this trouble if he had just took his laptop to a wi-fi coffeeshop. There's what, 1 every 15 feet around where he was pulled over?