Be careful when bicycling

[DoubleJ]

STRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE!!

[barres]

STRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE!!

Man! That is uncalled for! Have some respect for the dead and the (probably) seriously injured by this bonehead's stupidity. American citizen or not, if he was drunk, Campos needs to have the book thrown at him, hard.

[Kalrog]

STRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE!!

Man! That is uncalled for! Have some respect for the dead and the (probably) seriously injured by this bonehead's stupidity. American citizen or not, if he was drunk, Campos needs to have the book thrown at him, hard.

I don't think that was uncalled for. Dark humor is one way to deal with amazingly horrific events like this.

[DoubleJ]

I don't think that was uncalled for. Dark humor is one way to deal with amazingly horrific events like this.

some people have never worked in an O.R., or an E.R. for that matter. read some LawDog Files, he'da loved that.

and come on, they looked like bowling pins.

[Tactical_Texan_CHL]

DoubleJ, I've worked in the ER since 1997! I appreciated the "strike" comment for what it was. It's very true, that dark humor is how we deal with thing in the ER. Now that I don't work in the ER every day anymore, I miss it really bad. I don't know the laws in Mexico, but I hope they put him UNDER the jail. Drunk driving really gets to me. I've seen too many tragedies come from drunk driving.

[lunchbox]

where did the saying through the book at them come frome anyway did somone in court chunk a book at the accused or what

[yerasimos]

This tragedy is another example of the dangers of modern roads. I do not have a grand, master plan to fix these problems, nor do I believe anyone else can do much better.

I believe one ought to be free to walk, ride or drive whatever they choose. That said, bicycles moving slower than and so close to motorized traffic are sitting ducks for any tired or intoxicated fool operating a motor vehicle. I choose to avoid motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles for this reason; in a collision, you always lose, sometimes terminally. There is just too much that can go wrong, and too little margin for error. When you are on foot facing oncoming traffic, you have a better chance to see trouble coming toward you and adjust as necessary.

[KBCraig]

Horrific accident. If you can call drunk driving an "accident", that is.

I wonder if the Mexican message boards were lit up with questions about the driver's immigration status, what with him being an American citizen and all. Seems to be the automatic assumption on the part of some on this side of the border that if someone is involved in an accident, the at-fault driver is probably an intoxicated illegal immigrant with no license or insurance.

I both inwardly cringed and outwardly grinned at the bowling reference. I understand the dark humor; it's a job requirement.

[lunchbox]

Horrific accident. If you can call drunk driving an "accident", that is.

I wonder if the Mexican message boards were lit up with questions about the driver's immigration status, what with him being an American citizen and all. Seems to be the automatic assumption on the part of some on this side of the border that if someone is involved in an accident, the at-fault driver is probably an intoxicated illegal immigrant with no license or insurance.

I both inwardly cringed and outwardly grinned at the bowling reference. I understand the dark humor; it's a job requirement.

[tarkus]

If he's not Mexican, maybe Juan Campos will get the same penalty as the justice system in America typically imposes on drunk driving visitors from south of the border.

[Xander]

If he's not Mexican, maybe Juan Campos will get the same penalty as the justice system in America typically imposes on drunk driving visitors from south of the border.

He isn't. He's an American according to the story I read.

where did the saying through the book at them come frome anyway did somone in court chunk a book at the accused or what

I'm not 100% certain of the etymology, and a quick look at Merriam-Webster only revealed that it didn't have an entry for this phrase that might shed some light, but the general idea is that judge find in a complete "book" of applicable laws and codes every possible violation that an offender has committed in order to aggregate the maximum possible sentence and then to impose that sentence.

[Mike1951]

where did the saying through the book at them come frome anyway did somone in court chunk a book at the accused or what

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_boar ... s/365.html

Re: Throw the book at 'em
Posted by masakim on February 25, 2003

In Reply to: (Correcting omission) posted by R. Berg on February 25, 2003

: : : Anyone know the origin of the idiom or phrase "Throw the book at em." I realize it means prosecute someone to the fullest extent of the law, a law enforcement term, but does anyone really know where it came from and when it first began being used?

: : Dictionary of American Slang, 1960 ed., says:

: : 1 To sentence a guilty person to the maximum term of imprisonment. Orig. underworld use. From the image of a judge sentencing a criminal to every penalty found in books of law. --> 2 To penalize, punish, reprimand, or criticize a person severely. Fairly common since c1950.

: : No time of origin is given for the first meaning.

: (I left out the "2" when first posting.)

Throw the book at someone, To. To charge them with a particular offence; to inflict a severe punishment on them. The 'book' is an imaginary book of rules or of offences and their prescribed penalties. The expression dates from the 1930s and is of American origin.
From _Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable_ (2000) by Adrian Room
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The judge throws the book at him when he finally goes to bat. (Damon Runyon, _Collier's_, December 23, 1933)

Re: Throw the book at 'em ~Riot Act? Robert 02/26/03 (2)

[lunchbox]

i was hoping some judge just chunked a book at some crook