# Snakes out or Ireland was easy -- how about driving the \*ssholes out of Chelsea? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 20, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645 "2001-03-20T00:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/1 "2001-03-20T00:35:51Z")
Stupid fucking holiday. I’m led to understand that in actual, real, Irish Ireland, St. Patrick’s day is a pretty normal holiday. But not in New York City! Noooooooo. In New York (and elsewhere in the States), St. Patrick’s day is an excuse for every asshole of every ethnicity and religion to go drink. And the fucking amateurs don’t even know how! And since there are about 5 Million cops in midtown for the parade, where do you think the amateurs go to get good and tanked? My neighborhood and Chelsea. Fucking assholes. I got hit by a damn drunk driver this weekend. Not once. _Twice_! So now I’m hobbling around, my side hurts like I got hit by a Clemens fastball, my knee won’t scab up and I’m bleeding like a stuck pig all day, I have to get my wrist X-rayed, I’m typing one-handed (for all the wrong reasons), I owe email to friends but don’t have the time or ability to write them and life just generally is not a happy thing this week. We won’t even discuss the compliance report that won’t get done by Thursday unless my secretary gets over her flu because I can’t type the thing up. Listen carefully, amateurs – go drink somewhere else. And keep your damn cars there. Where is the pied piper or St. Patrick or the Orkin man or whoever can rid my town of these accursed people? ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/2 "2001-03-20T00:47:22Z")
God, manhattan, that’s terrible! I’m glad you are alright enough to be mad 😉 . I know where you’re coming from about the drunks. I live near the beach and every spring break and Memorial Day the fools come in beer-saturated droves. They park where they want, throw their trash all over the beach and have car wrecks. Woo, what fun. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/3 "2001-03-20T00:52:35Z")
You got hit twice? Were you walking or driving? You got my sympathies. That’s terrible. It’s also why I moved out of NYC to raise a family. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/4 "2001-03-20T00:54:05Z")
{{{{{{{{{{{{{manny}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Sorry to hear about your problems. You’d think there’d be cops all over the city to deal with this. Hope ya feel better soon 🙂 Robin ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/5 "2001-03-20T00:55:04Z")
Jesus, TWO drunk drivers? And I was pissed because I couldn’t get a cab on St. Paddy’s. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/6 "2001-03-20T00:55:53Z")
Is there a saint in charge of the eradictaion of assholes? I’m glad you’re okay. Well, not okay. But alive. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/7 "2001-03-20T02:47:40Z")
Oh my God, manny, baby! I’m so glad you’re OK, sorta. Anything I can do for you? I mean, I’m in Virginia at the moment, but I’d be glad to virtually run to the store for you, or give you a sponge bath, or whatever. Just let me know, k? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/8 "2001-03-20T03:09:29Z")
Just thinking. Wit Manny incapacitated this might be a great time to head over to GQ and ask what does “All your base are belong to us” mean. I think that would be a great idea for a thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/9 "2001-03-20T03:28:15Z")
ACK! Manny, I’m so sorry!!! _hugs_ I hope you feel better soon. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/10 "2001-03-20T03:31:08Z")
((((((manhattan)))))) Whoa dude! My sympathies! Tripler ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/11 "2001-03-20T03:32:04Z")
Ooohh… **Scylla**. You are a bad, bad man. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/12 "2001-03-20T09:28:03Z")
Ouch. Sorry 'bout yer troubles, me boy-o. 😉 Try coming to Philadelphia sometime for the New Year’s Day Mummers’ Parade - I call it “South Philly Pride Day,” where Irishmen and Italians alike can dress in drag, parade around like Alban from “La Cage Aux Folles” in glitter, maribu and lame, and piss in alleyways. Woo hoo! I am also reminded of Bill Maher’s comment on “Politically Incorrect” that in every city that tries to do Mardi Gras they end up with fires and rapes and riots and the like - except New Orleans, where they just know how to do it right. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/13 "2001-03-20T11:05:59Z")
Sympathies, manny. Oddly enough, similar things happened at the Amsterdope. Amongst much else, **TwistofFate** was completely felled by a curb that came out of nowhere, **Hirernicus** found himself in all sorts of trouble that only the police could resolve and I fell off the underside of a table. Coincidentally, none of these events were our fault either. Drunk driving is very, very bad but just think how much worse it might have been had you been drinking and not had your wits about you 😉 Hope you recover soon. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/14 "2001-03-20T11:08:19Z")
Yikes :eek: What a pain. I agree with you 100%. Over here in Ireland while the day isn’t as cheesey as other places it is still cantered around drink. We too have our share of amateurs when it comes to the fine art of getting rat arsed so I empathise completely. Driving while drunk is moronic and I’m glad that you came out of it so lightly. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/15 "2001-03-20T13:17:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > **I got hit by a damn drunk driver this weekend. Not once. _Twice_** Was it the same guy both times? Had it in for you, eh? Seriously, I hope you heal up soon. Want me to schlep some home-made chicken soup over from Brooklyn? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/16 "2001-03-20T13:39:01Z")
Can I get the concessions contract for the next time some one starts a “draconian drunk driving laws” thread??? Glad you’ve got at least one good hand… feel better soon. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/17 "2001-03-20T16:50:00Z")
Ouch. And I thought _my_ weekend was bad - the wife and I ate some bad hotdogs while watching the parade, and spent the rest of the day alternating between the bed and the bathroom, getting drunk on Pepto-Bismol. I just don’t get it. What kind of person goes out with the intention to drink, and brings his car? In _New York City?_ Dammit, Manny, I hoe you feel better soon. I wouldn’t presume to hug you, but how about a virtual squeeze on your shoulder? \_\_ //Manhattan ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/18 "2001-03-20T17:24:52Z")
Hit be TWO drunk drivers, huh? _Slips Manny her card._ That’ll teach you to be on the sidewalk on St. Pat’s. 😉 Hope you heal up soon. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/19 "2001-03-20T23:24:27Z")
Thanks for the kind words, all. I feel a lot better today - my wrist is still a little stiff and swollen, but not enough to justify an X-ray, and my side doesn’t hurt so much. In a real sense, of course, I was pretty lucky. One doesn’t often get hit by two cars on the same day and not get seriously hurt. In this case, one was just turning the corner against the sign and hadn’t built up a lot of speed yet, and the other one backed into me. (I got hit by his spare tire – go figure, an accident involving an SUV in which the target was less hurt because of how the things are configured.) So nothing serious. But I have a brutal cold too. And as all women know, when a man gets sick he becomes nothing more than a huge pile of self-indulgent whine. I consider myself somewhat fortunate that I actually had something half-legitimate to whine about. Otherwise I would have opened a Pit thread about my poor performance in the office NCAA pool or something. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-out-or-ireland-was-easy-how-about-driving-the-ssholes-out-of-chelsea/58645/20 "2001-03-21T00:11:17Z")
Yikes, I was worried when I read the OP, but glad to hear that you are doing better. I hope you’re 100% recovered soon! (I’m also very glad that I did all my drinking in Murray Hill last Saturday, and besides, I’m a _professional_.)