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Accidentally shot himself in the parking garage? Is that some sort of euphemism?
Posted by: wiredog | September 30, 2011 at 02:25 PM
I hate it when I injure my parking garage.
Posted by: markhh | September 30, 2011 at 02:53 PM
Just missed his rotunda.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | September 30, 2011 at 02:57 PM
Premature shooting???? How terrible. There are ways to prevent that.
Posted by: oldfatguy | September 30, 2011 at 02:57 PM
Better the garage than the ramp, I guess.
Posted by: Diva | September 30, 2011 at 03:01 PM
"Is that a gun in your pocket or.....oops!"
Posted by: Wolfsong | September 30, 2011 at 03:11 PM
They went to a parking garage on their first date? I bet it was no accident -- she probably shot him.
Posted by: ubetcha | September 30, 2011 at 04:26 PM
A bold gambit I've never seen tried before. Everyone knows if a guy gets shot on a date sympathy sex is mandatory, but shooting yourself is pretty risky.
Posted by: max | September 30, 2011 at 04:26 PM
I told the big baby he would be okay. I applied pressure to his parking garage but he is now half the man he used to be.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 30, 2011 at 04:33 PM
They had a first date at Ruth's Chris? He must really like her.
Also, I hate saying "Ruth's Chris"
Posted by: pokerplayer | September 30, 2011 at 04:35 PM
I thought that was you, cindy.
"Hold my beer and watch this!"
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 30, 2011 at 04:54 PM
What PP said. What is with that name anyway?
Posted by: pogo | September 30, 2011 at 05:02 PM
Ruth's Chris is a fancy steak house in Charlotte. I've never been there but I have seen it and it's a nice place to take a date. Most of my dates take me through the drive-thru at McDonald's.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 30, 2011 at 05:06 PM
There are Ruth's Chris locations all over, but I don't understand the name. I hear the steaks are excellent, but you will drop at least $100 for dinner for 2, and easily much more.
Posted by: pogo | September 30, 2011 at 05:10 PM
Pogo --
Depending on his insurance deductible, he probably dropped close to $100 on the ER visit alone.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | September 30, 2011 at 05:29 PM
I sense that Jack Bauer was involved.
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
Posted by: hogsatemysister | September 30, 2011 at 05:50 PM
From what I understand, Chris Steakhouse in NOLA was very popular. It was bought by Ruth Furtell. She kept the "Chris" to keep the clientele and tacked her ownership on.
Maybe the car shot him.
Posted by: Loudmouth | September 30, 2011 at 06:23 PM
cindy, there are Ruth's Chris steak houses all over - even one in downtown Brooklyn.
We've never eaten there. I'm waiting for a rich friend to pay.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 30, 2011 at 06:35 PM
It probably made an impression, if not a hole. That was either the first or last date. If she's kinky, it was the first.
Note: I once checked the clip and found it empty. Then I racked the slide twice to make sure there were no shells anyplace. I inserted the empty clip into the pistol and casually shot out my windshield.
Now I completely understand when experts advise to treat even an unloaded gun as if it were fully loaded.
I could have shot my parking garage.
Posted by: Steve | September 30, 2011 at 07:21 PM
it was probly a steakout
Posted by: sandy | September 30, 2011 at 07:23 PM
You may be right, hogs. The parking garage is adjacent to the thigh....
Posted by: Diva | September 30, 2011 at 07:27 PM
I'm thinking this is a new twist on the old "be right back" dodge just to get out of a bad date.
"Sure babe, I'm totally in you. Hang on a sec, my glock is calling..."
Posted by: random thunking | September 30, 2011 at 09:52 PM
My friend at work went to a Ruth's Chris steakhouse last month. Salads are extra, a baked potato was $8, and 3 spears of broccoli (Broccoli, Cubby?) was priced at $11!
I think I'll stick to the CostCo hotdog and soda that I had for dinner. $1.62, tax included.
Posted by: PirateBoy | October 01, 2011 at 12:47 AM
Mmmm. Costco dog. PB, around here the lobbyists congersmen and fatcat govmen either eat at Morton's or Ruth's because they can do it on our dime.
Posted by: Loudmouth | October 01, 2011 at 09:07 AM
If I paid $11 for 3 pieces of broccoli I would shoot myself in the parking garage too. The most expensive dinner I've had in a while was at a restaurant called Upstream in Charlotte. Fortunately the company I worked for paid for it. I had pecan crusted trout (one very small piece),asparagus (3 spears), chocolate cake and a small (butter ball size) scoop of white chocolate ice-cream. There were five of us and dinner was over $500.00. We all drank tea so no expensive drinks were on the bill. I ended up stopping at McDonald's on the way home because I was still hungry.
Posted by: nursecindy | October 01, 2011 at 09:29 AM
"...man's gun, which was in the car, somehow went off and shot the man,'
Somehow went off? Maybe it was a spontaneous peckerectomy.
He was showing off in hopes of getting off.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | October 01, 2011 at 09:48 AM
I was in Charlotte for a convention in June - went to Ruth's Chris. Someone else paid thank goodness. Probably walked right by the parking garage and didn't even notice. Lucky he didn't hit the stick shift.
Posted by: EyeGore | October 01, 2011 at 11:03 AM
It was a first date. Perhaps the poor guy (or his gun) was just nervous.
Posted by: The Minx | October 01, 2011 at 01:51 PM
NC Check this place out: The French Laundry in Napa, Ca. Often ranked as the best dining spot in the US. Prix fixe (I know, I know, hold the obvious joke, folks!) at $270 per person.
There is also a 6 month waiting list, and an $85 corkage fee for any wine you bring in yourself.
Me? I drove by this place, once, on the way out of town. I'm amazed I wasn't charged for the view!
Posted by: PirateBoy | October 01, 2011 at 06:11 PM
The Morton's and Ruth's Chris restaurants in town are most empty except when the legislature is meeting when you have to elbow the lobbyists out of the way to get in to personally bribe your legislator.
Posted by: Emmett Flatus | October 03, 2011 at 03:50 PM