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					Originally Posted by Jim McDougall  LOL! Thank you Philip!!! Actually yes, I was, and lost in the hubris of 'the charge' as I barreled down the 405 Freeway!!!   The CHP officer who completely foiled my 'charge' was baffled, but lightly amused by my situation as I explained.    
This one was up there with my unfortunate and Drambuie laden and inadvertent combat between a tulwar and ceiling fan, very Don Quixote!   | 
	
 Did you recite part of Tennyson's poem about that Crimean encounter?  If the officer had any appreciation of literature he would have had to let you go scot-free.
I once killed an oscillating room fan with a stroke from a Qing military saber after watching one too many martial arts films.  Fan was on, the blade clove through the wire guard and shattered the plastic fan propeller.