Quote:SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sick and tired of souped-up cars with loud engines and pulsing music? Barry Manilow may be the answer.

Officials in one Sydney district have decided to pipe the American crooner's music over loudspeakers in an attempt to rid streets and car parks of hooligans whose anti-social cars and loud music annoy residents and drive customers from businesses.

Following a successful experiment where Bing Crosby music was used to drive teenage loiterers out of an Australian shopping center several years ago, Rockdale councilors believe Manilow is so uncool it might just work.

Councilor Bill Saravinovski said local authorities plan to install a loudspeaker and pipe in Manilow music, interspersed with classical pieces, over a car park favored by car "hoons," or hooligans.

"There are restaurants nearby and people can't park in the car park because they're intimidated by these hoons," Saravinovski told The Daily Telegraph newspaper Monday.

"Daggy music is one way to make the hoons leave an area because they can't stand the music," he said.

The Oxford Concise Australian Dictionary defines "daggy" as unfashionable, or lacking style, even eccentric or stupid.

Oscar The Grouch,Jun 5 2006, 12:57 PM Wrote:Okay time to get rid of people the MacGyver way.

First, we jury rig a push button tailgate release on a crappy old truck so that when the user in the truck pushes it, the tailgate goes down fast.

Second, we call up the MNR and see if they can help us trap 6-10 skunks.

Third, place some food in the truck bed and lead the skunks into the bed and close the tailgate.

Now here comes the fun.

When they've stopped doing burnouts and are admiring each other's car (walking around and checking their trunk audio),  you strike.  Drive up slow at first as to not get their attention, when close enough, put the hammer down, hit the tailgate button and do a half donut burnout.  This launches the skunks and their food right towards the crowd.  The skunks should survive this.

The Skunks will be so ennerved from:

1. Loud Music.
2. Being tossed.
3. Around so many freaky people.

This in turn will kick the skunks into defense overdrive and spray everything within 50 feet.

If you're lucky, some of the food and skunks will land in the cars themselves.  This in turn will make people think if they should chase after you, they will get sprayed more.

While this is occurring, drive away quickly.  Make sure that you are in disguise and there are no plates on the truck.  When outta sight of the other party, ditch the truck and run.
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Focus man, Focus.,Jun 5 2006, 06:20 PM Wrote:After reading this I feel like going to the Copacobana.  Any one up for a road trip?
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