​​​​​​Because humor is funnier when you know it's true.

Down and out!​ (continued)

I started the van, with the break on put it in gear and wasted my breath as I begged one more time for him to listen to me.  He insisted I hit the gas.  When I did I watched him and the blanket in the large side view mirror as once again the blanket jet propelled between the tire and ice as my brother-in-law hit the ground faster than a speeding bullet.  Fortunately not much more than his pride got hurt if he had any.

Later he told me he had not paid for the repairs and was just going to take the van.  I felt like a fool (seems to have been a regular occurrence throughout my entire life) for thinking he was doing right, and thank God and Mother Nature for keeping me from becoming his Partner-in-law and winding up with a felony conviction on my unblemished record.

-Larry Merritt