GIVING THE FINGER

A Georgia woman's finger was torn off when a 21-year-old man in a car drove by and snatched her purse out of her hands.


The drive-by purse-snatching landed Caesare R. Pinkins in Gwinnett County Jail with multiple felony counts of robbery, aggravated battery and burglary.

On Wednesday, Pinkins swiped the 55-year-old woman's purse as he drove by and then stepped on the gas. Her finger was pulled off during the robbery. Surgical attempts to reattach it were unsuccessful.

Authorities did not release the woman's name or say where the incident occurred.

On a tip, police later found Pinkins in a Lilburn neighborhood where he ditched the car he was driving and entered a home that was unlocked. He also faces charges for another purse-snatching outside a Target store Monday.

Nice to know someone fingered the creep.

NOT the "real finger" photo by Augie Schwer

BYE, BYE BIRDIE

The sign said to merge.

I just happened to be in Spud's BIG truck in the right lane when a woman in a little car refused to let me merge in front of her.


I had my blinker on, and she was far enough behind me that I pulled the truck in front of her anyway. She went ballistic.

In my rear-view mirror I could see her arms flailing, her mouth spewing curse words and then ... she gave me the finger ... out of her window.

I would have liked to have sat the (b)witch down and informed her of the proposed New Jersey road rage law that says audible verbal threats or insults, flashing of headlights, use of demeaning gestures or other such actions directed at persons driving lawfully could net the bird-flasher a $1,000 fine, one-month license suspension and an anger-management course.

But, of course, I couldn't as she angrily began tailgating. Instead, I waited until she got the chance to pull up next to me at a light and I rolled down my window and sang out to the tune of the Purina Dog Chow commercial ...

"My truck's bigger than your car; my truck's bigger than yours!"


Giving the finger is acceptable in this case.