Monday, August 25, 2008

THERE'S A LESSON HERE, SOMEWHERE


This T-shirt was a Christmas gift to Gregory Michael Atkins last year.

Never let it be said that he isn't a careful driver - most of the time. But common sense has a way of going out the window when one is nineteen years old and on the way to Charleston, South Carolina, on spring break with a couple of friends in the car.

Uh oh! Cop! Too late! Those flashing blue lights were not a beautiful sight. A big fine ensued which was duly paid and I'm sure prayers were said that what happens in South Carolina stays in South Carolina. 'Twas not to be.

A very unexpected greeting showed up in the mail from the Georgia Highway Department giving the place and time where a certain unnamed person was expected to relinquish a certain driver's license for a period of six months.

Now six months without a driver's license when one is going to school in Athens, GA, is not a desirable situation – especially when one lives 8 miles from campus. A guy reaches a point in life when lessons learned do not require that parents add insult to injury. Grandparents, however, are allowed to buy T-shirts for Christmas.