The following story was forwarded to me from someone at the Texas Department of Transportation. I cannot verify the accuracy of the events depicted. The old woman's response is funny as hell.

Here it goes:

>
> > > To nobody's surprise there were protestors today in DC, they attempted
> to
> > > disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery
into
> > > DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in from
NoVA
> > > on the metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse any way.
> My
> > > commute was long and arduous and only caused further resentment for
> > > protestors (but that isn't the point of this thread). Anyway, I'll get
> to
> > > the point.
> > >
> > > I got off the train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and
the
> > > train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the train,
> > > there were protestors on the train platform handing out pamphlets on
the
> > > evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman
was
> > > behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female
protestor
> > > offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young
protestor
> > > put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship
and
> > > in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care about the children
of
> > > Iraq?" The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first
husband
> > > died in France during World War II so you could have the right to
stand
> > > here and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, I'll stick
> > > this umbrella up your a$$ and open it."
> > >
> > > I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers
and
> > > the young protestor was at a total loss for words.
> >

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OK, this is a horrible story. Everything builds up to this dramatic finale... and the lady just SAYS it without actually doing it???
And I hoped somebody actually did what I only fantasized about for over 2 month...

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