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Old 07-10-2008, 11:45 AM
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Read This...

THIS MESSAGE ACTUALLY MAKES U THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR READING XX
I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.

The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.

The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.'

Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ''Granny,

are you sure I don't have enough money?''

The old lady replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.''

Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look a round. She left quickly.

The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.

Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.

'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas

She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.'

I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.

But he replied to me sadly. 'No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.'

His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.''

My heart nearly stopped.

The little boy looked up at me and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.'

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won't forget me.'

'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.'

Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.

I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?''

'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.

The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!'

Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!''
'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose.''

'My mommy loves white roses.'

A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.

I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started.

I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.

Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.

The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.

Was this the family of the little boy?

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.


I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.

She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.

I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine.

And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.

Will you think again before you drink drive??????
I'm a 38 year old Bloke and I admit when I read that I openly wept.

I dunno if it's true or not, but it brings a lump to my throat.
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Blatant fictional story
Old 07-10-2008, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by ballin
Blatant fictional story
10000% agree...

but hey. If it stops just ONE person drink driving then its all good.
Old 07-10-2008, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ballin
Blatant fictional story
Who cares, the message is the same.
Old 07-10-2008, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ballin
Blatant fictional story
but you didn't have to ruin the moment
Old 07-10-2008, 12:22 PM
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definatly makes you think.. whether its real or not.
Old 07-10-2008, 12:25 PM
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tru or not...got chills reading it
Old 07-10-2008, 12:26 PM
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Fictional or not... it's very thought provoking.
Old 07-10-2008, 12:27 PM
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I think when you have kids it makes you look at life in a different way, years ago that story wouldn't have been as strong to me as it is now.
Old 07-10-2008, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by GUZZLER
I think when you have kids it makes you look at life in a different way, years ago that story wouldn't have been as strong to me as it is now.
I think thats what hit me, all I could see when reading that was my little boys face.
Old 07-10-2008, 12:32 PM
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gulp. lump in the throat, true or not, it don't matter, fact is when someone is taken from someone else, it is heart renching.
Old 07-10-2008, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by GUZZLER
I think when you have kids it makes you look at life in a different way, years ago that story wouldn't have been as strong to me as it is now.
Same here m8,but now after having lewis i look at things totally differently.
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very well written, got to us all that, we could all see the kid in the shop in our minds..

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Old 07-10-2008, 12:48 PM
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What a crock. Soon as I see the words "Mommy" "God" etc etc, I think puketastic pile of rubbish.

Drink driving is a serious matter, I know more than most, but there are far better ways of getting the message out than some twaddle of a story using some overly sugary words.
Old 07-10-2008, 12:53 PM
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so why do you know more than most?
Old 07-10-2008, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Elwood
What a crock. Soon as I see the words "Mommy" "God" etc etc, I think puketastic pile of rubbish.

Drink driving is a serious matter, I know more than most, but there are far better ways of getting the message out than some twaddle of a story using some overly sugary words.
I totally agree.... what you've written is a total crock....
Old 07-10-2008, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by XRdodgybird
I totally agree.... what you've written is a total crock....
Well, you're entitled to your opinion as I am mine, but read the passage through again and see if you can take it seriously without images of hand-wringers typing up the most depressing fictional story they can manage. That's what I think straight away.

How do I know about the effects of drink driving? I've arrested more people than I care to remember for it, and the state of some of them is shocking, more so when I think about them behind the wheel.
Old 07-10-2008, 01:03 PM
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If you have heart, or if you have kids you will have a lump in your throat reading that. I did!!
Old 07-10-2008, 01:04 PM
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Man thats heavey true or not.
Old 07-10-2008, 01:05 PM
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i dont care if its true or not its the points its getting at i no wot u mean as soon as u have kids this sort pf this gets 2 u more than b4
Old 07-10-2008, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Elwood
Well, you're entitled to your opinion as I am mine, but read the passage through again and see if you can take it seriously without images of hand-wringers typing up the most depressing fictional story they can manage. That's what I think straight away.

How do I know about the effects of drink driving? I've arrested more people than I care to remember for it, and the state of some of them is shocking, more so when I think about them behind the wheel.
I couldn't really care less how many people you have arrested for drink driving, that isn't the issue here or, I am sure, why it was originally posted...

The effects of a drunk driver hitting another car and causing fatal injuries to innocents doesn't end at the arrest does it?

I hope to god you never get the job of informing families in the aftermath
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The story below is real and in todays Times. Think what that poor woman is going through!!!
He should have got the max 14 years with no parole.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4890966.ece
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Was expecting the boy and his gran to be scammers.
Good story though.
Old 07-10-2008, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by XRdodgybird
I couldn't really care less how many people you have arrested for drink driving, that isn't the issue here or, I am sure, why it was originally posted...

The effects of a drunk driver hitting another car and causing fatal injuries to innocents doesn't end at the arrest does it?

I hope to god you never get the job of informing families in the aftermath
You're quite right. The issue here is that there are better ways of discouraging and informing the public about drink driving. Not by some piece of drivel story that's not believable.

But why bring my professional integrity into it? I am acutely aware that there is a bigger picture to the incidents which occur. Experience is greater than theory, and that is what I'm basing my opinion on.
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I didn't bring your professional integrity into it, was trying to make you see that you had missed the point of the post completely. There are better ways of informing the public but for all the government's advertising, people are still drunk behind the wheel.... and a lot of the time, before they've been arrested for it, they've already done the damage.

I am sure that "piece of drivel story" will ring true to many people in this world.
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What a cheesy pile of shit... Probably written by an editor rejected by Walt Disney...

Point I don't get is why there are only drink driving stories. Most people don't even need alcohol in order to be a menace on the road...

Why aren't there crappy chain letters for

- football mommies in chelsea tractors, putting makeup on while driving past schools
- tailgating white van mans
- chavs doint 1/4 mile races through town centres
- foreign lorry drivers driving 16h without a break
- hirvonen wannabe's hanging a big one going round a corner giving a shit about the pedestrian crossing or the bicycle lane
- people on worn-out tyres, brakes, knackered tcas...
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dunno if it's real or not like but mate it's a bit touching

new to all this just sayin hi to everyone
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Sorry to say I'am inclined to agree, does nothing for me as it comes across as far too cheesy for my liking.

But as stated, as long as it makes one person stop and think.
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