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I've recently realized that a significant amount of my life has been spent in constant conflict with authority, particularly law enforcement authority. So far, I've come out ahead, due mainly to my amazing skills and general badassery. Tonight, however, Sylvan and I were trying to figure out exactly how many laws we had broken in our lives. I reached about twenty, ranging from speeding to crimes against nature, before realizing that I would be a lot better off if I knew each and every Georgia law, and, more importantly, all loopholes thereof. To that end, I've started to read the entire Code of Georgia, which should take me about a month. So far, this is what I've found:
"(a) The General Assembly finds that a Georgia familýs proud tradition of racing began in Dawsonville, Georgia, under the tutelage and guiding hand of George Elliott. Georgés young son Bill began to demonstrate at an early age a natural skill and competitive racing instinct at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, and in 1976, at the tender age of 20, Bill Elliott entered his first Winston Cup race and launched a career that would span decades. Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, a modest, unassuming, and unpretentious man, has become a household name in NASCAR racing and has been selected Most Popular Driver an unprecedented 16 times, Georgia Professional Athlete of the Year twice, National Motorsports Driver of the Year 14 times, and in 1998, was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. It is virtually impossible to list all of the honors and awards Million Dollar Bill has garnered over his incandescent career, but perhaps his most acclaimed accomplishment is his support, love, and respect from racing fans. He has given unstintingly of his time, talents, energy, and financial resources to numerous charities including the Special Olympics, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation and it is abundantly fitting and proper that this extraordinary Georgian be recognized in a special and lasting manner.
(b) The members of the General Assembly commend Bill Elliott for his over 30 years of outstanding contributions to the sport of racing and designate October 8 of each year as 'Bill Elliott Day in Georgia.'"
- The Official Code of Georgia, Title 1, Section 4, Chapter 15.
Yep, we're in the south. More to come later, including the fact that, by law, past and present tense include the future tense, and the definitions of words may be ignored if the General Assembly deem it necessary.
"(a) The General Assembly finds that a Georgia familýs proud tradition of racing began in Dawsonville, Georgia, under the tutelage and guiding hand of George Elliott. Georgés young son Bill began to demonstrate at an early age a natural skill and competitive racing instinct at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, and in 1976, at the tender age of 20, Bill Elliott entered his first Winston Cup race and launched a career that would span decades. Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, a modest, unassuming, and unpretentious man, has become a household name in NASCAR racing and has been selected Most Popular Driver an unprecedented 16 times, Georgia Professional Athlete of the Year twice, National Motorsports Driver of the Year 14 times, and in 1998, was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. It is virtually impossible to list all of the honors and awards Million Dollar Bill has garnered over his incandescent career, but perhaps his most acclaimed accomplishment is his support, love, and respect from racing fans. He has given unstintingly of his time, talents, energy, and financial resources to numerous charities including the Special Olympics, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation and it is abundantly fitting and proper that this extraordinary Georgian be recognized in a special and lasting manner.
(b) The members of the General Assembly commend Bill Elliott for his over 30 years of outstanding contributions to the sport of racing and designate October 8 of each year as 'Bill Elliott Day in Georgia.'"
- The Official Code of Georgia, Title 1, Section 4, Chapter 15.
Yep, we're in the south. More to come later, including the fact that, by law, past and present tense include the future tense, and the definitions of words may be ignored if the General Assembly deem it necessary.