This is a true story, just to clarify. I was out riding, and stopped in at a bar along the highway to get something to drink and chill out for a while. There were several bikes in the parking lot, a few sporties and a cluster of Harleys. I went up to the bar and ordered an iced tea (and not the Long Island kind). I was carrying my full face helmet (Iowa doesn't have a helmet law), and one of the Harley group (I assume they rode the Harleys, since they had the emblem on everything they were wearing), a pretty gruff guy with a face that had seen better days, kind of sneered and said, "I'd never wear one of them full-face helmets." Before my brain could overrule, I heard my mouth say, "I can certainly see why."

There was a very brief silence, and then two of his buddies started laughing so hard that one snorted his beer and the other almost dropped his bottle. The guy kind of puffed up like he was going to come back with some sort of angry reply, and maybe get up to kick my a$$ or get in my face, but then he saw his buddies laughing and sort of chuckled himself. I grinned, tipped my glass their way, and found a table at the other side of the bar. When I got up to leave, one of the guy's buds leaned over to him and said something, and the whole table broke up, so I'm not sure if the joke was on him or me, but I smiled, gave them a wave, and left.

One of these days my mouth is going to get me killed....

Craig