A cop-opera meme

[Victor Steinbok]

Who? Anyone who lives in Southwestern Texas, Arizona or around San
Diego... Ever heard of "Tijuana gas"? Or anyone who've watch 70s and 80s
TV shows or movies (especially the cheap detective kind).

VS-)

On 7/20/2012 4:56 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> A. "Did [….] hear the shot?"
> B. "Yes. But […] thought it was a backfire!"
>
>
> What is up with this? Who under the age of sixty could possibly even
> know what a "backfire" is, other than a way of dealing with forest
> fires, let alone have heard backfires often enough to mistake a
> gunshot for a backfire. I can remember when hearing backfires - and
> blowouts - was a *very* common, several-times-a-day experience. Back
> in the '40's.
>
> --
> -Wilson

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