Here's a true A&W story for you, Don.
One night the owner of a local A&W, an acquaintance of mine, had turned off the lights and was closing up the store when he got a phone call.
The caller, Gene (another friend), has been famous for his capacity to talk non stop for far longer than anyone has patience to listen. So, Gene starts in on Dick, the A&W owner, talking in his normal, unstoppable manner when Dick sees through the restaurant windows a couple young guys messing around with his car out in the parking lot. He puts the phone down and goes out the front door, surprising the punks, telling 'em to get the hell out of there. They tell him to fuck off. Then, while one grabs him the other swings & knocks Dick to the ground. They kick him a few times, busting him up pretty good. They take off and Dick crawls and staggers
back into the A&W. Of course, Gene is still talking on the phone when Dick picks it up to call 911. He has to get Gene to shut up long enough to tell him to come take him to the hospital. At first, Gene didn't seem to understand what Dick was asking, and kept talking while Dick struggled to plea for help until , finally,
Gene figured it out.
Well, Dick got patched up with no lasting damage & Gene got credit for being 1st responder and
we friends of both got lots of laughs.
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