Gasbags

People are so stupid:

Two car crashes occurred and four people were arrested in excitement over a gasoline giveaway Wednesday to reward the city for its safe-driving record.

For the most part, hundreds of drivers waited patiently for hours for about $30 worth of free gasoline each that Allstate Insurance provided at one station. However, some motorists started lining up before midnight and the queue stretched far from the station into a residential area, trapping some residents in their driveways...

Clarence Jefferson said he thought he'd be first in line when he got there at 4 a.m. — but found hundreds of others already ahead of him. Pumps were turned on at about 6 a.m.

"It doesn't matter," he said. "It helps. Every bit is worth it."

No, it's not. And you're an extra-spicy, deep-fried idiot. How much gas did you burn while sitting idly for hours, waiting to get your thirty bucks of "free" gas?

It was a cheap advertising gimmick by Allstate, and you folks are the witless shills--emphasis on "witless." You should all be dragged behind a gasoline tanker through broken glass, and Allstate's V.P. of Marketing should be jailed for inciting to riot.