It would be hilarious if those Duck Dynasty doofuses have been wearing fake beards this whole time, and one gets filmed accidentally removing it at the end of the day: “Get this thing off of me. It itches like crazy! I can’t stand it.”
No joke, I knew a guy who was able to do that with a loaded Audi S8L. The only criteria are that the vehicle weigh over 6000 lbs and be used for work. He was a sales rep.
I beg to differ. They called their protest operation gridlock and set out to snarl traffic. This was the goal. The hospital was a hostage with the implicit threat that they can do it again.
They’ve been popular among the militia set in the Great Lakes for longer than that, but almost never actually have plates in them, because as you note that makes them heavy.
It makes sense when you consider two things, alcohol detox is horrible and we really can’t spare the beds right now and it helps keep people compliant with the major restrictions. People will travel for alcohol and break isolation in a way they won’t for housewares.