Why were the Duke boys always on probation?

[JVS]

One of the fundamental facts of the Dukes of Hazzard was that the Duke boys were on probation. Every other episode this would lead to a dramatic moment where in order to to foil the villains the boys would need to enter Chickasaw county which would violate their probabtion. Naturally they stomped the accelerator a bit harder and crossed that border (often to be chased by the Green cop car of the Chickasaw county sheriff). But what had they done to get the probation in the first place?

[Deja Q]

1. I dunno why but...

John Schneider (the blonde one) was hotter than Tom Wopat, and I don't often go for blondes! :D

[CanuckAmok]

2. Some sort of offense against the "Decent Performance Act of 1887"

n/t

[JVS]

3. If you had to name a muscle car after a legendary figure...

in canadian military history, what would it be called? What model of car would be used as well?

[CanuckAmok]

5. Hmmmm....

...Canadian military history...... I know these words, but in this sequence, they make no sense.

[JVS]

6. Were there not Canadians at the raid on Dieppe?

Or should it just be named after MacKenzie?

[CanuckAmok]

7. Actually...

... the first name that came to mind was "Billy Bishop".

I'm not sure what kind of car it should be, but it should be fast and run on alcohol.

[JVS]

8. Should it be a Canadian car?

Is there such a thing as a Canadian car?
If there is no such thing should it be from the US or the UK?
There are so many questions. It would be so simple if we needed a German themed muscle car. It would be a Mercedes CL600 with an Iron Cross painted on top and be called the "Otto von Bismarck"

[CanuckAmok]

9. Here, try this one...

http://www.bricklin.org/

"...The Bricklin is a gull-wing sports car that was manufactured primarily from Detroit parts in 1974 through early 1976 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada for exclusive sale in the United States. There were 2854 cars built before Bricklin went bankrupt. An estimated 1500 still exist today. Bricklin International (BI) reports 570 active members with cars on the road and in restoration.
The single model built was given the designation SV-1, for Safety Vehicle 1. It had a built in roll cage, side guard rails and shock absorbing, 5-mph bumpers that receded into the car. It was not only safe in an accident, but had the power and handling to avoid one. The Bricklin far exceeded safety requirements of the time..."

"...The second distinguishing design feature of the Bricklin (besides the gull-wing doors) is the acrylic body. A vacuum forming process bonded color-impregnated acrylic to each fiberglass body panel. The Bricklin was delivered to the customer without paint. Minor scratches would be buffed out. The Bricklin came only in the standout colors of : Safety Red, Safety Orange, Safety Green, Safety Suntan, Safety White..."


Hee hee..."Safety Suntan".

[tedoll78]

4. Other: sodomy.

(hehe.. I wish..)

[salonghorn70]

10. Other

All of the above.

[JVS]

11. morning kick

[Zomby Woof]

12. Probation for moonshining - in the first episode

It was revealed that the Duke family had been moonshiners for over 200 years. The feds finally caught them, and cut a deal. They would stop all of the moonshining, and as part of their probation, not be allowed to carry guns of any sort. That is why they used bows and arrows.

Real dialogue from the first episode:

Bo (coming up behind Daisy while she was working at The Boar's Nest): "If you weren't my cousin, I'd marry you."

Daisy: "That never stopped anybody in this family before."

[JVS]

14. Those exploding arrows were sweet

[Zomby Woof]

13. your hatred of the south gets really old

The KKK joke was about as funny as an abscessed toothache, and dumber than Bush on a bender.

[JVS]

15. Actually I hesitated to make that joke, thinking that it would get too...

many votes. Especially from people who didn't ever watch the show or just hated the show and could not acknowledge that the characters were actually good people. But then again, you drive around in a car like that and people will naturally jump to conclusions.

[BringEmOn]

16. Beating northern 'libruls' who were trying to register black voters.