While other motorists wrestled with long lines at gas pumps Monday, Peter de Krassel and Jerry Cohen found no problems when they pulled into a station on the way to work. But the two Beverly Hills attorneys were after water, not gas, and it was for their two horses, not their cars. In protest against lengthening lines and escalating gas prices, de Krassel and Cohen rode their hoses on a two-hour, eight mile trip from their Pacific Palisades homes to their Beverly Hills office.
“It’s a good way to symbolically express our frustrations at being ridden into gas lines by Arabs,” de Krassel said, patting his Arabian horse, Hershel, who was hitched to a parking meter next to Cohen’s horse, Missy. De Krassel, 32, said he got the idea while caught in a gas line Friday: “I was so mad at the Arab riding me into this (a gas line), I thought, ‘I have an Arabian at home. Why not ride him?’” To make sure the symbolism wasn’t lost, the law partners renamed Hershel “Mister Opec” and dubbed Missy “Abu Dhabi” after the Persian Gulf oil sheikdom.
it was for their two horses, not their cars.In protest against lengthening lines and escalating gas prices, de Krassel and Cohen rode their hoses on a two-hour, eight mile trip from their Pacific Palisades homes to their Beverly Hills office.
“It’s a good way to symbolically express our frustrations at being ridden into gas lines by Arabs,” de Krassel said, patting his Arabian horse, Hershel, who was hitched to a parking meter next to Cohen’s horse, Missy. De Krassel, 32, said he got the idea while caught in a gas line Friday: “I was so mad at the Arab riding me into this (a gas line), I thought, ‘I have an Arabian at home. Why not ride him?’” To make sure the symbolism wasn’t lost, the law partners renamed Hershel “Mister Opec” and dubbed Missy “Abu Dhabi” after the Persian Gulf oil sheikdom.
It’s a good way to symbolically express our frustrations at being ridden into gas liIt’s a good way to symbolically express our frustrations at being ridden into gas lines by Arabs,” de Krassel said, patting his Arabian horse, Hershel, who was hitched to a parking meter next to Cohen’s horse, Missy. De Krassel, 32, said he got the idea while caught in a gas line Friday: “I was so mad at the Arab riding me into this (a gas line), I thought, ‘I have an Arabian at home. Why not ride him?’” To make sure the symbolism wasn’t lost, the law partners renamed Hershel “Mister Opec” and dubbed Missy “Abu Dhabi” after the Persian Gulf oil sheikdom.nes by Arabs,” de Krassel said, patting his Arabian horse, Hershel, who was hitched to a parking meter next to Cohen’s horse, Missy. De Krassel, 32, said he got the idea while caught in a gas line Friday: “I was so mad at the Arab riding me into this (a gas line), I thought, ‘I have an Arabian at home. Why not ride him?’” To make sure the symbolism wasn’t lost, the law partners renamed Hershel “Mister Opec” and dubbed Missy “Abu Dhabi” after the Persian Gulf oil sheikdom.