It can't get any better than this!

Last night, just as my eyes were slinking back under my eyelids for a final doze before bedtime, the remote control flicker (RCF) pulled up the last hour or so of BEN HUR. How could I not sit there for another 45 minutes watching Charleton Heston kick that Roman guy's rear-end in the best chariot race ever to grace the big screen? It all began with Ben arranging to race in the big event. The Roman guy appeared just in time to showcase his new wheels--a set of "chariot cutters" that he got at their their version of E-BAY. Sure enough, this cheater took a couple of guys out of the race and it boiled right down to Ben Hur and the Roman cheater. Nip and tuck, tuck and nip! Then that spoil-sport started beating Ben Hur with a whip! The crowd roared with disapproval. In time, Ben got the whip away from him and whatever-it-was took place to make the Roman guy lose control of his chariot and get smacked by a couple of lingering racers wiping up the rear. How he wishes now he had not cheated! He was dragged for a while. Then he was trampled a bit and remained alive just long enough to see Ben drive by in the winning chariot and then taken into a gladiator holding place where Ben came in and lorded his victory over the dying man. A classic!

They just don't have chariot races like that any more do they?