Anyone have extremely stupid neighbors?

There was a kid who hung with us back in the day. He had an early 70's Cutlass, like a 72 with a standard 350. He was cruising with us one day and showed us the engine. His hood latch was broken, so they used 18 gauge speaker wire to tie it shut... WTF???

We go cruising throught he "S" curves around 65 and the speaker wire let loose and the steel hood folded in half at the hinges from the wind force. Now the hood blocked his vision. Luckily he got the car stopped, we unbolted the hood and left it on the side of the road so he could get to work in an hour..

He shoulda used at least 16 - 14 gauge.... Or something stronger.... Maybe replace the hood latch with one that worked....