Sometimes the chickens really do come home to roost.

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Today, as I was driving home from work, inching along in traffic on Highway 4 East, before it intersects with I-680 South, I saw several cars drive off the highway and onto the shoulder, in an attempt to bypass traffic and get to a street that was 1/4 mile way. I have to admit that your Sweet Horse thought, "Those assh*les. I hope there's a cop up there waiting for them." Sure enough, about three minutes later, I passed six cars pulled over, and a Highway Partol officer giving them tickets. I'm not usually a Shadenfreude kind of guy, but I was glad that they got what was coming to them. My happy thought, at that point, was "sometimes the chickens really do come home to roost." Have you heard or used that expression? It's usually stated as, "The chickens always come home to roost," but I've been frustrated with the fact that the expression is not always verified by life experiences. I Googled the expression, and this is what I found on Urban Dictionary: "The idea that a wrongful curse comes back to the one who curses as a "bird returns to its nest" dates back to the days of antiquity. However, it wasn't until the 19th Century that Robert Southey wrote that "curses are like a young chicken: they always come home to roost." Since then, the idea of evil men creating returns to their own door has been encapsulated in this expression." Have you heard this expression? Does it bring you pleasure when bad people get what they deserve?