Funny but true: Has this happened to you?

[dybmh]

Funny but true:

I was driving yesterday and came to an intersection with a red light. And so I stopped. Directly in front of me was a truck that was hauling porta-potties. Honey Buckets to be exact. And we were stopped on a steep incline. I was downhill.

I was very afraid.

Has this ever happened to you? Would you be afraid, too?

Do you have any other funny but true stories to share?

 

[Fool]

Funny but true:

I was driving yesterday and came to an intersection with a red light. And so I stopped. Directly in front of me was a truck that was hauling porta-potties. Honey Buckets to be exact. And we were stopped on a steep incline. I was downhill.

I was very afraid.

Has this ever happened to you? Would you be afraid, too?

Do you have any other funny but true stories to share?

Imagine being behind a livestock trailer full of pigs. When the truck takes off, gallons of liquid waste sloshing out in front of you. UGH


those parked behind pigs wallow with the hawgs. ACK!!!!

 

[Revoltingest]

Funny but true:

I was driving yesterday and came to an intersection with a red light. And so I stopped. Directly in front of me was a truck that was hauling porta-potties. Honey Buckets to be exact. And we were stopped on a steep incline. I was downhill.

I was very afraid.

Has this ever happened to you? Would you be afraid, too?

Do you have any other funny but true stories to share?

I've never had that happen.
But I once saw a tree fall directly in the road in front of me.
As one who carries tools, I cut it up & cleared the road.
My reward?
Satisfaction of knowing that I denied that work to a union crew.

 

[ChristineM]

I've never had that happen.
But I once saw a tree fall directly in the road in front of me.
As one who carries tools, I cut it up & cleared the road.
My reward?
Satisfaction of knowing that I denied that work to a union crew.

And a load of free firewood

 

[ChristineM]

Funny but true:

I was driving yesterday and came to an intersection with a red light. And so I stopped. Directly in front of me was a truck that was hauling porta-potties. Honey Buckets to be exact. And we were stopped on a steep incline. I was downhill.

I was very afraid.

Has this ever happened to you? Would you be afraid, too?

Do you have any other funny but true stories to share?

I was driving home one night follow a car transporter. Something didn't seem right so i dropped back just in time for the last car on the top deck to gently roll off, and crash nose first into the road where i should have been.

Just mentioned this on another thread. Driving round a roundabout in torrential rain i lost the back end, it skidded round 180 degrees before i i got it back. I was on a 3 lane roundabout on a main road out of a city centre in rush hour traffic facing the wrong way with a bus heading right for me. Luckily it stopped.

But my biggest rubber underwear moment did not involve a car. I flew into Sofia airport while the cold war was still raging. Sofia was a military airport with some civilian traffic. There were armed soldiers everywhere. At the the time walk through metal detectors were in their infancy and i have a silver pin in my left elbow. Detector - metal pin - the alarm went off... The sight and sound of 6 Kalashnikovs being raised, safety catches switching and aimed at me in unison is scary

 

[dybmh]

I've never had that happen.
But I once saw a tree fall directly in the road in front of me.
As one who carries tools, I cut it up & cleared the road.
My reward?
Satisfaction of knowing that I denied that work to a union crew.

Hah. that's happened to me too. I just appreciate not having to turn around and find another way...

 

[dybmh]

And a load of free firewood

We have logs to sit on in the back yard now...

 

[Subduction Zone]

When I was on my motorcycle years ago a few chunks came off of the retread of a semi in front of me and at least one smacked the faring of my bike. Thankfully he did not lose the whole thing. And once when in a car heard a retread go about a quarter or half of a mile in front of me. It sounded like a gun shot went off. When those suckers go, they can go all at once.

 

[Revoltingest]

And a load of free firewood

I left it as a gift for anyone interested.

 

[dybmh]

When I was on my motorcycle years ago a few chunks came off of the retread of a semi in front of me and at least one smacked the faring of my bike. Thankfully he did not lose the whole thing. And once when in a car heard a retread go about a quarter or half of a mile in front of me. It sounded like a gun shot went off. When those suckers go, they can go all at once.

Wow. Yeah, I've seen on them side of the road, but I've never witnessed them (retreads) in the process of hunting down fellow motorists.

 

[dybmh]

I left it as a gift for anyone interested.

Of course you did, you beautiful man-cub, you...

 

[Revoltingest]

Hah. that's happened to me too. I just appreciate not having to turn around and find another way...

True dat.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

As one who carries tools, I cut it up & cleared the road.

Not everyone carries a chainsaw in their cars?

 

[dybmh]

Not everyone carries a chainsaw in their cars?

If ya wanna know... here's what I'm carrying...

it's called a katannaboy it's made by GomBoy/Silky... and it is awesome. Never runs out of fuel. Japanese Blades...

"Silky saws are manufactured in Ono Japan, home of the finest cutlery steel known to man" ( link )

I simply carry a spare blade with me...

They are not $500 many more, FYI. And I think I got mine on amazon... they must have figured out a better production method.

 

[Alone]

I was sitting at a gas station with my dog in a slightly remote location, trying to get shelter from the rain and when the lightning hit the tree about 12 feet from me, about went to the bathroom in my pants

 

[dybmh]

I was sitting at a gas station with my dog in a slightly remote location, trying to get shelter from the rain and when the lightning hit the tree about 12 feet from me, about went to the bathroom in my pants

That's why they're called "widow makers".

 

[Revoltingest]

Not everyone carries a chainsaw in their cars?

I carry hand saws.
(Powered by haggis.)

 

[ChristineM]

When I was on my motorcycle years ago a few chunks came off of the retread of a semi in front of me and at least one smacked the faring of my bike. Thankfully he did not lose the whole thing. And once when in a car heard a retread go about a quarter or half of a mile in front of me. It sounded like a gun shot went off. When those suckers go, they can go all at once.

Saw one blow out on a truck on a motorway while traveling through a contra flow with plastic cones as the divider. 2 lanes both ways, 50 mph limit thank goodness. And a recommended safe distance between vehicles, again thank goodness.

I saw the puff of smoke hit the petrol tanker in the next lane before i heard what sounded like an explosion (very scary for me). The truck swerved towards the tanker, the tanker swerved an began sending cones every which way. Luckily the truck driver got control, slowed and limped to the end of the contra flow where he could park up. The tanker and me slowed with hazard lights to escort the limping truck.

Where the truck parked i stopped behind, the tanker stopped in front. We met at the drivers door of the truck. The driver was truly white as a sheet and panting. The tanker driver took his hand, shook it vigorously and said something along the lines of "never seen driving like that, bloody brilliant, if you would have hit me we would have taken the motorway out for quarter of a mile"

Sobering thought.

 

[dybmh]

Do you have any other funny but true stories to share?

Here's a funny but true story:

About 5 years ago my wife and i went to a music festival over the summer. We camped onsite in a gravel parking lot packed to overflowing with tarps structures, campers, and tents. On the last night of the festival... my wife and i were exhausted. Tomorrow we were packing up and driving home. It's not a long drive... but it can be miserable if you're over-tired.

The problem is: the other folks that were onsite, camping, for this festival.... they did not have the same priorities as my wife and I. ...

I was sufficiently exhausted that the repetitive crowd-sourced thumping and electronic dance music ( DubStep ) that was continuing into the night did not interrupt my slumber. My wife on the other hand is a very light sleeper. She always brings earplugs, but they were hopelessly under equipped for the DubStepping fans who wouldn't let the party end.

The sun had come up, and the DubSteppers were still dub-stepping. My wife had become a new version of irate. It was something that I had never seen before. Something like a cross between panic and frothing at the mouth. She is begging me to make it stop. Begging.

So, I picked myself up, and attempted to organize myself into something that was approaching cool and casual. I located the direction of the thump-thump-griiiiiiiiiinding sound ( DubStep ) and start to wander over.... casually...

When I get there there I see a few, maybe 10 folks, in flat brim trendy baseball hats, and/or long dreadlocks, and/or sunglasses, swaying and dancing in a trance-like manner. I clear my throat and speak:

"Hi! ... " after a few moments, the music gets turned down a little. I continue:

"Hi! I'm not trying to be a jerk, but, my wife... She needs her sleep... And I'm sorry... The sun is up... Can we please turn off the music now?"

It was hard to read their expressions behind all the hats, shades, and hair, but... I have to admit they seemed to consider the idea earnestly. After a few moments one these "friendly" Dub-stepping Wooks slowly reduced the volume of the thump-thump-griiiiiiiiind until it was softly lingering in the air... like a Wook-Starbucks or something.

And I took a deep breath and said. "Thank you... so much... she will really appreciate it."

and I turned around feeling good. Really good. I had just finished seeing some amazing music at the festival... The sun was shining... I'm a morning person, bright eyed-bushy-tailed.. I set off to return to my wife triumphant.

About 15 yards down the gravel path towards my tent.. with my chest puffed out and a spring in my steps... I started to hear it again. The Thumping was back. And it was collecting momentum. And I stopped. and my shoulders slumped. And my chin found it's way to my chest.

Being only 15 yards away meant that this entire dramatic shift from "Happy / Successful /Springy" to "Hopeless / Sullen / Stopped" was on completely on display and was very entertaining to say the least for my new Wook-Friends. And at that point they slammed the music back up really really loud and laughed and laughed and laughed....loudly.

And I honestly can't remember whether or not the thump-thump-griiiiiinding ever ended. Even when we pulled out of the parking lot with all our stuff in tow. All I remember after that is my wife's face when i returned to the tent. She was pale and very very tense. She said slowly through closed teeth:

"I thought they were going to turn it off. And I was just about asleep... and now it's back... I want to die."


I never should have gone over there in the first place...

 

[ChristineM]

I was sitting at a gas station with my dog in a slightly remote location, trying to get shelter from the rain and when the lightning hit the tree about 12 feet from me, about went to the bathroom in my pants

Why isn't there a scary frube when you need one