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Because the garage on the corner about 3 or 4 doors down from us burst into flame the other day.
No, I'm not kidding
http://www.centredaily.com/welcome_p...efighters.html
I heard the sirens, which isn't unusual, since we're less than a mile from the fire house. You hear that alarm sound and see the trucks rush past once every few days...
It wasn't until the cop cars started showing up on the street in front of us, and the column of black rubber-and-plastic-scented smoke started wafting past our windows that we realized this was NOT a drill, this was an ACTUAL two-alarmer going off right next door! (The building only survived because it's brick, everything else combustible inside, including 2 SUVs went up)
Why the suck?
Because in winter conditions (In Pennsylvania this means "Surface of Hoth") all that water they were dousing on the building soon filled the street and gutter and froze like a brick. Meaning the road was closed.
This upset/confused the motoring public greatly.
It's a CITY street!
And they pay their taxes!
Therefore, it should be OPEN!!! The fact they CAN'T USE it is SACRILEGE!
So what if there's a cruiser with flashing lights pulled across both lanes? THat's THEIR street that they GO TO WORK on, and they simply CAN'T or DON'T know of ANY OTHER WAY!!!!
And of course, since the PD roadblocks went up RIGHT where our block of the street started, masses of confused sheeple began driving through our parking lot, hoping it would somehow get them around the cops......
Of course, when that didn't work, they just sat there, at a cognitive dead end, a metaphysical morass, like a windup toy that's walked itself into a corner of the living room and can think of no other way to get out than to boldly go forward until the walls submit to their will....
Gold star to the guy who went around BACK of the shop and, noticing the gate was open for one of our tow trucks, DROVE INTO THE IMPOUND.
Now, a car we don't expect just flying into the impound? For all we know, that sum'bich is packin' heat and looking to do something illegal, so we quickly shut the gate on them.
They didn't even notice they were now trapped like vermin and just continued driving along until the realized that, a fenced in lot doesn't GO anywhere. They pulled a U-ie and only THEN realized that they'd foolishly moved our golden idol from it's sacred pedestal and sealed themselves in forever.
Of course, as fate would have it, they were now on the wrong side of a barb wire fence with..
Drum roll please:
JOHNNY RUCKUS
Who was "volunteered" to go over and enquire as to exactly what the H the driver was thinking, and put the fear of God into him a bit before opening the gate and shooing the pest away to end up in someone else's drive.
Oh, and the reason he pulled in?
"The road was closed! I didn't know where to turn around!!"
Can bringing a civilization to it's knees be THIS easy? It can't! It just CAN'T be!!!!
SEND HELP! Before I begin doing my live-action Cuckoo clock impression again!
No, I'm not kidding
http://www.centredaily.com/welcome_p...efighters.html
I heard the sirens, which isn't unusual, since we're less than a mile from the fire house. You hear that alarm sound and see the trucks rush past once every few days...
It wasn't until the cop cars started showing up on the street in front of us, and the column of black rubber-and-plastic-scented smoke started wafting past our windows that we realized this was NOT a drill, this was an ACTUAL two-alarmer going off right next door! (The building only survived because it's brick, everything else combustible inside, including 2 SUVs went up)
Why the suck?
Because in winter conditions (In Pennsylvania this means "Surface of Hoth") all that water they were dousing on the building soon filled the street and gutter and froze like a brick. Meaning the road was closed.
This upset/confused the motoring public greatly.
It's a CITY street!
And they pay their taxes!
Therefore, it should be OPEN!!! The fact they CAN'T USE it is SACRILEGE!
So what if there's a cruiser with flashing lights pulled across both lanes? THat's THEIR street that they GO TO WORK on, and they simply CAN'T or DON'T know of ANY OTHER WAY!!!!
And of course, since the PD roadblocks went up RIGHT where our block of the street started, masses of confused sheeple began driving through our parking lot, hoping it would somehow get them around the cops......
Of course, when that didn't work, they just sat there, at a cognitive dead end, a metaphysical morass, like a windup toy that's walked itself into a corner of the living room and can think of no other way to get out than to boldly go forward until the walls submit to their will....Gold star to the guy who went around BACK of the shop and, noticing the gate was open for one of our tow trucks, DROVE INTO THE IMPOUND.
Now, a car we don't expect just flying into the impound? For all we know, that sum'bich is packin' heat and looking to do something illegal, so we quickly shut the gate on them.
They didn't even notice they were now trapped like vermin and just continued driving along until the realized that, a fenced in lot doesn't GO anywhere. They pulled a U-ie and only THEN realized that they'd foolishly moved our golden idol from it's sacred pedestal and sealed themselves in forever.
Of course, as fate would have it, they were now on the wrong side of a barb wire fence with..
Drum roll please:
JOHNNY RUCKUS
Who was "volunteered" to go over and enquire as to exactly what the H the driver was thinking, and put the fear of God into him a bit before opening the gate and shooing the pest away to end up in someone else's drive.
Oh, and the reason he pulled in?
"The road was closed! I didn't know where to turn around!!"
Can bringing a civilization to it's knees be THIS easy? It can't! It just CAN'T be!!!!
SEND HELP! Before I begin doing my live-action Cuckoo clock impression again!
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