The Tow Files: One Steaming Dump

[dalesys]

Perhaps they think it means Reserved 24 July only,all other days feel free to park here...

Of course! That's Pie-In-Rear Day!

[notalwaysright]

That lady who said how dare you touch her car, did the car have a bunch of bumper stickers? I read somewhere (the internet) that people with lots of bumper stickers are more inclined to have road rage because they're more territorial about their car.

Also, I definitely think you should write a letter back to the AG. At least the folks at the office would get a laugh.

Every time I read these I'm amazed by how long people go without driving their cars. I don't drive maybe... one day per week, if that.

[MoonCat]

Did you really reference the Banana Splits??? Boy, that takes me back.

That you, Snorky?

And Arga...I cringe, thinking about how much STOOPID there is out there! These people all passed driver's tests! HOW, in god's name??

[Kogarashi]

That lady who said how dare you touch her car, did the car have a bunch of bumper stickers? I read somewhere (the internet) that people with lots of bumper stickers are more inclined to have road rage because they're more territorial about their car.

I've read that too. Makes some sense, at least, as you have to be somewhat possessive of your car to decorate it like that.

[Seshat]

I bought, and kept for years, a 'My other vehicle is a Klingon Bird Of Prey' sticker. Then put it on my first car.

I think that's the only bumper sticker I've ever had.

[Racket_Man]

Perhaps they think it means Reserved 24 July only,all other days feel free to park here...

July 24th (any year) during a hailstorm, between 3:55pm and 4:00pm, in the middle of a stampeed of wild elephants and a baby zebra (paraphrased from a Daffy Duck insurance salesman Porky Pig cartoon called Fool Coverage)

Full quote of the insurance policy

Daffy soon reveals the fine print, according to which the $1 million will be paid only for a black eye incurred in the course of a stampede of wild elephants in his house between 3:55 and 4:00 pm on the Fourth of July during a hailstorm. Porky is momentarily chastened, but then a stampede of wild elephants comes through the living room. Daffy nervously looks at his watch, which reads 3:57 pm, and at the calendar, which reads July 4. Outside, hail is pouring down. Porky displays his black eye and demands to be paid, but Daffy refuses with the lie that the provision was in fact for a stampede of wild elephants and one baby zebra, whereupon a baby zebra follows the elephants through the room. Daffy proclaims "And one baby zebra!" and faints.

whole cartoon here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31ie1q

[seigus]

That you, Snorky?

Nope, I'm Bingo.

[wolfie]

"But it said Reserved 24/7, that doesn't mean reserved for me?"

I'd like to see that idiot join the Army, and try to explain his actions. "But the sign on the door said 'Private' - that's my rank, so of course it's OK for me to go through the door".

"But my kid said nobody ever gets towed from here!"

And you're a nobody, so your kid was right about nobody getting towed.

Oh that? Never mind that, that's just the sound of me clicking the safety buckle on this ATV helmet so I don't give myself a concussion from repeatedly slamming my head against the wall in the conference room

No, no, no! An ATV helmet (bike and motorcycle helmets too) is designed to withstand ONE impact. If it's already had one impact (including being dropped on the floor), there's no guarantee that it will protect the wearer. Use a football or hockey helmet instead - they're designed to withstand multiple impacts.

I bought, and kept for years, a 'My other vehicle is a Klingon Bird Of Prey' sticker. Then put it on my first car.

How about "My other car is a Battlemech"?

[Kogarashi]

I bought, and kept for years, a 'My other vehicle is a Klingon Bird Of Prey' sticker. Then put it on my first car.

I think that's the only bumper sticker I've ever had.

I probably should've said "decorated to that extent" instead. I can understand one or two stickers/decals to give your car some personality (and, if you're like me, to differentiate it from all the other same-colored same-general-shaped vehicles in the lot). But in the last city we lived in, there was one car that was pretty much wallpapered all across the hatchback (except the window) and wrapping around the sides with all sorts of bumper stickers. That sort of decoration leads me to think that person might be one of those "so possessive they road rage" types.

[Argabarga]

I had quite a few back on my old Dodge pickup.... having a huge-ass steel bumper w/ hitch receiver on it meant there was lots of room.

"DO NOT WASH - Vehicle undergoing dirt accumulation test"
"Driver Carries Only $20 in Ammunition"
"Walt Disney World"
"Shine in 99' - Penn State Basketball" (They stunk up the joint and coach Jerry Dunn got fired, hence I never got another)
"Make it Milk" - Courtesy of next-door dairy farmer
"My Other Car is an ACME"
"Bad Cop NO DONUT!"

[Seshat]

I probably should've said "decorated to that extent" instead. I can understand one or two stickers/decals to give your car some personality

I quite understand.

And I like the Battlemech variant. There were also Romulan and other Star Trek (original series) vehicles available in that store. And yes, I'm dating myself: TNG didn't exist when I bought the sticker. Battletech may not yet have been popular enough for bumper stickers, either.

We did play (pen and paper and physical dice) Car Wars, however. The number of times I was trying to escape my wrecked car and been taken out by Terry skidding into me ....

[protege]

These people all passed driver's tests! HOW, in god's name??

Judging by the idiots I encounter on the daily commute...I can only come to one conclusion. That is...PA's license test is a joke.

[Kogarashi]

I'm convinced some driving examiners are just lazy, and don't test on everything they should. (Not to mention letting some people by because they're hot, or a friend of a friend, or a relation of a friend, or something like that, as evidenced by the occasional "contestant" on Canada's Worst Driver.)

[Chromatix]

Seen on a Volvo: "Your skid stops here."

[Shyla]

PA's license test has to be a joke. The drivers around here are horrendous. (Of course I failed my first try back in 1980 something. But I was too nervous.)