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Author: P. RoehlingP. Roehling Date: Apr 25, 2008 00:01
Just got back from a quick trip to visit a buddy who had his innards
rearranged by the V.A.'s finest surgeons last week, and who needed some
company.
As I entered I-10 westbound, I noticed an old red pickup go past in the slow
lane with a large innerspring and mattress taking up the entire bed of the
truck. Sure enough, just as I thought to myself "The dumb fuck didn't tie it
down!", the mattress caught the slipstream and went airborne, coming down
one lane to the left and draping itself across the hood and windshield of a
small blue sedan whose driver jerked his wheel to the left; promptly
impacted the center divider, and then rebounded into the side of another
pickup truck.
I slowed down fast, pulled all the way to the right edge of the onramp, and
was prepared to climb the unpaved verge if anything had ricocheted in my
direction, but the carnage remained to my left and I accelerated the heck
out of there watching tire smoke and zig-zagging cars in my mirrors.
Whew!
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Author: tomorrowtomorrow Date: Apr 25, 2008 00:20
On Apr 24, 6:01 pm, "P. Roehling" uh-uh.edu> wrote:
> ... As I got close to home I had begun to relax when...
Second most popular horror story introductory line after "Hold my
beer, dude. Watch this! ...."
(Glad you are okay!)
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Author: Susan (CobbersMom)Susan (CobbersMom) Date: Apr 25, 2008 00:27
"P. Roehling" <> wrote in message >
>snip episodes #1, 2 and 3>
> Some days you should just walk.
Hat trick. Now you'll be fine for awhile.
Sue
Minocqua, WI
Yamaha '00 VStar 650
'04 TW200 (mud = fun)
Kawasaki '95 Vulcan 1500 V#15937
A crow has seven pinion feathers at the ends of his wings and a raven has
eight. Therefore the difference between a crow and a raven is a matter of a
pinion.
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Author: Rob KleinschmidtRob Kleinschmidt Date: Apr 25, 2008 00:32
On Apr 24, 3:01 pm, "P. Roehling" uh-uh.edu> wrote:
[mattress on the freeway + two brain dead teenage drivers]
> Some days you should just walk.
Some days you should just dig a foxhole and crawl in
for the duration.
Glad you're OK.
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Author: BryanUTBryanUT Date: Apr 25, 2008 00:35
"P. Roehling" uh-uh.edu> wrote in message
news:4811033d$0$12950$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...> Just got back from a quick trip to visit a buddy who had his innards
> rearranged by the V.A.'s finest surgeons last week, and who needed some
> company.
>
> As I entered I-10 westbound, I noticed an old red pickup go past in the
> slow lane with a large innerspring and mattress taking up the entire bed
> of the truck. Sure enough, just as I thought to myself "The dumb fuck
> didn't tie it down!", the mattress caught the slipstream and went
> airborne, coming down one lane to the left and draping itself across the
> hood and windshield of a small blue sedan whose driver jerked his wheel to
> the left; promptly impacted the center divider, and then rebounded into
> the side of another...
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Author: saddlebagsaddlebag Date: Apr 25, 2008 00:57
P. Roehling wrote:
> Just got back from a quick trip to visit a buddy who had his innards
> rearranged by the V.A.'s finest surgeons last week, and who needed some
> company.
>
> As I entered I-10 westbound, I noticed an old red pickup go past in the slow
> lane with a large innerspring and mattress taking up the entire bed of the
> truck. Sure enough, just as I thought to myself "The dumb fuck didn't tie it
> down!", the mattress caught the slipstream and went airborne, coming down
> one lane to the left and draping itself across the hood and windshield of a
> small blue sedan whose driver jerked his wheel to the left; promptly
> impacted the center divider, and then rebounded into the side of another
> pickup truck.
>
> I slowed down fast, pulled all the way to the right edge of the onramp, and
> was prepared to climb the unpaved verge if anything had ricocheted in my
> direction, but the carnage remained to my left and I accelerated the heck
> out of there watching tire smoke and zig-zagging cars in my mirrors.
>
> Whew! ...
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Author: P. RoehlingP. Roehling Date: Apr 25, 2008 02:07
"BryanUT" comcast.net> wrote
> When I lived in the Bay Area, the traffic reports always included an
> obiglatory "mattress alert".
> I guess things haven't changed.
Well, I'm no longer in the Bay area, but we get 'em down here in SoCal too.
In fact, the item in question was still lying forlornly against the center
divider when I passed by there today. Of course, it's now all ripped up and
covered with skid marks...
But my personal topper so far was the Porta-Potti that came adrift from a
flatbed truck ahead of me.
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Author: David T. AshleyDavid T. Ashley Date: Apr 25, 2008 02:38
"P. Roehling" uh-uh.edu> wrote in message
news:4811033d$0$12950$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...>
> Had I not been all the way to the right side of the pavement she would
> have tagged me for sure, and had I been driving a cage she would have
> whacked into me head-on.
"Tag" is a rather mild euphemism for that ...
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Author: VaughnVaughn Date: Apr 25, 2008 03:27
On Apr 24, 5:59 pm, saddlebag aol.com> wrote:> P. Roehling wrote:
>> Just got back from a quick trip to visit a buddy who had his innards
>> rearranged by the V.A.'s finest surgeons last week, and who needed some
>> company.
>
>> As I entered I-10 westbound, I noticed an old red pickup go past in the slow
>> lane with a large innerspring and mattress taking up the entire bed of the
>> truck. Sure enough, just as I thought to myself "The dumb fuck didn't tie it
>> down!", the mattress caught the slipstream and went airborne, coming down
>> one lane to the left and draping itself across the hood and windshield of a
>> small blue sedan whose driver jerked his wheel to the left; promptly
>> impacted the center divider, and then rebounded into the side of another
>> pickup truck.
>
>> I slowed down fast, pulled all the way to the right edge of the onramp, and
>> was prepared to climb the unpaved verge if anything had ricocheted in my
>> direction, but the carnage remained to my left and I accelerated the heck
>> out of there watching tire smoke and zig-zagging cars in my mirrors.
> ...
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Author: VaughnVaughn Date: Apr 25, 2008 03:31
On Apr 24, 5:36 pm, "BryanUT" comcast.net> wrote:> "P. Roehling" uh-uh.edu> wrote in message
>
> news:4811033d$0$12950$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>> Just got back from a quick trip to visit a buddy who had his innards
>> rearranged by the V.A.'s finest surgeons last week, and who needed some
>> company.
>
>> As I entered I-10 westbound, I noticed an old red pickup go past in the
>> slow lane with a large innerspring and mattress taking up the entire bed
>> of the truck. Sure enough, just as I thought to myself "The dumb fuck
>> didn't tie it down!", the mattress caught the slipstream and went
>> airborne, coming down one lane to the left and draping itself across the
>> hood and windshield of a small blue sedan whose driver jerked his wheel to
>> the left; promptly impacted the center divider, and then rebounded into
>> the side of another pickup truck.
>
> When I lived in the Bay Area, the traffic reports always included an
> obiglatory "mattress alert". ...
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