| Author | Message | ||
     Firemanjim |
Got up monday and when I opened the garage to head to work I noticed my sons car was gone--thought that was funny as he had been home when I went to bed. Tried his bedroom and and it was locked. Thought maybe he had gone but then heard his voice. I asked him where his car was only to have him say What do you mean. He came rocketing out of his room and we realized his car had been stolen!!!! Locked and parked in my driveway!! Police came and took a report--did not have it covered with theft. Not good. It ended better as we got a call about 7 pm that the carhad been recovered less than 2 miles away---it was illegally parked at an apartment complex and the manager had it towed. Tow truck driver was suspicious and called PD. Car was unscathed. I would have bet money we would never see the Honda Civic again. | ||
| Spdkls |
so, it started bad but ended up pretty good. you should find out who the tow driver was and buy him some beer. | ||
| Mbsween |
Wow, Glad you recovered the car undamaged and so quick. Get him on a bike so he can park it in the garage  | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
That would be my idea of a good Monday.  Bad would have been being called by the police in the middle of the night a couple of weeks after the car had been stolen, to be told that the car had been used in a string of heists. And that I was the prime suspect. And no, they did not have the car. (It was a Detomaso Pantera). That's my idea of a bad Monday! | ||
| Swordsman |
So, someone stole your son's Civic and drove it home...?  Any suspects? ~SM | ||
| Court |
>>>That would be my idea of a good Monday. Your "good Monday" would be having a Honda Accord brought BACK to you? You need to shoot higher. I can see Father Higgins as the cops call to report the recovery . . . "as I came thaaaaaaaaaat close". I will say I have a heightened respect for the Accord. I was shooting a photo the other day, turned to look and when I turned back the Accord in front of me had stopped. Kabaaaam. Totally caved in the front of my F-150 and not $0.01 damage to the Accord. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Were there any boots in the picture you were taking? Sounds like Road Thing may share some culpability. | ||
| Court |
>>>Were there any boots in the picture you were taking? Of course there were no boots . . . what type of fellow do you think I am??? (Message edited by court on June 10, 2009) | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Court, the most amazing thing about that picture is that she wasn't on a cell phone! I think over half of all drivers I see around here are on a cell phone while driving! | ||
| Swordsman |
Nice one Court... you used the flash, I see. Not so discreet, eh?  ~SM | ||
| Gunut75 |
Nice stems! | ||
| Liquorwhere |
Possibly the funniest story in a long while. This is a bricklayer's accident report, which was printed in the newsletter of the American Insurance Journal. This is a true story.. Had this guy died, he'd have received a Darwin Award for sure.. Dear Sir: "I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Block 3 of the accident report form. I put "poor planning" as the cause of my accident... You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following details will be sufficient. I was alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found that I had some bricks left over which, when weighed later, were found to be slightly more than 500 lbs. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building on the sixth floor. Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks. You will note in Block 11 of the accident report form, that I weigh 135 lb.. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel, which was now proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explains the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collarbone, as listed in section 3 of the accident report form. Slowed down slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers on my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley. Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of beginning to experience a great deal of pain. At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lb.. I refer you again to my weight. As you can imagine, I began a rapid descent, down the side of the building. In the vicinity of th e third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and several lacerations of my legs and lower body... Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately, only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope and I lay there watching the empty barrel beginning its journey back down onto me.. This explains the two broken legs. I hope this answers your questions. | ||
| Gunut75 |
I was a mason for 10 years, and thats a bricklayers nightmare!  | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
Here's my monday. My stepdaughter-to-be came home and asked to use my laptop to check her grades. Turns out an exam she "submitted" on-line never went through and she's been marked with a zero for a grade. So it looks like she isn't going to graduate this saturday. Kicker? We just paid $1000.00 for a pharmecutical course she started attending at a local college. The first two classes are at night, because they know hs students would be in class during the day.....well, guess who has to go to summer school now and won't be able to go to college?? welcome to my world where every day is monday. (Message edited by Buellinachinashop on June 10, 2009) | ||
| Froggy |
Liquorwhere, Mythbusters busted that one in episode 3. Basically for it to happen, they had to use a severely damaged barrel and it had to land on a sharp object so the barrel would rupture and release its load. | ||
| Liquorwhere |
Froggy, It was the safety guy where I work sending a joke out to the Superintendants and Management, I thought it was funny, could care less if it was real, just thought it was a rough day and qualified for this thread a bit, not as much as the email I read about a guy diving that had a jelly fish pumped into his suit that stung his a$$ and it swelled shut...that was a bad day, that story could be made up as well, doesn't make it less funny. | ||
| P_squared |
I'm sorry, truly I am, but to be honest I've chuckled at pretty much EVERY story in this thread. If that makes me a bad person, so be it, but I just can't help it. Thanks for the laughs.  | ||
| Svh |
Not as bad as this ladies... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31203790/?GT1=43001 | ||
| Iamike |
A State Trooper friend of mine's son had a pimped out civic, bright red, nice wheels etc. He was going to Phoenix for college and his dad told him as he was leaving "Your car has 'Steal me!' written all over it". Two weeks after he started school dad got a phone call at 2 in the morning "Dad, my car has been stolen!" They found it a few days later wrapped around a tree with the nice wheels, radio and other good stuff stripped. It really is a shame you can't have anything nice without someone else coveting it. I showed my daughter that someone keyed her Cobalt recently. I'd love to catch someone doing it but I'd probably be the one ending up in jail. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
My Cousin lives near Udine in northern Italy, she married a maths teacher from Sicily. Some years back I visited when I had a load tipping nearby & she came & collected me in dazzlingly clean Lancia, I complimented her on having such a smart car while everybody elses was covered in muck & dust. Apparently it had been stolen from outside their apartment building 3 days previously. She'd gone out to go to work & it was gone, she'd panicked & rushed back inside to tell her husband & call the Carabinieri, her husband said don't worry we have insurance, & called his family back in Sicily. 2 mornings later (the day I arrived) they found a new set of keys through the letter box & their car back in it's place with new locks, a full tank, & a wax job. It's good have family in the right places. They always told me if I ever had trouble in Italy to call them, & they'd get "A family member" to sort it out. It was always a comforting thought when running through dodgy parts of Naples such like. | ||
| Spdkls |
here's my monday. i wake up at 1000 in the morning in Kunsan AB, Korea. end of story! |
